57 Falling Down

An unemployed defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them. “I am not a vigilante. I am just trying to get home to my little girl's birthday party and if everyone will just stay out of my way, nobody will get hurt.”
Joel Schumacher's has done many evils in his life this is not one of them. Flatliners, Lost Boys and Falling down are all reasons we should allow Schumacher to continue hurting our minds with the crap festival that normally comes out of his delusional non sexy saxophone eighties mind.

Falling down is the story of hate towards apathy. Just really being pissed off at stupidity and stupid people.

Michael Douglas bashes breaks and blows crap up in the name of all things annoying.

Robert Foster Played by Douglas is a man trying to get to his daughters birthday party and is having a problem. Everyone and everything is getting in his way. This is a vehicle to give a social commentary on annoyances we all experience. From Fast Food to traffic jams, Robert Foster for a moment is our voice and he screams shouts bangs and shoots and we all cheer!!!! Falling Down is an original.

There are some slow spots in the movie with Duvalls character, a pencil pushing cop, cracking the case of a maniac on the loose. My favorite scene is when Douglas asks a dying golfer “Now your going to die wearing that stupid hat. How does that feel?”

Filmed during the L.A. riots of 1992