(rated R, 100 mins.) Imagine “road rage” that follows you home. That’s the story of Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson) a recovering alcoholic stressed out by an ex-wife, the kids and a nasty mortgage situation. Hotshot Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck) is just the opposite: A partner in a law firm run by his father in law (Sidney Pollack) and married to his daughter, the quintessential Stepford-wife-type (Amanda Peet). When his brand new Mercedes S500 sideswipes Gipson’s clunker Toyota, the games begin off the road. But it’s the games that turn into tit for tat revealing their real life problems that makes this movie work. And, of course the acting. Jackson is fantastic in a sympathetic role gone haywire and Affleck delivers tough acting skills we haven’t seen since “Good Will Hunting.” They’re both right and they’re both wrong and in the end only justice will prevail in this thriller.
