Falling Down (1993) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!

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Falling Down (1993)
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@salsanchez4177 7 ай бұрын

Michael Douglas has repeated stated in interviews that 'Falling Down' is, personally, his favorite movie. He put ALL of himself into it and he considers it his best work

@vincecommando7575 7 ай бұрын

He definitely convinced me that didn't hold back in this movie. What an amazing character and interesting story as well. Hollywood seldom ever tells these types of stories anymore.

@dustandroktwok1447 7 ай бұрын

@@vincecommando7575 This movie would never get made today.

@In_Orbit 7 ай бұрын

@@vincecommando7575 Movies before the 2000s were so much better. Can't wait for this superhero and constant remakes phase to finally end.

@joeymac3777 7 ай бұрын

@@In_OrbitThat's what happens when no one has any originality anymore.

@SurvivorBri 7 ай бұрын

@@In_OrbitI don't think this "phase" is going to end in our lifetime.

@mypl510 7 ай бұрын

One of the most overlooked movies of the 90's that deserves more recognition.

@Gort-Marvin0Martian 7 ай бұрын

Totally agree!! One crazy film. Be safe.

@warrennicholsony.fernando4513 7 ай бұрын

Agreed. If you look at society today, this film should've won an Oscar for Best Picture.

@andrewjacksonbr 7 ай бұрын

Well, this is a great film that unfortunately took root in America’s subconscious zeitgeist.

@adamh8876 7 ай бұрын

It was very looked at the time.

@vincecommando7575 7 ай бұрын

If more people today saw this film. It would completely blow their minds.

@markminter6312 7 ай бұрын

The older you get, the more this movie resonates.

@lukedraper4100 5 ай бұрын

Was 11 when this came out n understood it back then it still works to this day just sucks I'm Australian

@LibertarianJRT 7 ай бұрын

"I'm the bad guy?" Such a powerful character study. So many people can relate to how he feels.

@charlize1253 7 ай бұрын

The movie is a fascinating character study of narcissism: Michael Douglas never understands that anything he does is wrong because, in his mind, he has justifications for everything in which he's always the victim and the world is treating him unfairly. Terrorizing your wife, violating court orders, leaving your car in the road, to a narcissist it's all justified if you had a bad day

@burgcarli929 7 ай бұрын

@@charlize1253This is a man having everything taken from him. This is not a character study in narcissism. He lost his marriage, daughter and job. Under those circumstances, who wouldn't snap. Let's face it, society doesn't care about men. They say, suck it up and deal with it. We never say that to women.

@Valzahd 7 ай бұрын

@@burgcarli929 Let's not turn this into a competition for who has it worse. Society screws everyone over in one way or another. As a whole we should stop demanding everyone, man or woman, to follow some strict unwritten rule book for how their gender should behave.

@lizd2943 7 ай бұрын

But his rage is why he lost his family in the first place.@@burgcarli929

@omegashinra7672 7 ай бұрын

@@burgcarli929 You're completely wrong. He's literally shown on video verbally abusing his wife and forcing his crying screaming child to do stuff she doesn't want to. There's a restraining order for a reason, he didn't just become a crazy person throughout the movie, he was a fucking headcase before the film even starts and it's explained and shown pretty clearly throughout the film that he's a psychopath. I have no idea how people like you miss something so obvious.

@MrDrokkul 7 ай бұрын

When D-Fens stops and questions "I'm the bad guy? How'd that happen?" it's kind of heartbreaking.

@vigorousera 6 ай бұрын

I haven't seen this movie since seeing it in theaters, but that was the one line that stuck with me.

@raisedonfiction 7 ай бұрын

This is why they serve all day breakfast now

@samantha_schmitt 7 ай бұрын

Omg 😂

@wibli 7 ай бұрын

LOL

@motorcycleboy9000 3 ай бұрын

It fuckin is 😂😂😂

@Sorcerers_Apprentice Ай бұрын

Pretty sure they have all day breakfast now because sane people sent letters, emails and phone calls to the fast food companies saying "we want all day breakfast, we will pay you $$$", NOT because some crazy person held up a fast food location with a gun and complained.

@harvey4512 Ай бұрын

I Live in UK They Serve Breakfast at Mcdonalds until 11

@Cookieboy70 7 ай бұрын

It's interesting how Robert Duvall and Michael Douglas character basically experience the same life (loss of having your daughter, dealing with shitty people) but Robert Duvall's character is able to stay positive and retain a grasp on his mental health, while Michael Douglas goes into a complete free fall of darkness.

@jackmeowmeowmeow2177 7 ай бұрын

I see it as how the people around you will affect you when you are vulnerable. Duvall’s character has people who care about and support him, meanwhile Douglas you see from the mother and wife an attempt to distance and isolate him instead of helping or supporting him which is ultimately what lead to his downfall of mind. (His stresses are ignored and invalidated by his wife leading to his frustration and outbursts.)

@dre3k78 7 ай бұрын

@@jackmeowmeowmeow2177 Well we dont really know the whole back story of Douglas's family life other then the video tapes that were shown. He seemed to be very threatening towards his wife and kid....why would they want him around? He clearly had anger issues. Also Duvall didnt have people around him who cared about him other then his partner....the rest were idiot cops and criminals he had to deal with.

