Falling Down Movie Review 1993

Douglas is "D-FENS" (taken from his license plate), a normally law-abiding white-collar geek who snaps while stuck in a traffic jam on a hot day in LA. Like Charles Bronson in "Death Wish," he decides to take matters into his own hands. Unlike Bronson, he is not avenging an attack by a specific criminal, but raging against whomever gets in his way. Duvall is a detective on his last day before retirement, Hershey has the thankless role of Douglas' ex. Essentially a revenge fantasy that was vilified by some for catering to the baser emotions.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Revenge, Psychotics/Sociopaths, L.A., Vigilantes, Divorce, Domestic Abuse, Police Detectives, Repressed Men, Impending Retirement

Screenplay

Ebbe Roe Smith

Cast

Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Tuesday Weld, Frederic Forrest, Lois Smith, D.W. Moffett, Dedee Pfeiffer, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond J. Barry, Jack Kehoe, John Diehl

Cinematography

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Director

Joel Schumacher

Music

James Newton Howard

Producer

Arnold Kopelson, Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris, Warner Bros.