nadinesalakovv Falling Down is a well-acted motion picture. We as the viewers don't know much about the main lead "D-FENS" (played by Michael Douglas) we see that he has a breakdown possibly starting from the moment he lost his job and he lost it completely the moment he abandons his car at the very beginning of the film.This movie takes us on a ride of intensity as the main character gets into one bad situation after another on the streets of Los Angeles, all of this could've been prevented, but pride is the main cause of disaster, we see that "D-FENS" (Michael Douglas) and most of the people he interacts with do not back down in their heavy confrontations with each other. Sometimes all it takes is for one person to back down and swallow their pride and the chaos will automatically stop, but that does not happen in this film and we see people end up getting hurt and killed.We find out later on in the movie that "D-FENS" has a controlling personality, the women in his life are nervous of him, and that is all we know. He is basically a one-dimensional character, they obviously made him like that on purpose due to this flick taking place in a day.Falling Down is not the type of movie that can be watched on a regular basis, it's too intense and there is not really any happy ending.

Pjtaylor-96-138044 There is a bit of a tonal problem in 'Falling Down (1993)' because our protagonist is, ostensibly, both the hero and the villain. The picture doesn't really know how to depict his actions, either as some unsung heroics by a man pushed too far by a corrupt system or as the dangerous crimes of an increasingly violent individual who has psychologically snapped after not being able to take the seemingly only mildly more 'unfair' conditions he faces. It's here that the picture misses the mark ever-so-slightly, making multiple attempts to be a comedy but never coming close to being funny and also coming across as almost 'in poor-taste' at a number of key moments. It also manages to perform quite a decent character study of an unstable man slowly unravelling, though, and it does so without really wasting any time. It moves fairly fast, with a pace that usually works in favour of the sometimes strange tone, and it uses film form to play with our expectations in some exciting ways. Though it does suffer from a slightly strange structure because of its somewhat unfocused nature (a by-product of its inability to decide who it wants to be its protagonist and who it wants to be its antagonist), it finds its most success as an entertaining and engaging film that examines its core characters pretty well while decently delving into the underlying philosophy that kicks off its journey, whether or not its messages may be dangerously easy to misinterpret or take to the extreme. In the end, it's only because it's entertaining that it works as well as it does. 7/10

jodyfranz I rewatch this movie every couple of years. I remember going to the theatre and coming out thinking... jeez what did I just watch and it stuck with me. There is a lot of social commentary going on in this movie that is as relevant today as it was back in the early 90's.Great acting all around. Really great character development. You get to connect with the main character and the frustrations he is feeling only to have things change as the movie progresses.This is really a drama about a man trying to keep his life from falling apart while coming up against the ills of society.

Nadine Salakov Getting straight to the point with this review, the performances are well-acted, the acting is not the problem, it's the story. This entire movie is negative, from start to finish we see nothing but the main character falling into negative experiences one after the other. The majority of the people in this movie including minor and major characters are angry for no reason other than the humid weather playing a part, i'm sorry but hot weather is no reason to become angry, if the weather gives you a bad temper then stay at home.Michael Douglas's character was not a nice guy, it is verified during the family video scene, he was controlling and the scene where his mother explains a part of his personality also verifies him not being a very nice person, so why should we as viewers even care about this guy?! I don't know where the director was going with this movie, for a so- called deep film there is no message, if they were trying to get across that people can have mental breakdowns - then that's a pretty weak screenplay.This Flick also has a sad element of the main character constantly talking about "going home" to a place where he is not wanted. It's clear that his career, his wife and child were all he wanted and now that he lost them, he feels there is nothing left, which is not true, you have yourself and you have breath in your lungs, you still have hope, but this movie was not going in that direction.Falling Down is overrated, it's a very angry movie full of hate at every turn.