@jackmeowmeowmeow2177 7 ай бұрын

@@dre3k78 idiot cops who still went out of their way to involve him with everyone, even if it was usually on the butt end of a joke like the desk prank, a wife who even though she was difficult, understood and respected him (shown near the end) it also helps that Duvall’s character is still employed and has that stability and purpose as a cop. All we see from the people around D-fens was people saying how angry and horrible he was. They gave up on him or ignored his problems, then when he lashed out they blamed him even more and isolated him from likely the person who kept him together, his daughter, who loved him despite his troubles (ending scenes) we only really understand one perspective, the mother who clearly was disconnected from him prior to his snapping. (Videos show them arguing and her pouring fuel on the fire: “you’re scaring her!” When he was just loud a bit, what scared the daughter was the parents fighting for seemingly no reason, not d-fens being mad.) In D-fens story, no body is the good guy really, its a shattered family due to financial and social stresses. Made evident by what he shares in the end, he got lost his job and purpose, his greatest skill of creating missiles is basically pointless if no one will hire him, his wife blames him and doesn’t support or try to help him in any way, his mother is equally as useless in terms of helping his mental health.

@alexanderpavlovic8370 7 ай бұрын

@@dre3k78 I can see your perspective, but why would the daughter be so excited to see him when he shows up?

@dre3k78 7 ай бұрын

@@alexanderpavlovic8370 He is still her father and she loves him but she is barely old enough to fully understand what has been going on in their parent's relationship.

@bdog1323 7 ай бұрын

30 years later I'm STILL waiting for that movie Under Construction to come out. Looked explosive. 😁

@dubbleplusgood 7 ай бұрын

It actually came out the following year but unfortunately, it bombed.

@bdog1323 7 ай бұрын

@@dubbleplusgood No wonder the roads still aren't fixed in this country yet.

@chuckleezodiac24 7 ай бұрын

@@dubbleplusgood you *#*(&! you beat me to it!!

@Big_Bag_of_Pus 7 ай бұрын

I thought it *did* come out, and was an underground smash.

@MessOfThings 7 ай бұрын

Make it.

@thaik56 7 ай бұрын

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profondly sick society". - Jiddu Krishnamurti

@adamromero 7 ай бұрын

I love this quote

@user-vf3wk2nw9d 7 ай бұрын

The sneaky laugh after the “now you’re gonna die wearing that stupid little hat” at 27:34 got me hahaha

@mynameisnotearl4383 7 ай бұрын

Fallen down is one of those movies that doesn’t get talked about ENOUGH

@XmycekX 7 ай бұрын

Sam's face as she says "this is definitely not a comedy" was pure gold. Most I've laughed in a while 😂

@rickardroach9075 7 ай бұрын

Nah, people are afraid to laugh nowadays. They’re so worried about offending people. 🤷‍♂️

@chriskelly3481 7 ай бұрын

It IS a comedy!!! 😂 A dark, dark, DAAARK comedy. 😁

@JayCity10 4 ай бұрын

No life is forever, so laugh.

@ericlewisauthor 7 ай бұрын

What's scary is I feel more and more like this guy every day.

@Slosher52 7 ай бұрын

Yep, terrifying realization as you get older. As a kid I thought the guy was just plain nuts (which he still is).

@hadoken95 7 ай бұрын

@@Slosher52 I've noticed both in watching my parents and myself as I get older it's like we (humans) just get more intolerant of things that are 'different' than what we expect - we just start becoming unadaptable and rigid. Like our brains are getting solidified.

@tanjabuchholz5314 7 ай бұрын

That's when you start to make changes in your life and routines to save your sanity. There's no reason to suffer - tweak your life/career/habits to avoid stressors as much as possible. Life's too short not to be happy. If there's a will, there's a way!

@Scottyo74 7 ай бұрын

I am 49 and somedays I take a day off and tell no one and just go to the park. haha

@jasonm8017 7 ай бұрын

@@Dave-hb7lxvery insightful, everyone is their own worst enemy

@JordanCesaroni93 7 ай бұрын

One of the best movies of the 90's and probably Michael Douglas' best performance.

@Andy2481 7 ай бұрын

Wall Street 1987 was prob his best. Either that or Falling Down.

@jamesfrench7299 7 ай бұрын

With William Foster he immerses himself into that role so much you forget it's Micheal Douglas. I don't think he achieved that in any other movie he did.

@Jerzeejaylive 6 ай бұрын

I’d say this or The Game. Incredible.

@jamesfrench7299 6 ай бұрын

A rollercoaster the first time you watch it until you know the ending. Micheal Douglas couldn't look more his usual self if he tried.

@MikeB12800 7 ай бұрын

The actress that plays the detective, Rachel Ticotin was in Man on Fire. She was the reporter. She also co starred in Total Recall with Arnie. She was also in Con Air (the prison guard on the plane) as well as many other movie and TV roles.

@nw2861 7 ай бұрын

Wasn't she also a police in Predator 2? the pregnant partner of the main actor.

@DocuzanQuitomos 7 ай бұрын

@@nw2861 They look alike, but the actress in Predator 2 is Maria Conchita Alonso

@bikko3089 7 ай бұрын

He was the mother of the mexican police character in Lost (sorry forgot the name)

@daltonio6001 7 ай бұрын

@@bikko3089Ana Lucia

@w1975b 7 ай бұрын

@@DocuzanQuitomos Maria was in an Arnold movie, The Running Man. So both Rachel and Maria were co-stars for Arnold.

@lukedaley17 7 ай бұрын

The greatest film from the late Joel Schumacher and a great performance from Michael Douglas.

@jkhoover 7 ай бұрын

Uhm, Batman and Robin??? Helloooooo???

@jesseowenvillamor6348 7 ай бұрын

@@jkhooverThat's a fun movie

@derekchant7875 7 ай бұрын

The lost boys

@jannathompson2262 7 ай бұрын

A Time to Kill was pretty good too;)

@brianvernon249 7 ай бұрын

I just learned this fact. Thank you. Never paid attention. And to think he was Halston’s assistant.

@devlinallistair-zx5by 7 ай бұрын

The quintessential example of "leveling up" as he goes from bat, to knife, to guns to rocket launcher. Love it.

