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Genres:
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Drama /
Thriller
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Director:
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Roger Michell
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Actors:
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Matt Malloy,
Jennifer Dundas,
Kim Staunton,
Myra Lucretia Taylor,
Tina Sloan,
Akil Walker,
Cole Hawkins,
Ben Affleck,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Toni Collette,
Sydney Pollack,
Richard Jenkins,
Ileen Getz,
Amanda Peet,
Bruce Altman
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Duration:
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99 min.
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Rating:
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(6.5/10)64.5
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Plot Summary:
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Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson co-star as a Unfamiliar York advocate and a businessman. They're two strangers who manipulate into a buggy mistake on F.D.R. Drive. Although the affair is petty, their carriageway rage escalates into a dangerous dispute.
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'You're wrong.' 'No you're wrong...'
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