Changing Lanes - review

Ben Affleck is Gavin Banek, a lawyer running late to court when he crashes into the car of Doyle Gipson (Samuel L Jackson), an insurance salesman also on his way to court. 

Eager to get on his way, Gavin provides Doyle with a blank cheque before driving off despite Doyle insisting they go about things the correct way. But when he finally gets to court Gavin discovers the vital document which seals his case is missing and realises that in the rush of getting away, he must have given to Doyle.

With no way of tracking Doyle, Gavin begins to panic about the possible collapse of the case which would destroy his father-in-law’s firm and send them all to jail, but by chance he runs into Doyle in the street and asks for his file back. Dejected at losing his own court case which allowed his wife to take his sons to live away from him, Doyle is in no mood to negotiate and tells Gavin he threw away the file outside the court.

Sensing how important the file is to Gavin, Doyle makes his way back to the court to retrieve it and makes plans to hand it over, but not before Gavin, following the advice of fellow lawyer and former lover Michelle, instructs a computer hacker to financially bankrupt Doyle and sets out to destroy him before his own life and reputation falls to pieces.

To be honest this movie was dragged out far too long. I get the idea of how suspense and intrigue was meant to build up, but it fell flat making me count down the minutes until the end.

Not a movie I would recommend or watch again.