History YMMV / Unhinged2020

* BrokenAesop: The movie’s moral falls down because of the opening scene, we see the man break into a house and murder two people and he is becomes murderous a wild card and we can’t trust his motivation, if he had been introduced during the encounter with Rachel at the traffic light his character had remained a mystery and the moral would have worked. However because of the opening scene the moral goes from “Be careful who you get into a confrontation with” to “You should be afraid to confront anyone no matter what they do because they might be a psychotic murderer and they might choose to target you no matter what you do or don’t do”.

* DracoInLeatherPants: The Man, despite being a misogynistic SerialKiller with a HairTriggerTemper and no redeeming qualities.

** Fred discovers that a grey pickup truck is parked outside of Rachel's house, the door's been broken into, and his fiancee, Mary, isn't responding to his calls anymore. Rather than immediately calling the police and retreating to a safe place (like outside of the house) as is recommended in most cases, Fred instead grabs a kitchen knife and confronts The Man, who just got done beating Mary. [[spoiler:This results in Mary's death.]]

* AccidentalAesop: Don't be a hero unless you know what you're doing. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished It'll get you hurt/killed]]. The NiceGuy at the gas station tries to help Rachel by getting the Man's license plate and escorting her to her vehicle, but then he tries to prevent him from following Rachel by standing in front of his truck. [[spoiler:The Man runs him over and nearly kills him]]. It's just safer/easier to immediately call the police and let them handle it--something Rachel doesn't do until it's ''far'' too late.

* RootingForTheEmpire: As seen in the Website/YouTube comments of the trailers, many viewers root for the Man even as he stalks Rachel, assaults and kills many innocent people [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] generally acts like a {{Jerkass}} simply [[DisproportionateRetribution because]] Rachel honked at him at a traffic stop. It could be due to the viewers disliking Rachel's "Karen" personality (although she lacks the racist or anti-vaxxer beliefs of the sterotype), preferring Russell Crowe's acting, or a MisaimedFandom of increasingly misogynistic undertones that are [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment better off not discussed here]].
* RonTheDeathEater: Viewers often portray Rachel as a "Karen" who deserves part or all the horrible things that happened to her due to her being entitled, petty or emotional. Her greatest crime in the film is refusing to humour an obnoxious, murderous creep with an apology, which makes it seem that she is MadeOutToBeAJerkass due to NoSympathyForGrudgeholders from the audience. Some viewers even blame her for the events of the film because she slept-in and got caught in traffic, as if she should have realized that sleeping-in would result in her being chased by a maniac.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: One of the main characters is highly unlikeable, and the other main character is seen as unsympathetic by many people:

** While Rachel is nowhere ''near'' as bad as The Man, her rude attitude towards The Man all because he didn't move fast enough at a green light (something that he apologized for) makes her quite unlikeable to some. Even worse is that she never apologizes for said attitude even though her son constantly told her to do so and that she got herself and her son into this mess because of her being irresponsible by sleeping-in which caused her to run late to her client (who was her main source of income) who she ends up losing.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Neither of the main characters are particularly likeable:

** The Man comes off as this to some. Prior to this, he might have been just an average guy. Then, [[spoiler: his wife divorces him and he loses most of his possessions as a result. He also loses his job and has his pension benefits cancelled]]. Given that the film implies this takes place during or around the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic and the resulting lockdown, suffering events of this kind could test anyone's sanity limits. On the contrast...

