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| | Product Details | | Actors: | Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Tuesday Weld, Rachel Ticotin | | Director: | Joel Schumacher | | Format: | Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC | | Language: | English, French | | Subtitle: | English, French | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Studio: | Warner Home Video | | Run Time: | 113 minutes | | DVD Release Date: | October 26, 1999 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 188 reviews |
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 Powerful, Hysterical and Beautifully Sad Jul 18, 2010
This is one of my favorites. It captures the horror of living and continuing to see annoying everyday things which begins to be like living in a nightmare. A divorced, ex-military man who has a tendency towards severe anger and violence suddenly snaps when waiting in the heat of the day in stand-still traffic. He leaves the car and walks home. This starts his journey spanning the entirety of the movie. He is empowered by this sudden refusal to obey the law and do something that only someone would think about and never do. He is unafraid, seeking justice and moves further into the land of no return with every harrowing situation he keeps finding himself in. He frightens away a group of muggers, and he holds up a fast food store just to have a heated conversation with the owner about wanting to be served breakfast three minutes after noon.
This character's anger towards the world is something which everyone has a little of, but probably doesn't express it to the extent Michael Douglas does. It is a beautiful, harrowing and sometimes hilarious movie. Too many movies are empty with nothing to leave the viewer to think about. This movie, while not in the mainstream popularity (which I gauge how I think I will like a movie) leaves you with a powerful aftershock for a week.
A Wonderful Movie for Fun and Serious Thought Jun 12, 2010
I'm not going to lie: I love this movie more for the fun aspect rather than the social commentary, but I also say that about Night of the Living Dead.
The basic story is Bill Foster goes insane, wreaks havoc everywhere he goes, and gets hunted down by a detective. If you look at it just as a movie to watch, think of it as a man who believes society let him down and kicks its ass for it.
However, I watched this film for a movie review class once and, while the assignment was to look for technical items, I began thinking about the idea behind the story. Society does seem to have change a lot and, for Bill, not in a good way. Granted, it seemed a bit racial as he destroys a little shop owned by a Korean (by the way, he smashes everything up because soda when up a whole quarter), then is hunted by a Mexican gang. As one reviewer puts it, it seems to be the white man raging against the non-white man.
Well, except when he kills a Neo-Nazi because Bill doesn't like his ideas and the Nazi tries to rape him. Or when he feel for an African-American man whose own bank he worked for turned him down for a loan and fired him. And when he yells at two white golfers for taking land and using it solely for the purpose of golf.
It's hard to pinpoint one main idea behind this movie. Some ideas are good (like standing up for what you believe in) and some are bad (like raging about what you don't believe in).
Overall, it's more of fun than serious, and you might just want to rent it. For me, I love it.
the meatnpotatoesofitall May 15, 2010
this movie is fun..average dude with anger management issues decide's to deal with the reality of a devolving society and a failed personal life by going on an insane rampage (Mike D. is at his best I thought in his roll) though Mike's character was crazy,.. you will find your self siding with him on certain issues.. there seems to be a slight innocense to his character, at times you'll
feel sorry for him..somtimes he is annoying..and sometimes you will be cheering for him..for the price well worth it..heck think what a movie ticket, popcorn, and soda will cost you,..this is well worth it enjoy..Thanks Amazon.com this was another you came thru again with widescreen too.
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Falling Down Mar 07, 2010
Michael Douglas is great in every film he ever made. Just likd dad, Kirk, he is fabulous. He should have been nominated for an Academy Award for this role. I can watch this film over and over again.
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Fantastical fantasy Dec 31, 2009
How often do YOU feel at odds with the world?
How often do YOU feel like taking things into your own hands and exacting the kind of 'justice' 'THEY' deserve?
Well, if you feel like me (sometimes), THIS is the movie you have always wanted to be part of.
Ok, maybe Douglas' character DOES go a bit 'over the top', but you can sympathize with a man who just
wants to 'go home', if only the rest of the world will get out of his way and leave him alone.
The fact that he has a restraining order (due to a temper and a half) doesn't seem to deter him from going to celebrate his little girl's birthday.
I don't want to give TOO much away but there is a fantastic part that involves a phone box - "I think it's out of order".
Suffice to say, that Douglas IS the man pushed to the brink by EVERYDAY things - and people.
He plays the part to perfection, as do most of the cast. The movie is dark but funny in places, but mainly it is a 'feel good' movie IN REVERSE.
It deals with all the stupid pitiful things that annoy the rest of us - like 'road works' that really don't need to be. (You'll love how he deals with THAT!)
Above all, he is just a man, like you and me, but a man who really is still used to another era, before it all got caught up in the rat race of everyday 'life' and circumstance, notwithstanding he has just lost his job. I think I'd be angry too.
Another favourite scene of mine is the fast food restaurant. Great stuff!!
I could watch this movie over and over. I think you will too. Enjoy!!
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