Unhinged is a road-rage thriller that’s new to Netflix and includes Russell Crowe playing the meanest driver you’ve ever seen, so it’s definitely worth you time
Despite being one of only two movies Quentin Tarantino said he would have paid to see in theaters during the pandemic, Unhinged feels like a movie that’s perfectly concocted for a great night on Netflix. It’s a thriller that’s equal parts terrifying and silly, it’s got a movie star giving a terrific performance as a loose-cannon murderer, and at just 81 minutes long (before the credits) it knows exactly how not to overstay its welcome. So now that it actually is on Netflix, it’s the perfect time to check it out.
The movie follows Rachel (Caren Pistorius), a young mom going through a divorce, living with her burnout brother and his fiance and trying to keep her life on track. One harried morning (which we learn is the norm for Rachel), in the middle of trying to get her son to school (late) and getting fired from her job (for being late), she gives into a satisfying bout of road rage and lays on the horn because the pickup truck driver in front of her won’t go despite the fact that the light is clearly green. The one problem for Rachel, her son, and everyone she’s ever met is that the driver of that truck (Russell Crowe) was just driving back from killing his ex-wife and her new husband, and decides that the rude driver behind him is going to be his next victim.
