Falling Down

"The adventures of an ordinary man at war with the everyday world."

Feb 26 1993 R 1h 53m
Crime, Drama, Thriller

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

Plot

On the day of his daughter's (Joey 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 day before retirement, is following the wave of crimes and believes that the same man is responsible but the other detectives do not pay attention to him.

Written by

Ebbe Roe Smith

Directed by

Joel Schumacher

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Canal+, Warner Bros. Pictures, Alcor Films, Regency Enterprises

Languages

Español, English

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
214,976
Average Rating
7.6 out of 10
Metascore
56
Popularity
NA