One Good Movie - Driver's Ed

Hi friend,

This week's movie is a nasty little thriller starring Wendell "Bud" White aka SID 6.7 aka Jeffrey Wigand aka Captain Jack Aubrey aka Maximus Decimus Meridius.

Russell Crowe.

But not any Crowe. This is big, sweaty, enraged Crowe!

He plays an angry, overweight, white man who drives a big truck.

Basically every sensitive viewer mourning the firing of Tucker Carlson.

One day a lady honks at Crowe at a stoplight and cuts him off. But we, the audience, know he's become...

Unhinged

Crowe is an excellent actor. Current era Crowe brings his focus and gravitas to disposable B-movies.

Many dismissed this 2020 thriller as offering nothing original. It doesn't. But sometimes you need a Culver's Bacon Deluxe. Nothing new. There will be guilt and sweating, but you'll leave satisfied.

The "Road Rage Guy" from hell movie.

Crude and extremely silly.

93 minutes.

-Guy

Epilogue

I miss Culver's. My go-to order is a Bacon Deluxe, cheese curds with ranch, and a root beer float.

I've lost ten pounds since moving to Spain. Is the lack of Culver's the key to weight loss? I hope not.

Barcelona has Five Guys. They're fine. But I don't crave Five Guys. I crave Culver's.

And given the culinary selection available in Barcelona, going to Five Guys feels shameful. Plus their burgers are too messy. $10 for a brown paper bag of grease? Please.

A Barcelona In-N-Out-Burger? That could be interesting.

Superior Rage

If you've never seen Steven Spielberg's Duel, then skip Unhinged. With a script by Richard Matheson, based on his own short story, Duel is the ultimate road rage movie.

The protagonist of Duel is a white, middle-aged salesman. In Unhinged he would be the antagonist. Times change.

Spielberg shot it in 13 days.

Damn.