@bodine57 7 ай бұрын

While one always recognizes Robert Duvall in a movie, it's amazing how easily he falls into so many different kinds of characters. One of my all-time favorite actors!

@bbwng54 7 ай бұрын

Agree- one of the great actors of his generation!

@dr.burtgummerfan439 7 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the Harrison Ford story. "I thought he was supposed to look like a bellboy."

@chermebrownsauce8049 7 ай бұрын

Duvall and Hackman, two beasts!

@jamesfrench7299 7 ай бұрын

One scene and line of him always stuck to mind. He says this is my office in Colors when describing his tan 1980s Chevy Impala.

@clayjohanson 7 ай бұрын

Such a good movie - an amazing depiction of the decline and fall of an average person’s life, but also of the decline (and fall?) of society. As you pointed out, there are very few good people in this movie.

@ottokaare5925 7 ай бұрын

He wasn't an average person

@insaneconqueror5421 7 ай бұрын

He was clearly mentally disturbed before his curtain call.

@x_mau9355 7 ай бұрын

You clearly don't know what pressure of society does on some people. And maybe less on others.

@robeson1070 7 ай бұрын

@@ottokaare5925 No, he wasn't. And the society around him absolutely wasn't set up to either prevent him from losing his mind in the first place, give him less reasons to go as far down that dark path as he did, or stop him absent Duvall's, also, extra-ordinary character.

@cockoffgewgle4993 7 ай бұрын

"And now you're gonna die, wearing that stupid little hat" always makes me LOL.

@toochangz 7 ай бұрын

My golf course

@00Spiral007 7 ай бұрын

"Now you're gonna die! Wearing that stupid little hat!!!" is maybe the most memorable line from this movie to me lmfao

@lelouchlives8930 18 күн бұрын

Probably the funniest line in the movie.

@chrisgrove7829 7 ай бұрын

Ah this was reportedly Michael Douglas’s favorite acting gig. This movie has a lot to say. Both Douglas’s character and Prendergast have been compared as being kind of put upon in life, but Prendergast chooses to role with it in a healthier way than Foster who kind of loses his ever loving mind in the process. He definitely has anger issues, but we’re kind of strangely with him up until a certain point. That point tends to vary from each individual viewer:)

@charlize1253 7 ай бұрын

@chrisgrove7829 7 ай бұрын

@@charlize1253 That is so true. Well said:)

@contemporaryconundrums93 Ай бұрын

@@charlize1253Nah man, you just a cuck. Didn't know your bitch wife's boyfriend lets you use the Internet

@lelouchlives8930 18 күн бұрын

It's because he's always calling out the BS in society even though he goes about the wrong way (violence.)

@paulg123 7 ай бұрын

In 1993 when this movie came out and I just moved to Los Angeles, I couldn't relate to this guy at all. 30 years later, I feel so much empathy for this man it's scary. Great movie. Great performance. *** I want to strongly recommend the 1997 movie BREAKDOWN with Kurt Russell. An excellent action/thriller. ***

@victor75208 7 ай бұрын

I saw this movie when I was in my late teens and thought he was cool and didn't take shit from anyone. Now looking at this review I realized he's a shitty person. 🤷

@moeammo7003 7 ай бұрын

In 2023 we can all relate with him!!!

@brotherrandyll4093 7 ай бұрын

Yes, Breakdown was a great movie.

@supastar25 6 ай бұрын

Breakdown is so awesome

@SPECTRA_87 7 ай бұрын

I think "I'm the bad guy?" is one of my favorite movie quotes of all time. At least top 3.

@BigHatMatt 7 ай бұрын

While this movie is not heartwarming, endearing, or really has any sort of high moral message, Michael Douglas' performance in this is simply amazing.

@jeffstrom164 7 ай бұрын

Not sure what you mean here, it's entirely about morality. This is a commentary on society and how it destroys callously while building and nurturing. D. Fens isn't just some guy that snapped, he's the embodiment of becoming the thing you hate without realizing it. He was also labeled a bad guy by society before he was one. This movie is about nothing but moral messages.

@Rowgue51 7 ай бұрын

It's not heartwarming or endearing, but it definitely has a very real message that a lot of people need to understand.

@vincecommando7575 7 ай бұрын

Rutger Hauer once said "It's way more fun to play the villain than the hero". The reason being is heroes have strict rules to follow. Villains have few if any rules to follow. Hence villains are often more interesting characters than heroes.

@konowd 7 ай бұрын

A terrific actor, always liked him

@BigHatMatt 7 ай бұрын

@@jeffstrom164 Sure its about morals, but not high morals. Its a cautionary tale of low morality.

@MG-jv7pe 7 ай бұрын

Being from LA - a lot of people lost their aero jobs when McDonnell Douglas closed, almost 20K people lost their livelihood, seeing Michael Douglas’ performance gives us a peak into what it may have been like for someone already on edge with other life issues before the mass layoffs.

@randalthor741 7 ай бұрын

This is a great movie, but yeah, it's dark. I think it's really intentional that there are plenty of moments when you're kind of on D-FENS' side, but there are also plenty of moments when it's really clear that he's very much the bad guy, and not a typical movie bad guy, but the kind of bad guy that anyone could be unlucky enough to run into in real life. I think you're supposed to somewhat identify with him, while also finding him scary and unsettling. It blurs the line and makes his line about "I'm the bad guy? When did that happen?" hit harder.

@mapesdhs597 7 ай бұрын

"There but for the grace of God go I." That is indeed the strength of the film, enabling the viewer to ponder as they find themselves sympathising in the early parts of the film, could that happen to anyone? To me? On the bell curve of ability to cope with the stresses of urban living, the two main characters represent the opposite ends of that curve. It's become a very applicable movie, the combination of a character dealing with severe personal/life problems and a society that has degraded to a state of extreme indifference.

