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Title: Falling Down (1993)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michael Douglas | ... | D-Fens | |
| Robert Duvall | ... | Prendergast | |
| Barbara Hershey | ... | Beth | |
| Rachel Ticotin | ... | Sandra | |
| Tuesday Weld | ... | Mrs. Prendergast | |
| Frederic Forrest | ... | Surplus Store Owner | |
| Lois Smith | ... | D-Fens' Mother | |
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Joey Hope Singer | ... | Adele (Beth's Child) |
| Ebbe Roe Smith | ... | Guy on Freeway | |
| Michael Paul Chan | ... | Mr. Lee | |
| Raymond J. Barry | ... | Captain Yardley | |
| D.W. Moffett | ... | Detective Lydecker | |
| Steve Park | ... | Detective Brian | |
| Kimberly Scott | ... | Detective Jones | |
| James Keane | ... | Detective Keene | |
On the day of his daughter's (Joey Hope Singer) birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster (Michael Douglas) is trying to get to his estranged ex-wife's (Barbara Hershey) house to see his daughter. He has a breakdown and leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. Along the way he stops at a convenience store and tries to get some change for a phone call but the owner, Mister Lee (Michael Paul Chan), does not give him change. This destabilizes William who then breaks apart the shop with a baseball bat and goes to an isolated place to drink a coke. Two gangsters (Agustin Rodriguez & Eddie Frias) threaten him and he reacts by hitting them with the bat. D-FENS continues walking and stops at a phone booth. The gangsters hunt him down with their gang and shoot at him but crash their car. William goes nuts and takes their gym bag with weapons proceeding in his journey of rage against injustice. Meanwhile Sergeant Martin Prendergast (Robert Duvall), who is working on his last ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Joel Schumacher's career has gone down the drain since this movie, for now he is just trying to make stupid movies with no sense and style. However this proved to be one of his best films. Michael Douglas portrayed William Forster perfectly, giving us a character who is both sensible and psychotic at the same time. The whole scene with Douglas in the fast food restaurant was priceless, giving a voice to the typical angry consumer. So many messages in the film really brought out the stereotypical infuriated American, and gave us the reactionary nature of such an individual. While this film will most likely leak in to the annals of obscurity, this one will always remain in my video collection.