Unhinged

"He can happen to anyone."

2020 1h 30m EN

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6.4

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49%

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★6.4TMDB · 2,601🥫49%Rotten Tomatoes●40Metacritic★6IMDB · 85,592

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Rachel is a divorced single mother whose bad day gets even worse. She's running late to drop her son off at school when she honks her horn impatiently at a fellow driver during rush-hour traffic. After an exchange of words, she soon realizes that the mysterious man is following her and her young son in his truck. A case of road rage quickly escalates, at horrifyingly psychotic proportions, into full-blown terror as Rachel discovers the psychopath's sinister plan for revenge. He is single-mindedly determined to teach her a deadly lesson.

“He can happen to anyone.”

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Cast

Russell Crowe
Man (Tom Cooper)
Caren Pistorius
Rachel Flynn
Gabriel Bateman
Kyle Flynn
Jimmi Simpson
Andy
Austin P. McKenzie
Fred
Juliene Joyner
Mary
Stephen Louis Grush
Leo
Anne Leighton
Deborah Haskell

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Derrick Borte
Writers: Carl Ellsworth, Paulo DeFreitas Jr., Mark Vena
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.

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4 / 8

CAST

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267+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Derrick Borte, shot by Brendan Galvin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Buckley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Michael McCusker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Russell Crowe and Caren Pistorius and Gabriel Bateman carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Derrick Borte directs. Brendan Galvin behind the camera. David Buckley scores. Michael McCusker cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 6 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.
4267+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Derrick Borte, shot by Brendan Galvin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by David Buckley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Michael McCusker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Russell Crowe and Caren Pistorius and Gabriel Bateman carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "He can happen to anyone.".
10IMDB entry: tt10059518 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 24 themes, including "psychopath", "aggression", "stalker", "murder".
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Brendan Galvin
Original score: David Buckley
Editing: Michael McCusker
Production design: Freddy Waff
Makeup / hair: Adrien Morot
VFX supervisor: Justin Ball
Sound: Andy Koyama
Stunt coordinator: Mike Smith
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $33,000,000
Box office: $39,238,300
Return: 119% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Unhinged (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes: 49% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 40/100
IMDB rating: 6/10 · 85,592 votes
MPAA: R

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garethmb2020-08-31
Russell Crowe stars in the new Thriller “Unhinged” and gives an intense performance which has become a staple of his career. Playing a man who has lost it after the loss of his job and marriage, The Man kills his ex and her partner before burning down their home and vanishing into the night. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is a woman who is seeing her world slowly crumble around her. She is in the midst of a contentious divorce, has just lost her best client, and is struggling to take care of her son while dealing with her brother in financing moving in with her so she can afford to pay for a needed care home for a family member. As one thing after another mounts for Rachel and dealing with heavy traffic as she tries to get her son to school to avoid a detention for being tardy; she honks and makes and aggressive turn in front of the Man. He takes offense to this and drives alongside Rachel and demands a since apology for her actions. Rachel has long since lost any sense of caring and does not provide a sufficient response which further triggers the Man. As some very aggressive road rage follows; Rachel believes she has put it behind her and drops her son off at his school. While filling up her gas tank Rachel sees that the Man is following her and when her efforts to diffuse the situation further trigger the Man she sees just how dangerous and highly unstable individual he is. What follows is a deadly game of cat and mouse as the Man taunts Rachel while exacting his revenge on those in her life all the while preparing for his next encounter with her. Crowe is fantastic and gives a very intense performance without ever going too far over the top and becoming campy with his performance which is often the case in films of this type. He is a compelling adversary who commands the attention of the viewer and one can see that he is an individual who has simply snapped from the pressures and reality of life and believes his actions are justified. While I was able to predict one of the big moments near the end of the film; it was delivered In a slightly different way which was refreshing. The film was intense and compelling and Director Derrick Borte keeps things from become too over the top especially in the last part of the film where Hollywood standards for the genre did tend to come in the play. The film wisely relies on the strength of Crowe and the supporting performances and provides a welcome return to cinematic features for viewers as long as they are willing to overlook some minor things and focus on the intense story and compelling performances. 4 stars out of 5 www.sknr.net
Repo Jack2020-11-02
★ 5/10
Russell Crowe dials up his inner Rutger Hauer ("The Hitcher) and Michael Douglas ("Falling Down") to reap terror on a boy and his mom who don't give him a courtesy honk. Skip this "meh" road rage thriller and check out the aforementioned titles instead.
Manuel São Bento2020-11-17
★ 6/10
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com Boasting a ferociously captivating Russell Crowe as an absolutely lunatic driver, Derrick Borte delivers a purposefully exaggerated premise based on something that occurs every day to pretty much everyone. The rated-R action is surprising in its amount of gore and unrestraint in murdering every character in the most shocking yet incredibly entertaining fashion. However, Carl Ellsworth's screenplay lacks character depth, leaving the viewer with barely any knowledge of anything remotely relevant about the protagonists besides basic relationships, which are merely used as plot devices to more bloody killing. The narrative goes through hard-to-believe developments, and the ending still possesses the cliche "dumb protagonist's decision that no sane person would ever think about". Still, I defend that its main narrative is closer to reality than fiction, especially the first two acts. In the end, my main issue might actually be that Caren Pistorius' character was indeed guilty of the event that propelled everything. She demonstrated arrogance, selfishness, and the inability to simply apologize to someone who was initially polite. That, to me, it's her biggest sin and the reason why I couldn't care less about what happened to her or her family. Rating: B-