Falling Down (DVD)

...of many film cliches un Falling Down) and he's being held up by D-Fens's abandoned car. D-Fens then goes on a series of adventures. He smashes up a 'grocery store' becasue he thinks the coke is 35c over priced. He fights some Latino gangsters who come after him for revenge. He crosses paths with a neo-nazi and holds up a fast-food restaurant because they won't give him breakfast 6 minutes after breakfast ended. All the while he claims he only wants ...
...with stopping Foster's city-wide rampage. Falling Down is their story, a spellbinding, unconventional thriller that asks: "Are we falling apart?" My brother paid £3 for this DVD which I think is fair It is a certificate 18. I don't think is appropriate there is some moderate violence and some bad language but I would consider it a 12. 15 at a push. ...

Phelthew 28.05.2008 · Read full review
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I have probably watched Falling Down more than any other film. At first I enjoyed it because of its narrative of a man progressing through a city and identifying the wrongs within it. There is both enjoyment in the acts D-Fens and also a horror, both in what he is doing and that we ourselves are taking pleasure in it. But the more I watch it the more shocked I am by the portrayals of the city of Los Angeles and the groups that inhabit it. Falling ...
...a much deeper meaning in Falling Down. In trekking across the city he discovers its reality and the different groups that he has been protecting in his work for the defence industry. Robert Duvall plays his police pursuer Prendergast, who tracks him from one side of the city to the other and who also has problems with the city and what it has become. Los Angeles is shown as a space of paranoia, of individuals seemingly battling against other groups ...

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I can't believe that it is 10 years since I first saw this film at the cinema. How times change! I was a teenager then, and I think I took the film at face value without really thinking about the message it was trying to convey. I added this film to my collection about three years ago, and to be honest, I had not even opened it until I was at a loose end last weekend, and the options on television did not look too appealing, so I decided to watch ...
...and 90% of the on screen action involves him. He looks older in this film than he does now, and that may have something to do with the pretty severe haircut he has received for this part of D-Fens (a poor play on words admittedly). Initially, he seems like a pretty mild mannered man, who has gone through a divorce and has a job that he does not particularly care for. All of that is forgotten when one day, all of the pressures in his life build up, ...

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The rage of the white male pushed to the back burner in a multiracial society and perhaps in the moves forward of civilisation. The film also has a healthy dose of moral issues about the misuse guns. Michael Douglas is Foster the disgruntled and disheartened American Citizen, who just wants to go home. The only thing wrong with this film is the adding of a cop in a shadow role. While Robert Duvall's performance as Pendergast the 'soon to be retired' ...
...scenes show Foster stuck in a traffic jam in a "tunnel" - actually, in this instance, below a freeway overpass. The incident represents his current crisis, where he's stuck in a rut with his career. Foster, forever the victim of American realism, decides to abandon his car and walk away. Thus begins his journey across downtown Los Angeles in order to go home. In fact, Foster has no home to return to, as he's separated from his wife and daughter and ...

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When you look at Michael Douglas in this you are looking at every lower middle class American male in the 1950s. At least in so far as the haircut and attire go. Douglas plays a man who has lost his job but leaves the house every morning in the pretence that he is going to work. One day he finally completely cracks and the film covers this day. You could say that this film is all about the frustration felt by white-collar workers and how they would ...
...in the film. What does he do? Well I will tell you (imagine me saying that in an Ali G voice). He starts off by giving out egregiously about the price of various items in a local store and ends up acquiring a gun. With the gun he decides to play vigilante and consumer watchdog. Eh? You see he pays a visit to his local McDonald’s clone and looks for breakfast. They tell him that he can’t have it because the allotted time has passed ...

