Falling Down

In the 90’s, this movie was what we all thought about doing. Today, it’s copied by real life. A normal person gets tired of the daily grind and pressure, and when he detours, he breaks all barriers before him. “I’m the bad guy?!?” Classic

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A true 90’s unsung classic Michael Douglas in Falling Down was an Unholy, Melancholy, Ill advised look at Someone’s Bad Day! The movie would be controversial these days But it rarely gained a blip in the 90’s! And even though morally you shouldn’t we did empathize with Michel Douglas’s D-Fense! The movie Definitely Falls in line!

All of the acting in "Falling Down" is superb! Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall are awesome. As it starts out, essentially, a bright man is quite stressed out. If you have ever driven in Los Angeles, you can understand why he is more than a wee bit annoyed! (I couldn’t believe how bad the traffic is there and I am from a very large city!) The plot WILL keep you entertained. Parts of the movie are really very funny although it’s not a comedy. I’m not going to give you any spoilers because that would ruin the movie experience for you. No hints either! Just go ahead and rent it! I sure wish I could see it again for the first or even the second time!

One of the best movies to come out of the 90’s.

what a great movie i highly recomend i think that acting was amazing and you should get this movie although there is brief nudety and bad language

This is something new in today's society. Great movie, would recommend.

I’ve never seen Michael Douglas in so good a role. Duvall is also good, and I actually could stomach Barbara Hershey (before the days she actually spoke her lines with her upper and lower teeth separated.) Worth the time. All other character actors were great, too.

"Falling Down" is a movie that deals with some controversial subjects. Some see it simply as a "vigilante" movie but it is much deeper than that on many levels. Spoiler Alert: As part of my review I am also going to write about what happens in the movie. The main character played superbly by Michael Douglas is obviously mentally ill when the movie starts. My question is what were the outside factors that drove him to reach the point when the pin was finally pulled from this human grenade. The viewer learns that "Bill" is divorced and that his ex-wife has a restraining order against him so that he can't see her or their young daughter. Later in the movie, the viewer finds out that "Bill" was fired from his job. Bill can not accept the reality that he can't see his daughter and wife, and that he was fired. His frustration finally boils over when he is in a massive traffic jam driving to his old job even though he doesn't work there anymore. He sees a young girl in the car in front of him, and he remembers that today is his daughter's birthday. Stuck in gridlock on the highway, he abandons his car, and announces, "I am going home." I will paint a picture of Bill: a forty year old white guy wearing a white short sleeve button-down shirt and tie. Bill also wears nerdy glasses and he has a military style "buzz" haircut. Bill starts walking toward Venice Beach where his ex-wife and child live. He needs change for the pay phone to call his ex-wife and that's where the first conflict starts. Bill goes into a Korean grocery to get change for a dollar and the owner wont give him change. The grocery store owner says that Bill must buy something to get change. Bill picks out a can of soda. The grocery owner tells Bill that the can of soda costs 85 cents (we are talking 1992 prices here, so 85 cents for a can of soda is outrageous). Bill tells the owner that if he buys the soda for 85 cents, he won't have enough change to make his phone call. The grocery store owner doesn't care that Bill won't have enough change, and he tells Bill to either buy the soda or leave. Bill says he won't leave. The grocery owner reaches for a baseball bat. A struggle ensues and Bill takes the bat from the grocer. Now the situation has escalated, and Bill destroys some of the grocery products that he feels are grossly overpriced. Bill also reminds the Korean grocer that the USA gives a lot of aid to Korea, and that he should learn how to speak English better. Bill leaves with the bat. Bill's next encounter on his walk toward Venice Beach is with two Latino gang members who try to mug Bill and steal his briefcase. They pull a switchblade on Bill, but Bill has the bat, and he busts them up and they run away. Bill keeps the switchblade. Things get progressively more violent as Bill loses all his inhibitions and vents his frustrations. The police begin to become aware of these crimes, but it takes an older cop played by Robert Duvall, who is retiring, to figure out the pattern of crimes leading to the ex-wife's house. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who sometimes feels utterly frustrated and betrayed by the modern world. Bill acts out the fantasies that some of us may have, but will probably never act on.