Changing Lanes is a movie directed by Roger Michell and written by Chap Taylor and Michael Tolkin. The film is about a young lawyer and a business man who shares a small automobile accident on F.D.R. Gavin Banek who is played by Ben Affleck who also acted in Armageddon leaves the scene of accident and drives off leaving Doyle Gibson played by Samuel Jackson on the F.D.R causing him to miss his court appointment which leaves him with a broken family. After watching the film Changing Lanes, I would recommend everyone to watch the film. I was amused by how well the characters have played their roles. The theme, which was suspense through, out the whole film. Also the setting of the movie that created the rightful atmosphere needed. With all these factors the movie was a definite entertainer, which would keep the audience seated from the beginning till the very end of the movie.

The movie has many important factors but the most important of all would be the characters and how well they have played their roles. Gavin Banek, a young lawyer who is one of the main characters in the story and turns a road accident into a chaotic feud. Doyle Gibson is the other main character that opposes Gavin by taking counteractions for his actions. Both of these characters were involved in an accident and Gavin was in a rush to go to courts, so he drives off from the scene accident. From that moment on, both of their lives change lanes. Whether it could be Gavin cheating on his wife and taking revenge on Doyle, or Doyle not worrying about his broken family and counter reacting for Gavin’s actions, both of the characters have played their roles so well that in the end, it is hard for us to realize the people that they have become. A lawyer and a businessman have taken their roles and changed it as criminals and went along with it such as trying to kill each other. So I recommend you to watch this film in order to find out for your self how the roles were played without any mistakes.

The film was full of suspense until the very end, which was a huge attention grabber for me. It is very important for a film to remain unpredictable so the viewers can expect the unexpected. Gavin worked at a huge law firm, which was of his father in law, and he is under pressure from him and in desperate need of the file, which was accidently picked up by Doyle at the accident and even at that point it was hard for me to predict what the next scene would be. Doyle calls Gavin over the phone and tells him that he is willing to return the file and to meet him at a certain spot but what happens instead was not predicted. Another unexpected scene was when Gavin’s wife pressures him to forge the documents that he has lost and present it to the judge. He was surprised and so as the viewers. This film is packed with suspense and unexpected events so please watch the film in order to see the ending which changes everything dramatically. In order for any movie to support the characters, the events and the plot, it is important to have the proper setting. Changing lanes is a perfect example. Whether it is because Gavin is a lawyer and is always seen in his high-class law firm or Doyle is not so well and shown in bars, walking on roads and in alcoholic recovery classes. When there was a problem, both of the characters eventually went to the police station either they broke the rules or to visit. All the supporting characters such as the secretary, Gavin’s wife, Doyle’s wife and kids were all seen in different atmospheres and settings to show the difference between how rich one side is and how poor the other side is. Another perfect example would be when Gavin ends up in the same place where he got in to the accident with Doyle which makes him realize some what of what he’s doing and its wrong. So it was the setting and environment the characters were in which made them realize their mistakes and their lives were different after that one-day but they realized their mistakes and the effort to do that so was unimaginable.

I have watched this film and the reason why I recommend this film is because of the characters in the film and how well they acted their roles, the theme of the story which kept the audiences in a suspense environment till the very end and also how each scene had its own unique setting which was a huge important factor to the ending of the movie. The film will keep you busy for the 2 hours your paying for by showing you that the characters have been well selected to meet the audience’s expectations, uncommonly used theme to make the movie stand out in a way which will create a huge viewer impact and the place, time and the atmosphere has allowed the movie to be different and a definite entertainer. Both Gavin and Doyle has went back and forth with their vengeance and changing their lives in a period of 24 hours by getting in to an unexpected accident and then from that point on, revenging each other, trying to kill each other and also trying to break each other apart which explains why the settings were chosen according to the plot and the theme. I believe with all these factors and more to enjoy in the film, it will definitely be a movie that you would be able to sit down undisturbed and watch. I have given you the outline of the movie and now it is up to you as the viewer to watch the movie and fill out the outline.