Falling Down is a drama film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall which was first released in 1993.

The film is set in Los Angeles, California and tells the story of unemployed defence engineer William Foster (played by Michael Douglas), who abandons his car in traffic on his daughter's birthday in order to "go home" to her and his estranged ex-wife. Alienated and disgusted by his experiences as he walks through the city, he accumulates weaponry and commits acts of vigilantism. Detective Martin Prendergast (played by Robert Duvall) on the day before his retirement, is the only policeman to see a connection between the seemingly random acts of violence through the city and spends his last day as a cop tracking Foster down.

During the filming of Falling Down, the 1992 Los Angeles riots broke out, highlighting many of the racial, social and economic tensions portrayed in the film.

Of some note is the disparity of Foster's haircut, glasses, clothing, and use of drafting tools, all of which are representative of corporate America in the 50's & 60's, while the movie was set in the early 90's.

William (D-FENS) just wants to get home to see his daughter on her birthday. Unfortunately, nothing seems to be going right for him. First there's the traffic jam, then the unhelpful Korean shopkeeper who "doesn't give change". D-FENS begins to crack and starts to fight back against the every day "injustices" he encounters on his journey home. The film has a story running in parallel about a desk-bound cop who is about to retire. He's retiring for his wife's sake, and obviously isn't happy about it. The cop tracks down D-FENS and in the final scene..... Written by Rob Hartill

William Foster (Michael Douglas), AKA D-FENS, is an unemployed, divorced engineer in the defense industry who's reached his boiling point. First he finds himself in gridlock, which he deals with by abandoning his car. He subsequently happens across an unhelpful convenience store clerk whose prices D-FENS 'rolls back', by demolishing the store with a baseball bat after overpowering the clerk. Soon he finds himself in gangland, and deals with some tough-looking gang members by attacking them and running them off. When the gang members try to retaliate, it fails when they crash their car and D-FENS takes their bag full of guns. Unfortunately for him, a retiring cop (Robert Duvall) is on his trail, and soon things will come to blows as D-FENS heads towards Venice for his young daughter's birthday party.... Written by Derek O'Cain

A divorced engineer for the defense industry gets stuck in L.A. traffic and finally snaps. He gets out of his car and begins a walk through central L.A., where he encounters various levels of harassment, which he learns to deal with by acquiring weapons along the way. His actions attract the attention of a retiring cop, and he gets involved with the case, following the engineer's path toward Venice, where his daughter is having a birthday party. Written by Ed Sutton

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