Changing Lanes
(2002)
★ 6.3 IMDb · 1,256 votes
Year: 2002
Runtime: 98 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Бен Аффлек, Сэмюэл Л. Джексон, Тони Коллетт, Сидни Поллак, Уильям Хёрт, Аманда Пит, Ричард Дженкинс, Дилан Бейкер, Ким Стонтон, Джон Бенжамин Хикки
Plot
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
An attorney in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with an alcoholic insurance salesman, who also is a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children. The attorney leaves the scene of the accident and strands the salesman, causing him to miss his custody hearing. During the process of the post-crash discussion, the attorney accidentally drops the papers he needs to present in court. The judge gives him until the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between the proponents. A few questionable actions later on both parties' part, they finally start questioning their actions and their lives. In the end, both come to new understanding of what is important and appear to be set in new ethical and moral directions. Contains mild violence and profanity.