What's the Worst That Could Happen?

Kevin Caffery is a professional thief with a taste for expensive things, and Max Fairbanks is a wealthy businessman used to getting whatever he wants. When Kevin breaks into Max's beachfront home, he is caught in the act, and the police arrive to arrest him. While Kevin is handcuffed, Max takes a ring from his hand and tells the officers it belongs to him. The ring was a gift from Kevin's girlfriend, Amber, and getting it back becomes his priority.

Sam Weisman directed the film, the sixth of seven features he made between 1991 and 2003, following The Out-of-Towners. Matthew Chapman wrote the screenplay. Martin Lawrence plays Kevin and Danny DeVito plays Max, with John Leguizamo, Glenne Headly, Carmen Ejogo and Bernie Mac in supporting roles. The production, backed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with Hyde Park Films and The Turman-Morrissey Company, had a budget of 60 million dollars and returned 38 million worldwide.

On IMDb, the film holds 5.5 out of 10 from 18,000 votes, and on TMDB it also sits at 5.5 out of 10, from 350 votes. A critics' rating of 3.8 out of 10 from 97 reviews places it below those audience scores.