Russell Crowe’s 2020 thriller Unhinged re-enters Tubi’s free Top 10

Movieweb reports Russell Crowe’s 2020 action revenge thriller Unhinged has climbed into Tubi’s free streaming Top 10 in the U.S., bringing the largely forgotten film and Crowe’s intense villain turn to a new audience.

Unhinged is a cat-and-mouse revenge thriller in which Crowe plays Tom Cooper, who fixates on a single mother after a traffic-light confrontation; the film co-stars Caren Pistorius and Gabriel Bateman, according to the source. Solstice Studios released the film on August 21, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it grossed $44 million worldwide against a $33 million budget. Critics were mixed—the film holds a 48% Tomatometer score—but many reviews praised Crowe: Variety called it "a pulpy genre exercise that is, at times, too brutal for its own good," and The Hollywood Reporter praised Crowe’s unnerving portrayal but said it couldn’t get past a "thin" plot. Rotten Tomatoes’ Popcornmeter shows a 77% audience score, underscoring a divide between critics and viewers.

The film is now streaming on Tubi in the U.S., where it has found new viewers; credits list a 90-minute runtime and director Derrick Borte. Whether the renewed streaming interest will lead to wider reassessment or further distribution developments was not reported.

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