** While Rachel is nowhere ''near'' as bad as The Man, her rude attitude towards The Man all because he didn't move fast enough at a green light (something that he apologized for) makes her quite unlikeable (see UnintentionallyUnsympathetic below). Even worse is that she never apologizes for said attitude even though her son constantly told her to do so and that she got herself and her son into this mess because of her being irresponsible by sleeping in which caused her to run late to her client (who was her main source of income) who she ends up losing.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Quite a few people see Rachel as an entitled "Karen" character who deserves at least some of what happens to her when she rudely honks at a random stranger in traffic for not moving fast enough at a green light and refuses to apologize for it after The Man apologized for ''his'' mistake. Even her son kept telling her to apologize to him. It's worth noting that had Rachel not slept in that morning, she wouldn't have been running late in the first place, would have kept her client -- who was her main if not sole source of income -- and most importantly, would not have crossed paths with The Man. Of course, all of this is incidental, as most people wouldn't think that sleeping-in would somehow lead to getting stalked and terrorized by someone. Overall, Rachel was just really unlucky enough to have been the person behind the Man in traffic, as it could have been really ''anyone'' who sets the Man off.

** [[MurderByProxy His murder of Mary is this]]. Up until this point, his acts of violence were a result of rage and frustration. Not only does he lay a brutal beating on Mary for literally ''no reason'', he then kills her by pushing her into her fiancé's knife, cruelly saying "Look what you did!" This is truly the moment that establishes the Man as a sadist.

* MoralEventHorizon: If the Man hadn't crossed it already in the prologue, he does for sure when he [[spoiler:tries to [[WouldHurtAChild throttle Kyle with a power cable]] during the final showdown]] without showing even a shred of hesitation or remorse.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Neither of the main characters are particularly likeable:
** While The Man has an understandable reason to be annoyed and he ''did'' apologize for not moving fast enough at a green light (see UnintentionallySympathetic below) he's still an unrepentant murderer who murdered his ex-wife and her boyfriend and tries to kill someone and her son over her not giving him an apology. Doesn't help that his rampage gets other innocent people killed or injured.
** While Rachel is nowhere ''near'' as bad as The Man, her rude attitude towards The Man all because he didn't move fast enough at a green light (something that he apologized for) makes her quite unlikeable (see UnintentionallyUnsympathetic below). Even worse is that she never apologizes for said attitude even though her son constantly told her to do so and that she got herself and her son into this mess because of her being irresponsible by sleeping in which caused her to run late to her client (who was her main source of income) who she ends up losing.

* RonTheDeathEater: Viewers often portray Rachel as a "Karen" who deserves part or all the horrible things that happened to her due to her being entitled, petty or emotional. Her greatest crime in the film is refusing to humour an obnoxious, murderous creep with an apology, which makes it seem that she is MadeOutToBeAJerkass due to NoSympathyForGrudgeholders from the audience.

** The Man comes off as this. Prior to this, he might have been just an average guy. Then, [[spoiler: his wife divorces him and he loses most of his possessions as a result. He also loses his job and has his pension benefits cancelled]]. Given that the film implies this takes place during or around the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic and the resulting lockdown, suffering events of this kind could test anyone's sanity limits. On the contrast...

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Quite a few people see Rachel as an entitled "Karen" character who deserves at least some of what happens to her when she rudely honks at a random stranger in traffic for not moving fast enough at a green light and refuses to apologize for it after The Man apologized for ''his'' mistake. Even her son kept telling her to apologize to him. It's worth noting that had Rachel not slept in that morning, she wouldn't have been running late in the first place, would have kept her client -- who was her main if not sole source of income -- and most importantly, would not have crossed paths with The Man.

* SoOkayItsAverage: With ratings between 45% and 55% on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, respectively, general consensus is that ''Unhinged'' is a serviceable B-movie without any outstanding features other than Russell Crowe's performance.

* SnarkBait: Creator/RussellCrowe playing a belligerent lunatic allowed for plenty of snark given his infamous history of getting into fights.

* MemeticMutation: Given Creator/RussellCrowe's past history with anger issues and assaulting people, people commonly joke that this film is either a documentary of Russell Crowe's day to day life or an adaptation of ''[[Recap/SouthParkS6E5TheNewTerranceAndPhillipMovieTrailer Fightin' Around The World]]''.