@deg6788 7 ай бұрын

He wasn't the bad one ..😢

@Wis_Dom 7 ай бұрын

@@deg6788 Yes, he was. The shop owner didn't deserve any of his racist remarks, or to have his store destroyed and property stolen.

@charlize1253 7 ай бұрын

@anonymes2884 7 ай бұрын

For sure IMO, we're meant to understand and at least initially even sympathise with "D-Fens" and even by the end I sympathise with him in the sense that he clearly had mental health problems and needed help (as his wife had no doubt tried to tell him many times). But by his own admission he crosses a line. It's not OK to kill people because they get in your way, _even_ when they're shitty racists. It's not OK to terrify and endanger a restaurant full of innocent people because _you_ want breakfast, _even_ when the manager is being an officious, jobsworth dick. Etc. A disturbing number of commenters here seem to see themselves as - or maybe even _aspire to be_ ?? - "D-Fens" when to me we're _clearly_ meant to identify with and/or aspire to be _Prenderghast_ who _also_ has a bad run in life (except as far as we see it's through absolutely _no_ fault of his own) and yet _still_ treats those around him humanely and doesn't lose himself to a narcissistic sense of entitlement.

@otisroseboro5613 7 ай бұрын

Hard To Believe It's Been 30 Years Since This Movie Came Out,Time Goes By

@donovanmedieval 7 ай бұрын

The guy who owns the army surplus store owner is played by Frederick Forrest, who was extremely underated in my opinion. He previously appeared with Robert Duvall in the western miniseries "Lonesome Dove." He died earlier this year at the age of 86.

@jomac2046 7 ай бұрын

Robert Duvall as 'Gus' McCrae in "Lonesome Dove.", played a great part and one of his favourite roles... We Don't Rent Pigs

@donovanmedieval 7 ай бұрын

@@jomac2046 It was also where I first saw or took notice not onlyFrederick Forest, but Tommy Lee Jones. I had seen parts of The Eyes of Laura Mars, Coalminer's Daughter, and a flopped pirste movie called Nate & Hayes, in which he played one of the title characters (I think my brother saw it in the theater). And I think there might have been something else with him, but Ican't remember right now. I might have seen Frederick Forest in something else before that, but don't remember.. Maybe they were up for some of the same roles.

@GK-yi4xv 7 ай бұрын

'Chef' in Apocalypse Now, too.

@schroedingers_kotze 4 ай бұрын

RIP Frederick Forrest. Very underrated, yet extremely versatile actor. Played in some classics, including "The Conversation". His performance here was one of the most memorable, though least likeable.

@chrisbullard5901 7 ай бұрын

To take this film in context, the LA Riots after the Rodney King verdict dropped were happening at the same time this movie was filming (the biker bar in T2 was right down the street from where Rodney King was pulled over just nights before or after). Popo Medic made an awesome video about the “Rooftop Koreans” who fought back during the LA Riots.

@lexkanyima2195 7 ай бұрын

But are they had protection during protection ?

@herrzimm 7 ай бұрын

Michael Douglas' deliverance of "I'm the bad guy" is so perfect. On one hand, he is SHOCKED to be considered "the bad guy" when almost every situation he has been through, it was someone else that he saw doing him "wrong" in one way or the other. But at the same time, the realization that he IS the bad guy due to all he did to everyone around him. It is the perfect example of how DEEP the character really is if you break him down into what sort of mental state he had to have been in, not to mention what he was going through AND just how much of it was he really "aware of" or simply "just responding". Overall, it is possibly the best acting performance from one of the great actors of his time. Too bad that this sort of "multiple layered" character stories don't come around as often as you would like to see for actors to sink their teeth into.

@chemquests 7 ай бұрын

It’s also applicable to all of us. No one thinks they’re the bad person despite the fact that he was surrounded by ostensibly bad people. The normal level of self awareness is so shockingly low that we’re challenged to question how often we might be the bad guy in our own personal struggles. Great art tends to generate introspection

@r4umediaentertainment831 7 ай бұрын

The whole moment at the end-“I’m the bad guy?…How’d that happen?” followed by that other statement, “I did everything they told me to do,” is so amazing and hits really hard. Side note: when you were both saying at the beginning that you were kind of looking forward to a more light-hearted movie, I pretty much went, “Oh, boy….”

@DV80s 7 ай бұрын

Douglas' character may have been going through some stuff externally and internally that was putting pressure on him, but he was also not emotionally balanced. His ex-wife told him he needed help. The guy was headed "home" to kill his family. A guy under pressure doesn't do that, taking out his frustrations on his family. A disturbed person does. We can sympathize with the way people are treating him and how he strikes back, but at the end of his journey he was going "home" and it wasn't to have a nice birthday party with his wife and daughter. Duvall's character knew exactly what the guy was going to do and Douglas' character didn't deny it. He was just not emotionally balanced. The guy needed help.

@SomeHarbourBastard 7 ай бұрын

When you pay close attention, you can see where much of his baggage comes from and where he's been going every day. When Pendergast goes to meet Foster’s Mother, there’s two frames on the wall, one with a collage of Army unit photos and one with a Purple Heart citation bearing his name. Also, he’s been job hunting, you can tell by his newspaper, the one he uses to plug up his shoe, he’s drawn circles all over the personal ads.

@bradlopez5154 7 ай бұрын

Micheal Douglas’s character is an unemployed defense worker who is frustrated with the various flaws he sees in the society. He begins to crack down and fight back against the everyday injustices that he encounters. A critic mentioned, “The film ... is actually about a great sadness which turns into madness, and which can afflict anyone who is told, after many years of hard work, that he is unnecessary and irrelevant”. From the very first scene I was gripped.

