7 Ups & 4 Downs From Russell Crowe's Unhinged
4. Most Of The Carnage Fits The Premise
Unhinged's opening credits are backed by a soundtrack of hate, intolerance, random violence and a society that's quickly breaking down. Newsreaders babble over one another to tell of carnage that's becoming an every day occurrence, and that sets the scene for Crowe's double murder and house burning.
This explanation gives the world a threatening atmosphere.
It says everything that even cars pulling out in front of one another, and the frenzied beeps from both parties, offer jump scares. Borte did a wonderful job selling a world that was tightly wound and ready to snap at a moment's notice. You really feel like this New Orleans is hanging by a thread.
Inside that bubble of simmering hatred are more grounded characters like Rachel, her son Kyle and even some dude at the gas station who offers to help warn off Tom Cooper. That normality shines through in a dark, almost post-apocalyptic (in terms of how people behave, if nothing else) landscape.