* MemeticMutation: Given Creator/RussellCrowe's past history with anger issues and assaulting people, people commonly joke that this film is either a bunch of people filming Russel Crowe on a regular day or an adaptation of ''[[Recap/SouthParkS6E5TheNewTerranceAndPhillipMovieTrailer Fightin' Around The World]]''.

** The NiceGuy who escorts Rachel out the gas station. Kudos to him for standing up to the Man and being smart enough to get his license plate number. But after Rachel leaves, he tells the Man that he knows his plate number and then ''stands in front of his truck'', thinking the Man won't run him over. [[spoiler:He does]]. He's lucky that he wasn't killed.

** The NiceGuy who escorts Rachel out the gas station. Kudos to him for standing up to the Man and being smart enough to get his license plate number. But after Rachel leaves, he tells the Man that he knows his plate number and then ''stands in front of his truck'', thinking the Man won't run him over. [[spoiler:He does]].

** While Rachel is nowhere ''near'' as bad as The Man, her rude attitude towards The Man all because he didn't move fast enough at a green light (something that he apologized for) makes her quite unlikeable (see UnintentionallyUnsympathetic below). Even worse is that she never apologizes for said attitude even though her son constantly told her to do so and that she got into this mess because of her being irresponsible by sleeping in which caused her to run late to her client (who was her main source of income) who she ends up losing.

* AccidentalAesop:
** Don't be a hero unless you know what you're doing. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished It'll get you hurt/killed]]. The NiceGuy at the gas station tries to help Rachel by getting the Man's license plate and escorting her to her vehicle, but then he tries to prevent him from following Rachel by standing in front of his truck. [[spoiler:The Man runs him over and nearly kills him]]. It's just safer/easier to immediately call the police and let them handle it--something Rachel doesn't do until it's ''far'' too late.
** If you and/or another person do something rude to one another and it's partially your fault, for god's sake, ''apologize''. You have no idea what the other person is going through and nothing good will come of you antagonizing the other person. Both the Man and Rachel are victims of road rage--Rachel aggressively honks her horn at the Man, while the Man was busy zoning out on a green light for so long that it almost turned red. The Man, however, at least treated Rachel kindly and tried to explain his situation, whereas Rachel didn't even try to sympathize with him and treated him like a moron, [[NeverMyFault even though it was Rachel's fault she was rushing to begin with]]. If Rachel had just responded in a kind manner, the Man very likely would've left her and her family alone. None of this excuses what the Man does ''later'', but [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic it's easy to see why some people don't like Rachel]].

** The people in the restaurant who witnesses [[spoiler:Andy's murder]]. One would point out that they're all stupid or cowardly for not doing anything to stop it, but this is a justified case of the BystanderSyndrome. The people witness what's happening, but they're not apathetic. Some of them run away; some of them shout for help; some of them film the event as it goes down (and it's because of this that the police later figure out the Man's identity). But given that the Man manhandles [[spoiler:Andy]] with no effort, looks like he weighs well over two hundred pounds, and the fact that [[spoiler:he already critically injured someone who ''did'' try to help earlier]], it's easy to understand why no one tried to help.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: The Man comes off as this. Prior to this, he might have been just an average guy. Then, [[spoiler: his wife divorces him and he loses most of his possessions as a result. He also loses his job and has his pension benefits cancelled]]. Given that the film implies this takes place during or around the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic and the resulting lockdown, suffering events of this kind could test anyone's sanity limits. On the contrast...

* WhatAnIdiot: So Rachel acts rudely to the man, which is what set him off in the first place. Stupid, yes, and pretty rude as well, but some may give her the benefit of the doubt because she was under a lot of stress at the moment. However, the real trouble starts when she leaves her phone in the car when she goes inside the gas station to pay. Had she taken her phone in with her, The Man wouldn't have stolen it from her and made it easy for him to harm her loved ones, maybe she would have been able to call the police as soon as she saw his truck following her.