Though the advertising suggests it's a suspense thriller, "Changing Lanes" is really a moral fable. It has as much character
as it does plot, and far more introspection than explosions. It's about men with too much pride, and it's about what revenge can do to a person. But it's REALLY about contrasts, opposites and dichotomies. One of the protagonists is black and one is white, but the film's point is that people are usually made up of various shades of gray. An insurance salesman named Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson) is buying a house in a desperate attempt to stop his wife and kids from leaving him. On his way to a court hearing, he has a car accident with Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a high-powered lawyer with a wife and a mistress who is on his way to a different court hearing.
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