Enraged, it's the little B series of the moment. Directed by Derrick Borte, the feature film brings together a small cast led by Russell Crowe and Caren Pistorius. The concept is simple. It is a relatively classic survival story that tells the story of how a man, played by Russell Crowe, decides to harass and traumatize a mother at the wheel of her pickup. Somewhere between Duel and Free Fall, the film depicts the way a man farts the lead, in a society constantly under pressure.
Enraged: simple but effective
Enragé clearly does not revolutionize the genre. Derrick Borte's film is an extremely classic survival. A tense B series, which takes up the usual strings of this type of production. A simple manhunt, but ultimately devilishly effective. 1h30 of tension during which Russell Crowe harasses a poor mother in a violent, deranged and dangerous way. 
But Derrick Borte's staging is enough to give breath and depth to his film. Without fuss, with a saving simplicity, the filmmaker films a perpetual chase, both physical and psychological. Without making tons, it nevertheless offers some moments of action quite impressive. Some visual swerves that are worth the detour and allow some stunts in quite striking vehicles. Of course, it is quite easy to make the comparison of Enragé with Duel, Steven Spielberg's classic, as the road sequences are inspired by it. And this is not necessarily a defect, quite the contrary. Although the story is obviously telephoned, reduced to its own concept, and the lack of openness of the subject, the themes addressed allow to give another identity to Enrage.
Very current themes
Because Enragé could easily have fallen into gratuitous violence. But the themes addressed by Derrick Borte make it possible to give its particularity to Enrage. The subjects treated are undoubtedly reminiscent of Free Fall, the film by the late Joel Schumacher. The late filmmaker proposed the story of a man played by Michael Douglas who simply the lead. The story of this average citizen who ends up being mentally broken because of the ever-increasing pressure of a dying society. It was a powerful firebrand against the over-exploitation of labor, of the human being, in a capitalist organization that pulls on the rope until the explosion. Well, Enragé tells much the same thing. Derrick Borte chooses to take the prism of Russell Crowe's character to tell how the human being reaches a breaking point with no possible return. As in Free Fall, it features an ordinary character, an average man, who will no longer bear the daily pressure. Whether professional or relational. And will embark on a vengeful campaign against all as the only means of expression. The relevant and very current picture of a company that continuously produces this kind of profiles. 
Enragé highlights a society in which the individual is diluted in the mass. A society dominated by time, by money, by appearances. A society where the human being is a replaceable pawn on a huge chessboard that is beyond everyone's control. Enragé wants to denounce the way our system exploits Man. Pushes him to his breaking point, without framing him or reaching out to him. The feature film is ultimately the representation of our society's inability to protect its members. Derrick Borte, by the impotence of the police in his film, reminds us that everyone is ultimately left to himself, and must defend himself, protect himself, and survive alone. It is a film under tension that denounces the permanent pressure that punctuates our lives. But where Enragé stands out from Free Fall is the double prism he chooses to use. Joel Schumacher had chosen the bias to follow only the character of Michael Douglas in his descent into hell, thus pointing the finger at a perverted society. Derrick Borte prefers to offer two points of view. That of Russell Crowe who slowly falls into a violent madness. And that of Caren Pistorius, also desperate whether professionally or emotionally, but who keeps his head on his shoulders. In this way, the filmmaker nuances the purpose of his film. Remembering that, even if society is terrible, free will belongs to everyone. In short, all this to tell you that we strongly recommend Enragé, intelligent and entertaining B series. A rather simplistic but devilishly effective proposal, punctuated by 1h30 of rather asphyxiating tension. Somewhere between Duel and Free Fall, the film takes an interesting look at our modern society, its inability to protect its citizens and its sometimes unfair and quite inhuman way of punctuating their lives. https://youtu.be/ZhO2Wr_xJDU
