Falling Down is a 1993 action/crime film directed by Joel Schumacher. The film stars Michael Douglas in the lead role as William Foster, a social outcast, divorcee, and former defense worker with what his ex-wife (Barbara Hershey) calls "a propensity for violence." The film centers on Foster as he goes on a violent rampage across the city of Los Angeles, trying to get home in time for his daughter's birthday party. Along the way, a series of enco...
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Falling Down is a 1993 action/crime film directed by Joel Schumacher. The film stars Michael Douglas in the lead role as William Foster, a social outcast, divorcee, and former defense worker with what his ex-wife (Barbara Hershey) calls "a propensity for violence." The film centers on Foster as he goes on a violent rampage across the city of Los Angeles, trying to get home in time for his daughter's birthday party. Along the way, a series of encounters—some quite trivial—cause him to react with violence and make sardonic observations on life, poverty, the economy, and commercialism. Meanwhile, on the day of his retirement, police detective Martin Prendergast (Robert Duvall) faces his own frustrations with maturity and empathy, even as he tracks down Foster. The title of the film, referring to Foster's mental collapse, is taken from the title of the nursery rhyme London Bridge is Falling Down, which appears several times during the film.
Coincidentally, the Los Angeles riots of 1992...
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