@roderick8167 7 ай бұрын

It's crazy that this movie came out 30 years ago and it's still incredibly relevant, hell I will say it's more revelant now than it was when it came out

@the-NightStar 7 ай бұрын

Given the amount of crazed, deranged psychotics in America that grow in number every day who believe they're disenfranchised blue-collar joes and not radicalized psychotic delusional dangers to society and how they increasingly are becoming more frequently school shooters or Qanon wackjobs who commit terrorist attacks on the Capitol like it was a drunken sports event, I agree that the relevance of this has skyrockted in recent years. People like this guy have become the majority of ticking time bombs in America today that only need one tiny thing to throw them off the edge into becoming domestic terrorists AND think they're the good guys in the process. The only thing this movie needed to be even more relevant today is to give him a Trump bumper sticker.

@unknownsword9042 7 ай бұрын

You’d be wrong.

@kirk1968 7 ай бұрын

Right? I saw it upon release in my 20s and thought it was interesting, but now in my 50s and with everything that has happened since then, it really is a different perspective.

@robogreek3157 2 ай бұрын

Because of our WOKE society today

@MrDeadstu 7 ай бұрын

"Uh oh, Country Club, these people might deserve it too" 😂 Falling Down is about what many of us think, but do not act on because "we" are sane and civil.

@schroedingers_kotze 4 ай бұрын

You summed up the essence of the film more briefly than anyone else here.

@warrennicholsony.fernando4513 7 ай бұрын

The scene with the guy with a sign protesting the bank was the best scene in the movie!

@BulldogMack700rs 7 ай бұрын

Yess it grips my heart when he says "don't forget me" as he's being taken away

@warrennicholsony.fernando4513 7 ай бұрын

@@BulldogMack700rs That part really got to me,

@bobcobb3654 7 ай бұрын

5 seconds later, he forgot about him.

@warrennicholsony.fernando4513 7 ай бұрын

@@bobcobb3654 Tell that to the script writer.

@misterprecocious2491 6 ай бұрын

"Not economically viable"

@klatre 7 ай бұрын

In my opinion the most underrated movie of all time, and one of my very favorites from the 90s. Thanks for this.

@joelbyrnes6946 7 ай бұрын

You guys are killing it with my 90s favourites right now!

@guitarman8462 7 ай бұрын

The actor who owns the surplus store , was also in the movie " Apocalypse Now ' with Robert Duval , Marlon Brando , Martin Sheen , Dennis Hopper Laurence Fishburn.

@philmakris8507 7 ай бұрын

Also in Tucker a man and his dream, Valley Girl, and the 21 Jumpstreet tv show. Frederic Forrest was one on of Francis Ford Coppola's regular ensemble cast members

@ecclesrice9789 7 ай бұрын

And was Blue Duck in Lonesome Dove, the four part Western with Robert Duval

@Madbandit77 7 ай бұрын

@@philmakris8507 He passed away earlier this year. He earned an Oscar nomination in the rock & roll drama, "The Rose", with Bette Milder. His second wife was actress Marilu Henner ("Taxi", "Evening Shade").

@motorcycleboy9000 7 ай бұрын

"Do Italians live in -- oh!" 😂

@northernpunx1978 7 ай бұрын

YES!!!! Why is this movie not reacted to more often?! This movie is pretty wild.

@bensneb360 7 ай бұрын

My dad got a crew cut every spring, and he looked so much like Michael Douglas character, he got the nickname “Falling Down” from his friends lol

@erikjohnson3859 7 ай бұрын

The people who don't sympathize with him AND the people who do sympathize with him both worry me. And yes, I recognize that contradiction. People worry me.

@tastyneck 7 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@dre3k78 7 ай бұрын

Yeah i think that was the overall theme of the movie.

@derekdecker555 7 ай бұрын

Yup I think if this movie has a message it’s that people are mostly awful. He’s awful, everyone he meets is awful, most of the cops are awful and they’re all being awful to each other.

@tastyneck 7 ай бұрын

@@derekdecker555 YUP. We empathize with him in the beginning because we've all been frustrated by similar things. But he's also an unreliable narrator and you realize he's not a victim of society. He's the cause of his own victimization and he's estranged from his family for a very good reason. It's weird that people are saying he's a victim about this character and comparing him to the Joker. They're both clearly sociopaths. If anything, they're victims of the lack of mental health services we have and are not sympathetic in any way outside of that, at least to me. Nobody but themselves caused them to snap. We just didn't do enough to prevent that.

@t.c.thompson2359 7 ай бұрын

I sympathize with him about being screwed over by his job, I don't for anything else he does. He is just entitled, and was to up his own ass to see he was being lied to.

@davidz3879 7 ай бұрын

This film is brilliant, yet most people I mention it to haven't heard of it.

@davidz3879 7 ай бұрын

@@Dave-hb7lx How could it be improved?

@CopiousDoinksLLC 7 ай бұрын

I think you made a good observation about how Michael Douglas' character, D-Fens, didn't just 'snap'; he was always kind of twisted in his perspective of things. I think that was one of the points that the director was making about how a person can go their entire life following the rules and yet still be someone who is fundamentally incompatible with modern society.

@baddi25 7 ай бұрын

When you get older you understand him more and more

@bradleypittman9370 7 ай бұрын

This movie is like a video game he keeps getting better weapons as he goes lol

@MichaelBalchaitis 7 ай бұрын

I love 90s movies.

@LarryFleetwood8675 7 ай бұрын

The last truly great decade in movies.

