Falling Down is a 1993 crime-drama film directed by Joel Schumacher. The film stars Michael Douglas in the lead role of William Foster (credited as "D-Fens"), a divorcee and unemployed former defense engineer. The film centers on Foster as he goes on a violent rampage across the city of Los Angeles, trying to reach the house of his estranged ex-wife in time for his daughter's birthday party. Along the way, a series of encounters, both trivial...
One of the gang members pulls a blade on Foster and demands his briefcase as ...
Prendergast's gun still trained on him, Foster tells Prendergast he's gonna d...
After Sandra exits, Nick locks up and takes Foster to his back room where he ...
In Foster's bedroom, Mrs. Foster answers Prendergast's question as to what Fo...
Foster surprise the gang members by pulling out the bat that he took from Lee...
After taking his frustrations out by thrashing Lee's store and getting Lee to...
Prendergast puts a bullet in Foster when Foster draws. Before he falls over t...
When Nick offers Foster a shoulder fire heat seeking rocket launcher it becom...
After leaving the golf course by climbing the fence on to an adjoining proper...
After returning from the pier to Beth's house Prendergast walks past Yardley ...
Nick presupposes his view on who the Whammyburger staff was comprised of to F...
While police activity goes on at the golf course next door, Foster shares his...
After hearing Mr. Lee's account of the encounter with Foster, Prendergast is ...
Prendergast returns to the station to find that one of the detectives' filled...
Nick continues to offer his views to Foster on the staff at places like Whamm...
While sharing his problems with the caretaker and his wife, Foster harks a li...
As Foster continues on his journey home, Brian, at the station, asks Prenderg...
At a road work site Foster initiates a confrontation with a construction worker.
Foster makes it clear to Nick that, in his mind anyway, he and Nick are very ...
Foster sits with the shotgun in his lap and a far away look in his eyes as he...
As Foster tells Beth from a pay phone that he wants to see her, the gang memb...
Foster fires a shot using one of the gang members own gun and misses. Then he...
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