Russell Crowe Performs an Unsettling Villain in This 48% Rotten Tomatoes Shock Streaming Hit

It has been a busy 12 months for Russell Crowe already, with the Oscar-winning actor starring in initiatives equivalent to The Exorcism, Sleeping Canine, and Land of Dangerous, alongside stars like Sam Worthington, Liam Hemsworth, and Karen Gillan. Nonetheless, a couple of years in the past, Crowe stepped outdoors his wheelhouse to play a terrifying villain in Unhinged, the 2020 psychosocial thriller which additionally stars Darkish Matter and Dangerous Batch star Jimmi Simpson. Unhinged has jumped to the highest of the Netflix charts, surpassing Adam Sandler’s Pixels and Jenna Ortega‘s Scream to achieve the #3 spot. The movie value $33 million to provide and earned solely $44 million on the worldwide field workplace and at the moment sits at a 48% score from critics and a 77% rating from common audiences on the mixture website Rotten Tomatoes.

Derrick Borte directed Unhinged with a script from Carl Ellsworth. Borte made his directorial debut in 2009 with The Joneses, the comedy flick starring Gary Cole and Amber Heard, which he adopted up with Darkish Across the Stars, the drama starring Mark Kassen and Kathryn Hahn. Unhinged is the final undertaking that Borte has helmed, however earlier than his work on the movie, he additionally directed American Dreamer, the 2018 crime thriller starring Jim Gaffigan and Tammy Blanchard. Ellsworth wrote the script for the star-studded 2012 motion movie, Purple Daybreak, which stars Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, and Adrianne Palicki. He additionally wrote one episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and a number of other episodes of Animorphs. Ellsworth additionally wrote the script for Purple Eye, the 2005 thriller starring Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy that is streaming solely on Amazon MGM+.

What Else Is Common To Watch on Netflix?

Bad Boys: Ride or Die just lately premiered on Netflix and has discovered excessive success, immediately jumping to the top spot and proving that Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have not misplaced a beat. Lonely Planet, the Netflix Authentic movie starring Liam Hemsworth and Laura Dern, additionally premiered final week and has been in a race towards Dangerous Boys 4 to the highest of the charts, however is at the moment dropping and sitting at #2. A Quiet Place Half 2, the horror sequel starring John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, additionally recently premiered on Netflix and shortly made its method into the highest 10.

Unhinged stars Russell Crowe and was written by Carl Ellsworth and directed by Derrick Borte. Keep tuned to Collider for future streaming updates and watch Unhinged on Netflix.