Movie Preview: Changing Lanes
Two hotheads become locked in escalating rounds of
retaliation when a morning rush hour fender bender
causes both to miss crucial court deadlines. As he is
rushing off to court from the accident, attorney Gavin
hands the other man his card and says “Better luck next
time!” then accidentally drops a signed form that means
millions to his firm. A moment later, after Gavin refuses
to give him a ride, Doyle, the other driver in the acci-
dent who is a recovering alcoholic, finds the attorney’s
form. When Gavin shows up at court without it, the
judge gives him until the end of the day to produce
it or his firm forfeits the money.
Meanwhile, Doyle wants to convince his ex-wife not
to move with his children to Oregon. He hopes that by
keeping his family nearby he might save his failing
marriage. To accomplish that, he needs to prove to a
divorce judge that he is solvent and stable and plans to
do so by showing him that the bank has approved his
home loan. But because of a flat tire caused by the
accident he shows up twenty minutes late and finds the
case has been decided without him. Blaming Gavin, he
takes out his rage by taunting him with a page faxed
from the form that he found. Gavin retaliates by getting
a hacker friend to artificially ruin Doyle’s credit rating.
A spiraling series of attacks and counterattacks
eventually leads both men to see that their worst
enemy is their own anger.Gavin and Doyle keep trying to demonstrate their individ-
ual power by acting out their anger at the other person. For one
whole day they do not have the awareness or the inner con-
tainerthat would help them with their destructive emotions.
In this film we see two men hit an emotional bottom. But
they learn from their experience. By the end of the day, each38 E-Motion Picture Magic