Unhinged

unhinged was moving toward an easy 3.5 stars for much of its running time. russell crowe is on his game as the psychotic villain of this piece who takes road rage to an entirely new level, and caren pistorius is a nice counter to him as rachel, the chronically-late single mother targeted by his wrath. sure, there are flaws here. the "chronically-late" part is a bit eye-rolling; it's practically established as rachel's predominant character trait as if it's a character trait at all. but director derrick borte keeps this insane little spot of violence and tension roiling along at a rapid pace,... read more

so...we got a fat russel crow with anger management issues and an impatient, recently divorced, soccer mom. and they don't get along... so...is this a documentary?!? anyway...unhinged is decent enough. i'm not sure russel crow is actually acting though, but as for everyone else...good enough. the story is a bit too drawn out, and because of that the movie seems a bit too long, but it never really gets boring, just...as i said...drawn out. as if they just needed to hit that one hour and thirty minutes mark. anyway...if you got nothing better to do than to watch russel crow...just begin himself... read more