@Adamas97 7 ай бұрын

I love this movie. Glad you guys watched it. While listening to your intro I thought, "Oof, They're in for a surprise"

@okeefe757 7 ай бұрын

Robert Duvall's female coworker, Rachel Ticotin was Arnold's true love interest, Melina in Total Recall.

@gregall2178 7 ай бұрын

I think they may have recognized her from Con Air ;-)

@okeefe757 7 ай бұрын

@@gregall2178true

@jaypee9575 7 ай бұрын

Oooooooh.. that's where I recognize her from.

@PHARRAWAY 7 ай бұрын

can you guys do La Bamba

@Acer0980 7 ай бұрын

It's very much a zeitgeist movie about 90's America from the pov of a person who was born during the post war golden era and whose dreams of a prospering America has been subsequently beaten down by corporatism, consumerism, multiculturalism etc and who is now questioning whether all those sacrifices he made were worth it. He believes that he has done everything right - served his country, worked all his life, payed his taxes etc and now he is unemployed and living with his mother. He doesn't know what went wrong in his life and after all this time snaps. It's a great character study and Michael Douglas plays him beautifully. The movie never really revels in itself either, never glorifies his actions. There is never a sense of cathartic release when he does something, it just gets more and more violent, depressing and dark. The dream of breaking the wheel and lashing out at society might seem nice in your head but in reality it is not some exhilarating action movie with witty one liners and whatnot but just mindless brutality that pulls you deeper and deeper beneath the surface of insanity. Phenomenal movie all around.

@TigiHof 7 ай бұрын

A big thumbs up for this perfect summary! So there actually are intelligent KZfaq comments, thanks for that!

@Billinois78 7 ай бұрын

This story made its way into a song 2 years later: "Man on the Edge" by Iron Maiden. The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles The car is an oven and baking is wild Nothing is ever the way it should be What we deserve we just don't get, you see A briefcase, a lunch, and a man on the edge Each step gets closer to losing his head Is someone in heaven? Are they looking down? Nothing is fair, just you look around Falling down/Falling down/Falling down Falling down/Falling down/Falling down He's sick of waiting, of lying like this There's a hole in the sky for the angels to kiss Branded a leper because you don't fit In the land of the free you just live by your wits Once he built missiles, a nation's defense Now he can't even give birthday presents Across the city he leaves in his wake A glimpse of the future, a cannibal state Falling down/Falling down/Falling down Falling down/Falling down/Falling down

@shawnlusby1538 7 ай бұрын

One of Maiden's most underrated songs! They still perform it live even with Bruce back in the band. They also did another movie inspired song 3 years later, The Clansman, inspired by Braveheart. They also still perform that song live too! Both underrated gems from the unappreciated Blaze Bayley era of the band

@fenix6297 7 ай бұрын

The title of the movie and repeated theme of London Bridge was a metaphor of D-Fens's character and mental health. Something stable "falling down" and being removed piece by piece until it is in an entirely new place.

@dunbardunelm3924 7 ай бұрын

Nice catch! I totally agree 🤗.

@gutz1981 7 ай бұрын

Society has a tendency of pushing someone to the edge and beyond. He was not fit to be a husband and full time father, but taking his daughter away 100%, what else did they expect this guy to do once he lost his job? The point is, even the least deserving people need some hope, some reason to try and do better. There are those people who do slip throw the cracks, and stomping on them while they are down is not the answer. I mean his daughter was happy to see her daddy, so he never hurt her, so what would have been wrong to allow some form of visitation?

@freshsmilely 7 ай бұрын

to this day one of the most underrated movies ever.

@shanenolan5625 7 ай бұрын

The lady police officer. She was the journalist in ( man on fire ) you guys watched recently She was in ( total recall) with Arnold as well

@johnheale6000 7 ай бұрын

Con air

@ricardomiles2957 7 ай бұрын

The message of this movie Is so simple yet so impactul. It's so easy to let your impulses to get the best of you, to point the fingers to everything wrong outside your door step that you forget to look inside, start to think you are above everything else or that just because there's something so much worse happening on your street that you think what do at home is unconsequential

@charlize1253 7 ай бұрын

@williamcarbajal383 7 ай бұрын

This just made my evening 😁 Such a great and quotable movie! "I'm going home! Clear a path!"

@HappyHarryHardon 7 ай бұрын

This movie speaks to more people than you can imagine.

@Popdaddy88 7 ай бұрын

I always felt like this movie was the inspiration for “Breaking Bad “. There are SO many parallels between them that don’t seem to be coincidences to me, especially the main character’s descent into what he thinks is justifiable evil.

@mmmpotstickers8684 7 ай бұрын

"...I mean, I wouldn't want you people in my backyard either." That's comedy!!

@e.jamesshepard7183 7 ай бұрын

The woman on the cash register at Whammy Burger was Dedee Pfifer, Michelle's sister.

@davidyoungquist6074 6 ай бұрын

This movie was so overlooked, and the best thing i ever saw Douglas do. The older you get, the more you can relate to it.

@Only1Noodle 6 ай бұрын

This movie to me, is a metaphor of how we take life for granted, even in the course of a day. The fact it relates to people, even today, speaks volume. I appreciate the value of a day, because you never know what might happen, this movie showed a hypothetical example.

@drlee2 7 ай бұрын

This is probably a Top 3 Michael Douglas performance. 1993 was very competitive year, but I think he deserved an Oscar nomination for this film.

@crankfastle8138 7 ай бұрын

I dunno, that year was stacked. Maybe in place of Stephen rea. You have Denzel in Malcolm X, Clint Eastwood in unforgiven, al Pacino in scent of a woman, rdj in Chaplin.

@jannathompson2262 7 ай бұрын

I wish one reactor would do Fatal Attraction.

