The freeways are jammed, Terror stalks our cities; At Stores and Restaurants, the customer is seldom right. The pressures of big-city life can anger anyone. But in Director Joel Schumacher’s 1993 crime thriller FALLING DOWN, One Man is more than angry, he’s out to get even. Academy Award winner Michael Douglas (Wall Street) plays William Foster aka D-FENS, an unemployed, defense worker who is frustrated of what's going on around him in 1993 Los Angeles; such as gang members, unhelpful shopkeepers, and everyday life; begins to psychotically and violently lash out to everyone around him while a soon to be retired L.A.P.D. Sgt. Martin Prendergast (Robert Duvall), who faces his own frustrations, pursues Foster throughout the city. When I first saw this movie, I only saw bits and pieces of it. The 1st scene I saw was the Whammyburger sequence and I didn't like that. I was shocked to find out that Schumacher, who directed Batman Forever and The Client, was the man who directed this intense and entertaining movie that took six days to film and it was during the time of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. This movie featured an interesting cast of actors, such as Barbara Hershey (Beaches) as D-FENS ex-wife Beth, Rachel Ticotin (Total Recall) as Prendergast’s partner Det. Sandra Torres, Tuesday Weld (The Cincinnati Kid) as Prendergast’s neurotic wife Amanda, Raymond J. Barry (Cool Runnings) as L.A.P.D. Captain Yardley, and Frederic Forrest (Apocalypse Now) as the homophobic Neo-Nazi , Army Surplus store owner Nick. FALLING DOWN is something I would recommend for everyone to see and as what was said at the end of the film's theatrical trailer: "A Tale of Urban Reality".
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