Falling Down
by Joel Schumacher
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Actor: Barbara Hershey, Michael Douglas, Rachel Ticotin, Robert Duvall, Tuesday WeldDirector: Joel Schumacher
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 113 minutes
Release Date: 1994-07-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Movie Review: Revenge of the Nerd
Summary: 5 Stars
In a brilliant parody of the anti-hero, Michael Douglas portrays the faceless, pseudo-white collar employee - William "Bill" Foster/D-Fens - who finally reaches his limit in he boiling summer heat of a gridlocked Los Angeles freeway.
With his adventures in revenge taking him the urban streets to suburbia, Douglas aptly juxtaposes the insanity of the soul and the bizarre fabric of society, no matter the setting. Robert Duvall perfectly plays Detective Martin Prendergast, who is ultimately on a collision course with trying to bring Foster's wave of terror to an end.
It is a solid punch into the midsection of the morals, racism and sickening traps in the human rat race. Foster cries out for many when he exclaims, "I'm the bad guy? How did that happen?"
Summary of Falling Down
This film, about a downsized engineer (Michael Douglas) who goes ballistic, triggered a media avalanche of stories about middle-class white rage when it was released in 1993. In fact, it's nothing more than a manipulative, violent melodrama about one geek's meltdown. Douglas, complete with pocket protector, nerd glasses, crewcut, and short-sleeved white shirt, gets stuck in traffic one day near downtown L.A. and proceeds to just walk away from his car--and then lose it emotionally. Everyone he encounters rubs him the wrong way--and a fine lot of stereotypes they are, from threatening ghetto punks to rude convenience store owners to a creepy white supremacist--and he reacts violently in every case. As he walks across L.A. (now there's a concept), cutting a bloody swath, he's being tracked by a cop on the verge of retirement (Robert Duvall). He also spends time on the phone with his frightened ex-wife (Barbara Hershey). Though Douglas and Duvall give stellar performances, they can't disguise the fact that, as usual, this is another film from director Joel Schumacher that is about surface and sensation, rather than actual substance. --Marshall FineDrama VHS Video
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