Having just watched this movie I can say that I enjoyed it, not overly so. Its not really a tale of urban reality more that the everyday annoyances that we do nothing about and this guy turns them into a personal insult. Its starts normally enough, stuck in traffic, beep noises and drilling on a hot day, his AC is broken, the window is broken. Instead of just shrugging it off with that Monday feeling he just abandons his car and goes for a walk, to start with its a shop owner with overpriced drinks that gets his shop smashed up a bit, later only when threatened with violence himself does he de…
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Falling Down
Overview
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
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Release date
26/02/1993
Votes
4,259
Popularity
14.6
Michael Douglas
D-Fens
Robert Duvall
Prendergast
Barbara Hershey
Beth
Rachel Ticotin
Sandra
Tuesday Weld
Mrs. Prendergast
Frederic Forrest
Surplus Store Owner
Lois Smith
D-Fens' Mother
Joey Singer
Adele (Beth's Child)
Ebbe Roe Smith
Guy on Freeway
Michael Paul Chan
Mr. Lee
Raymond J. Barry
Captain Yardley
D.W. Moffett
Detective Lydecker
Steve Park
Detective Brian
Kimberly Scott
Detective Jones
James Keane
Detective Keene
Macon McCalman
Detective Graham
Richard Montoya
Detective Sanchez
Bruce Beatty
Police Clerk
Matthew Saks
Officer at Station
Agustin Rodriguez
Gang Member One
Eddie Frias
Gang Member Two
Pat Romano
Gang Member Three
Julian Scott Urena
Gang Member Four
Karina Arroyave
Angie
Irene Olga López
Angie's Mother
Benjamin Mouton
Uniformed Officer at Beth's
Dean Hallo
Uniformed Officer's Partner
James Morrison
Construction Sign Man by Bus Stop
John Fleck
Steady Guy in Park
Brent Hinkley
Rick (Whammyburger)
Dedee Pfeiffer
Sheila (Whammyburger)
Carole Androsky
Woman Who Throws Up (Whammyburger)
Margaret Medina
Lita the Waitress
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Not Economically Viable Man
Mark Frank
Annoying Man at Phone Booth
Peter Radon
First Gay Man
Spencer Rochfort
Second Gay Man
Carole Ita White
Second Officer at Beth's
Russell Curry
Second Officer's Partner
John Fink
Guy Behind Woman Driver
Jack Kehoe
Street Worker
Valentino D. Harrison
Kid (with Missile Launcher)
Jack Betts
Frank (Golfer)
Al Mancini
Jim (Golfer)
John Diehl
Dad (Back Yard Party)
Amy Morton
Mom (Back Yard Party)
Abbey Barthel
Trina (Back Yard Party)
Susie Singer Carter
Suzie the Stripper
Wayne Duvall
Paramedic
Valisha Jean Malin
Prendergast's Daughter
Jeffrey Byron
CHP Officer (uncredited)
Jorga Caye
Whammy Burger Customer (uncredited)
Doshia Darmane
Whammy Burger Customer (uncredited)
Caitanya Dasi
Hare Krishna (uncredited)
Sunit Gupta
Indian Vendor (uncredited)
Thomas M. Harrigan
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Tobias Jelinek
Whammy Burger Customer (uncredited)
Deron McBee
Man at Pier (uncredited)
Jim Rhine
Angry Motorist (uncredited)
Richard Wakasa
Whammy Burger Customer (uncredited)
Ilona Wilson
Woman at Prendergast's Retirement Send Off (uncredited)
Richard Yett
Man at Pier (uncredited)
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## Not about the guy This movie isn't about the main character, William 'D-Fens' Foster. He does some crazy things and I guess that what some people remember, but if you really watch the movie you see that it puts society's erosion of the U.S. "normal guy" on display. People who "do everything right": get a degree, marry, make babies, work for a corporation. They feel disillusioned, cheated out of the promise of the American dream. Class divides, racism, toxic masculinity, coroporate greed, urban decay, breakdown of interpersonal connections and flat, sloppy hamburgers that look nothing…
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