Writers: Carl Ellsworth
Countries: USA
directed by: Derrick Borte
Duration: 1Hours 30 M
tomatometers: 6,5 / 10 stars

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As "Unhinged" 2020 release; 93 min.) opens, it is "4:03 AM" and a gay we later come to know as Tom is clearly not having a good night in his pickup truck. He breaks into a house (presumably of his ex) and sets the place on fire. The next day, we get to know Rachel and her teenage son Kyle. As she is driving him to school, Rachel gets into an argument with Tom in his pickup truck over a green light/red light. Next thing you know, Tom murmurs "You don't even know what a bad day is, and I'm going to show you! At this point we are 10 min. into the film, but to tell you more of the plot would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.
Couple of comments: this is the latest film from director Derrick Borte ( The Joneses. Here he brings us what in essence can be summed up as "road rage on triple steroids. That's all you really need to know about this film. Even though it's all utterly predictable, I nevertheless found myself tensing up in my theater chair. The long (and I do mean, long) car chase sequence will make the hairs stand up on your arms. Russell Crowe is the perfect "bad guy. Has his real life weight ballooned to what we see in the movie or is this just movie make up? I don't know the answer, to be honest. The up-and-coming New Zealand actress Caren Pistorius is spot on as the single mom who is the target of the road rage. Bottom line: I had slim to none expectations for this film, and I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it.
While some theaters have been open for about two months (showing mostly classic films or indie and foreign films. Unhinged" is the first wide theater release in the "new normal" era of COVID-19. The Sunday early evening showing where I saw this at the Cinemark here in Cincinnati was not attended well (less than 10 people. I think it will take a top-notch film like Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" to get people to return to the theaters. Meanwhile, if you like a good road rage action thriller, I'd readily suggest you check this out, be it in the theater, on VOD, or eventually on DVD/Blu-ray, and draw your own conclusion.

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