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Falling Down (1993)
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Synopsis: A laid-off defense worker, kept from seeing his child on her birthday by a restraining order, looks at the landscape of moral decay in Los Angeles on one hot, congested day and, after being mugged, snaps. What follows is his bitter and pathetic mission of justice, vengeance and vindication... A laid-off defense worker, kept from seeing his child on her birthday by a restraining order, looks at the landscape of moral decay in Los Angeles on one hot, congested day and, after being mugged, snaps. What follows is his bitter and pathetic mission of justice, vengeance and vindication that reads uncomfortably like too many news stories. Michael Douglas is identified only by his character's license plate, D-FENS, in this attack on social ills, a film originally seen as the displacement of power felt by many white American males. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Frederic Forrest
DVD Info
Release:
Dec 10, 1999
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Snap Case
- Pan & Scan - 1.33
- Letterboxed
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Surround - English
- Dolby Digital Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
- Trailers - 1.Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Access
Reviews
A crude, cathartic rant that both condemns and exploits modern paranoia.
Dealing with urban paranoia from a White POV is a good, timely idea, but film can't decide whether Michael Douglas is an ordinary or psychopathic man and whether we should feel sympathy or pity for the "victimization" of this yuppie.
A powerful, gripping, darkly humorous film with a dynamite lead performance by Michael Douglas. One of 1993's ten-best films.
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