@blacklegjones2567 7 ай бұрын

More Fatal Attraction reactors and the movie Hackers with young Angelina Jolie Matthew Lillard Jonny Lee miller, renoly Santiago. That movie probably bred many more hackers to this day.

@markminter6312 7 ай бұрын

@@crankfastle8138those were 1992 movies.

@markminter6312 7 ай бұрын

Problem was Hanks, Neeson, Fishburne, Day-Lewis, and Hopkins all deserved their nominations. Sometimes you pick a bad year to give a good performance.

@CesarGomez-di7mj 7 ай бұрын

"Now you're going to die wearing that stupid little hat" 💀

@shainewhite2781 7 ай бұрын

This is a crazy movie right here. Its almost my dad's favorite films as well. He saw this on TNT in 2004, and says that a film like this is pretty relevant to this day with greed, consumerism, commercialism, the economy, racism, homelessness, and poverty. Michael Douglas has said in na interview that this is one of his favorite movies in his own filmography. This was even filmed during the 1992 Los Angeles Race Riots.

@Britcarjunkie 7 ай бұрын

They were just riots: race was simply an excuse to do it. It was everybody, not just one ethnicity that was rioting.

@crankfastle8138 7 ай бұрын

It was a race riot. It was literally described as such in the news and was spurred on by the racist rhetoric by the officers who beat Rodney king.

@hebber1961 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like a vision of things from one side of the political divide.

@DoubleAO 7 ай бұрын

The last boy scout would have been more of a comic relief after so many melancholic films. This is a great film though

@danno1974ify 7 ай бұрын

This film will be even more relevant as we head into the future, it’s aged like a fine wine.

@bdog1323 7 ай бұрын

That car he was driving was a good second car "clunker" to have during my college days. Sometimes that line would work with the ladies to meet them when I'd tell them, "you wanna take a ride in my Vette"? Some were good sports and enjoyed the humor & some did not when they found out it was really a Chevette. Ah, those club days back in NY.

@timvanarsdel 7 ай бұрын

Keep in mind re: the violence and cruelty and vast human ugliness during the early 90's... It was a topic in the book Freakonomics and touched upon in an episode of Orange is the New Black --- all the data was showing a rising spike in crime in cities throughout the US. But around 93 or 94, the spike tapered off and crime began to go downward. And what Freakonomics points to is the passing of Roe v. Wade in 74: that all these babies that would've been born in poverty and desperation and grow up into young violent adults never came to be and never came to maturation ~18 years later. But you'll see in these gritty early 90s flicks that try to mirror reality just this sheer nastiness at the fore.

@obscillesk 6 ай бұрын

I like thinking of Falling Down, Office Space, and Fight Club as an informal trilogy about the crushing weight of corporate existence

@LordToddtastic666 7 ай бұрын

Such an amazing film. We all connected with D-FENS when this came out. We all were just a little late for breakfast. We all got delayed by unnecessary roadwork. We all got stuck in traffic. We all dealt with criminals, racists, etc., etc. I felt a little bad cheering for him, but not by much

@goreyfantod5213 7 ай бұрын

Eh, whaddya mean, "we," my dude? A lot of us watched this thirty years ago & recognized Michael Douglas' character as what we know now as a MAGA chud...

@LordToddtastic666 7 ай бұрын

@goreyfantod5213 of course, but that doesn't diminish the fact that a lot of the ridiculousness of daily life that people have to put up with and his reaction (or overreaction) in those instances were reflections of what we all felt from time to time. That doesn't mean tacit approval of his behavior which was by and large completely reprehensible.

@crankfastle8138 7 ай бұрын

@@LordToddtastic666he is a whiney entitled prick who rarely had a legitimate gripe. "Life sucks, must kill everything that irks me."

@bobcobb3654 7 ай бұрын

That’s a narrative trick. A bunch of early 90s standup comedy bits (“Don’t you hate it when you get to McD’s 5 minutes late and they stop serving breakfast) to sucker the audience into empathy for a psychopath who is on his way to at least confront and at worst harm his ex-wife and child, who already sought protection from him via a restraining order.

@Snipergoat1 6 ай бұрын

@@goreyfantod5213 Ah, so you were, and are, the type of guy we think of as "jackass who is incapable of discernment or introspection". You are incapable of original thought so you have to demonize those who figure things differently since you are incapable of defending your own notions. Such simplistic opinions and apparently age has taught you nothing. Your thinking has never gone beyond the surface. Not in movies and certainly not in politics. I leave you to stew in your own venom and bile.

@crazyfvck 7 ай бұрын

Robert Duvall's partner is Melina from Total Recall, and one of the women in the office was 'One Night' from The Abyss :) Also, the mother of Michael Douglas is played by Helen Hunt's aunt from Twister, although you 2 haven't watched that (on the channel, at least.) BTW, the look on Sam's face at 19:24 was hilarious! :D Also, if you two want a nice, happy movie to watch, I'll continue to suggest one from the 80's called Harry and the Hendersons. It's about a family that hits a bigfoot on the way back from vacation, and it is great :) And the special effects have held up really well! Plus, I have NEVER seen anyone else on KZfaq react to it :)

@CollideFan1 7 ай бұрын

Bill kept leveling up like in a video game. Shirt and tie with just his hands. Progress to bat, knife, guns and military get up. 😂 But a dark movie that you may relate to when you get older. One of Micheal's best characters

@pablom-f8762 7 ай бұрын

Best GTA movie ever?!?

@Madbandit77 7 ай бұрын

I noticed that too. Some films like this one, "The Warriors" and "They Live", come off as video games in the happenstance.

@kirk1968 7 ай бұрын

Well said!