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Falling Down. Running Time 108mins. Languages : English, French, Italian Subtitles : English, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, German. There are no special features on the DVD this is a film from 1993 on the verge of DVDs getting big on extras. Don't worry the DVD is good without any bumpf to pack it out. Michael Douglas plays and average man (Bill Foster) fed up with the day to day grind and the things that are wrong ...
...them being there. The Burger on the picture that looks nothing like the picture on the board. The traffic on his way to work is at a stand still so he opts to leave his car and just walk. Making his way across the city he opts to put right what is wrong ? normally by use of a physical nature. Robert Duvall is the cop who is quickly obsessed with finding the anti-hero. After his killing and destroying of various things around the city, you are left ...

smurfuk76 19.02.2009 (14.07.2009) · Read full review
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Cast: Michael Douglas, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Robert Duvall. Raiting: 18 Dir: Joel Schumacher I was browsing the internet looking for new films to purchase, and this one caught my eye. I've never been a huge fan of Douglas, but this flick was interesting and imaginative. It was an eye opener, and although his character goes to extreme lengths, it really isn't too far from reality, and many people - in some ways - can relate to Douglas' ...
...as we are introduced to Bill Foster, otherwise known by his license plate, D-Fens. An unemployed engineer, recently divorced and prevented from seeing his daughter. Foster is stuck in traffic on a hot Los Angeles day, and has enough after his air conditioning packs in. He gets out of his car in the middle of the road, to walk the streets of Los Angeles to attend his daughters birthday party. On his journey, Foster becomes disgraced with the ignorance ...

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...over the deadline. Falling Down could quite easily be pigeon holed as a black comedy with its often cartoonishly over the top scenes of violence, but it is its balance of intriguing social commentary and the scenes with Prendergast (Robert Duvall), a nice guy desk cop who strives to bring D-FENS in on his last day before retirement, that illuminate the movie high above the illusory mess of "dweeb turned bad" that it could so easily have become. Douglas' ...
...character towards the end. Be warned, Falling Down is a gripping portrayal of the mental instability that can lurk behind every average human being within the seedy environment of their day to day life. Don't mess with a white shirt and tie. http://www.andycarrington.co.uk ...

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It would be all too easy to dismiss this film as a cliche film of cop on his last day before retirement busts his last big case, when no-one else believes him - but I made that mistake the first time. Always trust a Joel Schumacher movie! This film is bordering on the Shakespeare in some of its scripting - although the actual situations are hardly realistic it is impossible not to sympathise with this anti-hero. After watching the scene in the ...
...you can see why this film merits more than just a passing reference in film history. Even though Michael Douglas play a father who has a violent past towards his family - his struggle to get home makes you want him to get there just to see the reaction. The struggle of the policeman (Robert Duvall) with his wife is irrelevant in the film and I think gets in the way. The main thrust of this film does not reveal itself until the end as Michael Douglas ...

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...commentary on the urban lifestyle, Falling Down stars Michael Douglas as the disgruntled antihero William Foster, who can no longer cope with society and begins to take matters into his own hands. Stuck in a traffic jam on a hot day in LA, the protagonist (Douglas) steps out of his car, declaring to the irate drivers behind; "I'm going home!" He then embarks on a journey to visit his estranged wife and young daughter who is celebrating her birthday. ...
...William. Much of Falling Down's merit comes from the way in which it begins to give the viewer the impression that the film will be light-hearted, by William's almost comical appearance at the beginning of the film, wearing a short-sleeved tucked-in white shirt and tie, while smashing up a convenience store with a baseball bat. The film becomes increasingly deep, as Douglas becomes something of a bad guy, much to his own horror. This party of the ...

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People tend to take different viewpoints on this film. Personally I don't think whether it has a potient social message or not is important. Many characters are clear stereotypes, but that is what makes the film work. The film has a great deal of tension, but also an equal amount of comedy. There are brilliant performances by all the actors, and it's the best Michael Douglas film I've seen. The breakdown of Douglas' middle class character is superbly ...
...futher in seriousness and dark humour. It may not be for everyone, but I would reccomend it to anyone as it is a brilliant piece of work. I think if you don't like this film then you are probably looking to deeply into it. Perhaps not quite a 5 star film, it still definently deserves a place in the collection. It is sure to be one that you can watch time and again. If you haven't seen it then watch it and make up your own mind. ...

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