Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes is a thriller film that follows the story of two men, Gavin Banek and Doyle Gipson, who are brought together by a minor car accident on a busy New York City street. but their lives are forever changed as they engage in a series of escalating pranks and revenge tactics against each other. Gavin Banek, played by Ben Affleck, is a successful young lawyer who is in a rush to file a power of appointment document that will secure his firm's control over a wealthy client's foundation. Doyle Gipson, played by Samuel L. Jackson, is a recovering alcoholic and insurance salesman who is on his way to court to argue for joint custody of his sons with his estranged wife. After the accident, Banek tries to brush Gipson off witha blank check instead of exchanging insurance information, and Gipson refuses to accept it, leading to tension between the two men. When Banek realizes he dropped the power of appointment file at the scene of the accident., he enlists the help of shady computer hacker to switch off Gipson's credit, destroying his chance for home loan and pushing him to brink of despair. Gipson, determined to get back at banek ,removes several lug nuts from one of Banek's wheels causing him to crash his car. An infuriated banek goes to Gipson's children' school and tells officials that Gipson plans to kidnap them, leading to gipson's arrest and jail. As the retaliation escalates ,the two men become consumed by their own anger and frustration , engaging in increasingly dangerous and illegal tactics in order to outmaneuver each other . Changing lanes explores the themes of family, justice, greed ,and the destructive nature of revenge . throught its portrayal of these two men whose lives become intertwined in a cycle of violence and retaliation , the film highlights how quickly things can spin out f control when we allow our emotions to rule our actions. Ultimately both men must confront the consequences of their actions ad consider what truly matters most in their lives

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Changing Lanes include Oldboy, Payback, Blood Diamond, Children of Men, The Hunted, Man on Fire.

Changing Lanes was released in theaters on April 7, 2002.