Falling Down

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Tam W @RetroTam 1 day ago I never seen this movie growing up and everyone i spoke to said it was fantastic, but i felt a little let down after watching it. It is a pretty good movie, but not great. Deffo worth a watch though at least once. See more Evgenii N @RT14118979 Sep 21, 2026 Watching *Falling Down* from 2026 is a strange experience. Suddenly you can see the family tree: somewhere between *Taxi Driver* and *Joker*, with an economic crisis, social frustration and one man deciding that the rules no longer work for him. It is a strong film and a very good story. I only feel sorry that Douglas’s character didn’t make it another couple of years, just in time for the rise of tech companies. He could have joined one of them and, without any doubt, become a proper tech bro. And for me, as someone born in Russia, there is also something very Dostoevskian here. A man creates his own moral logic, crosses the line, and then slowly discovers what that logic actually means. In that sense, he is not that far from Raskolnikov. *Crime and Punishment*, Los Angeles edition. See more Todd F @Tiddlows Sep 20, 2026 Falling Down is what happens when a bad day grows teeth. Michael Douglas turns one man’s walk across Los Angeles into a fever dream of rage, traffic, fast food, and collapsing civility. Funny, ugly, and disturbingly human. By the end, the joke is gone and you are left staring at the mirror. See more Brandon K @TheKeizer Sep 5, 2026 The main character is what we all fantasize about doing, only a little less violent. See more nick S @Nick_S Sep 3, 2026 Made in an era when writing was a critical component of movies. Michael Douglas at his best, along with a perfect supporting cast See more DanTheMan 2 @DanTheMan2150AD Aug 8, 2026 We all go a little mad sometimes. Now and then, you find a film that speaks to you on such a deeply personal level that I don't know whether I should be genuinely concerned about how much I resonated with Falling Down, managing to turn one man's descent toward the abyss into a wickedly mischievous thriller. A hostile study of the growing resentment toward modern life, the breakdown of a fragile crusader is downright suspenseful if not wryly witty in its caustic conception, an anti-Odyssey story about the lie of the American Dream. Coupled with a fantastic supporting performance from Robert Duvall and James Newton Howard's incredible music, Falling Down remains an utterly gripping psychological thriller, offering insight into urban decay, social discontent and personal responsibility replete with just enough gallows humour, to the point where it could have been a black comedy, giving cause to consider the line, so easily crossed, between social function and disastrous personal undoing. See more Read all reviews

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