In the movie, we meet Doyle Gibson (Samuel L. Jackson  XXX, Shaft) and Gavin Bannick (Ben Affleck  Good Will Hunting, Daredevil); one an ex-alcoholic father fighting for custody of his two sons, the other, a high-powered insurance lawyer whom is struggling to retrieve money from a dead millionaire. But what happens to the two will drastically change both their days forever. Both are hurrying to an appointment and both end up getting in a head on collision with one another. When Gavin skips out on trading info with him, Doyle misses his appointment and his wife is granted sole custody of his sons. Now, Doyle is out for vengeance, seizing the documents for ransom as the two engage in a psychological tug of war that won't end pretty.

I was rather skeptical to see this movie; when I first saw the actual trailer I kind of figured it wouldn't be much of a movie... I was right. Well, first of all, Samuel L. Jackson is good in this, which is no surprise. He makes even the worst movies good. He basically carries the movie as the desperate average Joe who loses time. He is not as rich as Ben Affleck's character yet is just as smart. I liked how Doyle is very witty and crafty as he butts heads with this hotshot lawyer. We do have a pretty good supporting cast such as Amanda Peet (The Whole Nine Yards), Sidney Pollack (Eyes Wide Shut), and Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense, Shaft); they tend to help move the story along. Most notably was Pollack's character as Gavin's pushy yet devilish soon to be father-in-law whom urges Gavin to retrieve the documents and plays his character with great presence and ferocity. Where would this movie have been without a great cast of supporting characters?

The movie doesn't offer much besides a good cast. Ben Affleck gives us his usual stale hotshot character and fails to offer anything but depth to his one-dimensional character. As I mentioned, Samuel L. Jackson carries this movie on his shoulders and pulls it away from being a stinker bringing his character to life. The movie has these completely redundant and etchy moments that drags the movie to the ground, one of which with Sam Jackson in a bar confronting these racist Advertisers. We also see William Hurt (The Big Chill) in this movie in an embarrassing minor role as Doyle's friend who helps him through his alcoholism. I found his character to be completely one dimensional as well with no true purpose in the story except to react to the character troubles and give advice. He was unnecessary and underused.

All in all, there's nothing much to this movie except a worn out story, a lagging plotline and a good supporting cast as they cope with this terrible screenplay.