While the stated premise of Unhinged had me first thinking it would be an updated version of Falling Down, it was really more of a "you pissed off the wrong guy" action thriller like The Hitcher. An out-of-shape Russell Crowe is the title epithet, a killer on the run who just killed his ex-wife and means to extend his revenge spree to a woman who was rude to him at an intersection. A mix of road rage, mental instability, and movie trope-itis provides the "motivation" for chasing the woman down and showing her what a bad day is really like by going after everyone and everything she loves. Most of the action is thus vehicular, with a Die Hard 3/Speed kind of villain, pushing the heroine until she can outplay him and fight back. Caren Pistorius as the woman is a fairly forgettable Mama Bear, but we do feel her stress. In the end, one wonders what the contrived Unhinged is trying to say, because yes, don't be rude to other drivers, but the movie would have you follow that edict out of FEAR for what could happen. I've been in situations involving an absurdly angry stranger and being reasonable instead of rude has absolutely no effect. Because it's not about your behavior, it's about theirs.
When the movie started w/the mom not putting a passcode on her phone, I knew we were in for a royal suckfest. What a garbage piece of filmmaking. I watched Gladiator recently, and I mourn for Russell Crowe.
Barely coherent by-the-numbers action flick. The opening sequence seemed as though the film would be trying to make a broader social comment but it was lost in senseless violence, minimal dialogue, and a plot really didnt make much sense i.e. if this happened in real life, Russel Crowe's character would be killed in a stand off with police within an hour of the first call to police.
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royalspikey77
Very tense, as long as you can suspend your disbelief that murderman wouldn't have been killed or apprehended WAY BEFORE he could go on his spree...Siskoid
While the stated premise of Unhinged had me first thinking it would be an updated version of Falling Down, it was really more of a "you pissed off the wrong guy" action thriller like The Hitcher. An out-of-shape Russell Crowe is the title epithet, a killer on the run who just killed his ex-wife and means to extend his revenge spree to a woman who was rude to him at an intersection. A mix of road rage, mental instability, and movie trope-itis provides the "motivation" for chasing the woman down and showing her what a bad day is really like by going after everyone and everything she loves. Most of the action is thus vehicular, with a Die Hard 3/Speed kind of villain, pushing the heroine until she can outplay him and fight back. Caren Pistorius as the woman is a fairly forgettable Mama Bear, but we do feel her stress. In the end, one wonders what the contrived Unhinged is trying to say, because yes, don't be rude to other drivers, but the movie would have you follow that edict out of FEAR for what could happen. I've been in situations involving an absurdly angry stranger and being reasonable instead of rude has absolutely no effect. Because it's not about your behavior, it's about theirs.thaabit
When the movie started w/the mom not putting a passcode on her phone, I knew we were in for a royal suckfest. What a garbage piece of filmmaking. I watched Gladiator recently, and I mourn for Russell Crowe.boulderman
It's ok. Violent for sure 5/10Gordon_Gekko
Reminds me of the south park episode "Russel Crowe fighting around the world" :Dhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN6UEsSywPo
chunkylefunga
Car crashed of a movie.Jace Lightner
A very good film. Extremely tense and exciting throughout its duration.Highly recommended!
alexthekid
This movie gave me anxiety. Incredibly stressful to watch.peepeepoopoo
Alex Jones was the good guy all along.gbpxl
Barely coherent by-the-numbers action flick. The opening sequence seemed as though the film would be trying to make a broader social comment but it was lost in senseless violence, minimal dialogue, and a plot really didnt make much sense i.e. if this happened in real life, Russel Crowe's character would be killed in a stand off with police within an hour of the first call to police.envynav
Russel Crowe’s performance is really the only notable thing about this movie.The plot is a mess, with subplots being introduced and immediately being forgotten about, and the “foreshadowing” is laughably on the nose (
If this movies goes on Netflix and you have nothing else to watch, it is entertaining enough, but I wouldn’t recommend actually paying to see it.
jerilee
Dumb, unrealistic and predictable. God, this movie annoyed me.