Row Your Boat

Jon Bon Jovi plays Jamey Meadows, a man newly released from prison who has found himself homeless on the crazy streets of New York City. Slowly, he must try to build his life up from the gutter. Resisting constant offers from his brother, played by William Forsythe (Dick Tracy, The Rock, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigalo) to rejoin the insidious world of crime, Meadows takes a menial job as a door to door census worker. Among his many encounters throughout this job, he meets a young Chinese immigrant who is just as unhappy in her life as he is in his. These two slowly hit it off and a relationship gradually begins to develop between them. Can Jamey Meadows learn to live in this new life, or will the temptations of his old ways drag him back to where he started?

Cast

Jon Bon Jovi

as Jamey Meadows

Jill Hennessy

as Patti

William Forsythe

as Gil Meadows

Bai Ling

as Chun Hua

Peter Kwong

as Tony Lo Fat

John Ventimiglia

as Anton

Joseph Michael Marmo

as Joey / Gangster

Thomas Lennon

as Census Taker

Bridget Moynahan

as Apartment Owner

Diane Chang

as Han Feng

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