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A Review of “Unhinged (2020)”

 

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Unhinged was a movie that somehow released in theatres in these covid times. The premise is “that a mother who leans on her horn at the wrong time, to the wrong guy. "Road rage” doesn’t begin to describe what he’s about to do to her and everyone she knows". It’s a very silly premise but feels very 2020-like. My interest in this movie was mostly the fact that I got to see Russell Crowe as a villain which is not something you get to see often. However, was the movie a sweet ride or did it make me “Unhinged”.

Firstly, Russell Crowe in this movie is fun to watch. He plays Tom Cooper who is a mentally unstable individual who causes chaos for our protagonist Rachel Flynn (Caren Pistorius). There isn’t much depth to his character or anything and for the most part, Russell Crowe just gives an exaggerated angry performance but it’s still very entertaining. Caren does a relatively good job as the Rachel and Gabriel Bateman likewise as her son Kyle. They give good performances and do a good job in conveying the fear of this “road rage” of Tom.

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Apart from that, the movie is just extremely silly. You have to REALLY shut your brain to enjoy this movie. Our main character makes some choices that feel really dumb and questionable. You also wonder why she wouldn’t do certain things that would be more obvious to do. Likewise, the cops in this movie are absolutely terrible which doesn’t feel believable whatsoever. They somehow struggle to catch a killer whos car and face are visible while knowing his objective of terrorising Rachel. They don’t hack the phone this killer is contacting her from or have someone protect her and her son. They don’t ever maintain contact with her or go on a huge manhunt for this killer is ridiculous. This movie wouldn’t have lasted 90 minutes if the cops in this movie were remotely capable. The movie has a lot of questionable logic so if you start questioning everything then the movie becomes very difficult to enjoy.

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The action scenes are not impressive or anything either. Most of the car chase is just generic looking car chases. I actually laugh during some of these car chases because it can come off as really silly. There is a scene where Tom repeated rams into Rachel’s car from behind and it just looks visually quite funny. Also during this scene, none of the other drivers reacts whatsoever. Something I also found funny in this movie is that it seems none of the other civilian drivers knows what a “brake” is because they always end up being the one to cause massive damage. During the third act, it becomes a very silly fist fight and it feels very 90’s especially since Rachel gives a cheesy one-liner. During the fight, both Rachel and Tom are somehow to able to stealth without making a sound which is such a cliche from old action movies. The movie also ends in a cheesy way with a very silly message of “don’t road rage cause they might kill your family”.

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Overall, the movie is dumb. There isn’t really anything impressive about the movie and I really wonder why they thought it was a good idea to put in theatre around the “Tenet” release date. Nothing really makes sense in this movie and its, not like the cinematography or the score is good. However, there is some fun to have in this movie because it borderline is “so bad it’s good”. Seeing Russell Crowe play a crazy guy in a short 90-minute movie is not the worst thing you can be watching.


 

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