The story of what happens one day in New York when a young lawyer and a businessman share a small automobile accident on F.D.R. Drive and their mutual road rage escalates into a feud.
Just released from prison, all Rudy Duncan (Affleck) wants to do is start a new life with Ashley (Theron), the girl of his dreams, whome he met through pen pal letters in prison. But, just as Rude is beginning his new life, he is caught in a high-velocity avalanche of temptations and surprises that could bury him, unless he can artfully dodge them.
Like his friends in down-town, working-class South Boston, Will Hunting spends his days between menial jobs, street brawling and stints at the local bar.
After receiving a scholarship to an exclusive prep school, working-class teen David Greene (Fraser) becomes a star athlete and wins the attention of a beautiful debutante (Amy Locane).