@autowaagh99 7 ай бұрын

The older you get the more you can relate to the Character.

@themiIes 7 ай бұрын

If you relate to this man, pls get therapy

@LenOliver-yz6os 7 ай бұрын

Facts!!!!

@crankfastle8138 7 ай бұрын

Relate how? We all deal with dumb people and life's inconveniences. If your reaction is anger and violence I would suggest talking with a doctor. I unfortunately relate with him too much, but ironically I find myself so much angrier at him in this movie.

@punklover99 7 ай бұрын

@@themiIesdon't tell me what to do

@the-NightStar 7 ай бұрын

That's not a good thing. I'm frankly disturbed everytime I see someone in the comments for a reaction of this saying without any hint of irony that they relate to a disturbed, narcissistic, deranged psychopath with clear mental issues that are untreated. The moral is that unfounded, unchecked, untreated rage issues don't make you a hero despite if you see yourself as one or not, it just makes you a deranged psychotic. Frankly, something that 8 out of 10 Americans need a reality check on these days. And frankly, the people who relate to this character are all but admitting they're sick in the head and one step away from being a school shooter.

@hulkslayer626 7 ай бұрын

"Now you're gonna die wearing that silly little hat" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@adamromero 7 ай бұрын

Fatal Attraction is another iconic Michael Douglas movie, not too many reactions to that considering how popular it is. 🐇

@quwykxz 7 ай бұрын

Because it not that great of a movie, just overrated. While there are good actors in it, and they give fairly good performances, the overall movie is mediocre at best, yet too many peoiple treat it as some icoic film, and it's just not.

@Snipergoat1 6 ай бұрын

Ooh or "War of the Roses" another one in the "Be careful where you stick your dick" category although less of the "She may be crazy" type and more of the "You may make each other crazy" type. He and Kathleen Turner had crazy good on screen chemistry. That pretty much carried their movie "Romancing the Stone"

@philmakris8507 7 ай бұрын

Pendegast's wife was the Ying to Bill's yang. Two characters showing people that were broken down by trauma.

@freebirdallen 7 ай бұрын

(1) Falling Down is one of my favorite movies! I missed watching it at the cinema but had it on VHS. (2) Rachel Ticotin who played Sandra was the female corrections officer in Con Air & Melina in the original Total Recall (3) I work as an over the road truck driver & I will get on the cb radio to say clear a path I'm going home. (4) I think many of the scenarios were portrayed quite accurately. Law enforcement used to downplay domestic violence cases until someone was badly hurt or killed.

@gsf23 7 ай бұрын

Douglas has said that this role is still one of his favorites.

@tofersiefken 7 ай бұрын

"I'm the bad guy?" That line destroys me every time.

@Thane36425 7 ай бұрын

Douglass's character had some serious issues going on, going way back. The birthday video with the horse shows that. Bad temper, control freak, probably a narcissist, etc. Unfortunately I have known a few people like that. Really good at playing the super-sweet person when they wanted to, but there was a monster behind that mask. Him getting fired was what pushed him over the edge, even if his own behavior caused it. Or it could simply have been the all too common corporate gimmick of firing people so they don't have to pay as much on retirement, or just to hire someone cheaper. Point being, he was a mess to begin with and it is a wonder that he held it together as long as he did.

@pvanukoff 7 ай бұрын

Yep, he is the proverbial "ticking time bomb".

@contraryMV 3 ай бұрын

I have a lighthearted movie suggestion to recover from movies like this one: Breaking Away from the 70's. Love your reactions, btw. Great analysis.

@user-kz5kx5ym5l 3 ай бұрын

I like the fact we never find out what happened with D-FENS family. Adds to the tension

@PrimitiveFilmGroup 7 ай бұрын

Blown Away (1994) with Jeff Bridges

@CaptainDansWanderings 7 ай бұрын

If you can identify with this movie, then you can probably identify with the main character in Bobcat Goldthwait's "God Bless America". Another guy who's had enough, and in a more relatable way.

@windwarattack2300 7 ай бұрын

I still remember watching this back in 1993 in the Theater with my friends back in the early day...movie was Huge...hard to believe it has been 30 years ago already....scary how fast time has flown by....feels like yesterday

@Snipergoat1 6 ай бұрын

Maybe at first, but Walter fully embraced being the villain whereas this guy never realizes he is until the very end. This is best exemplified in two of the greatest lines recorded on film. Walter's "I am the one who knocks." opposed to "I'm...the bad guy?" One is a declaration of intent and defiance, the other is a heartbroken and confused realization.

@michaelschwartz8730 7 ай бұрын

Haven't seen this movie in a long time. Watching it with you guys, it suddenly struck me as the dark dramady ancestor of Breaking Bad

@CineRam 7 ай бұрын

I've never felt terrified by Michael Douglas in this movie...maybe because I don't think of myself as the kind of person he would get mad at. And BTW, is Robert Duvall ever NOT likable in a movie? I feel like he's always a reassuring presence. Him and Morgan Freeman, the most soothing, reassuring actors in movies. I really like Duvall in "Phenomenon" with John Travolta. There's a scene where he goes through a series of different moods very quickly, but it still seems very genuine. THAT'S how I'd describe Robert Duvall: In every movie, he's simply genuine.

@matthealey187 7 ай бұрын

The Police lady is the lady guard from Con Air :)

@enginy5 7 ай бұрын

Someone already commented about Det. Sandra's actress, Rachel Ticotin. But you may have also recognized Michael Douglas' mother, Lois Smith, she is in several other known movies like Minority Report or Twister.

@user-vl6pk6gy3h 6 ай бұрын

This movie is amazing. On a certain level we all can relate to being treated shitty and the old I get the more I can relate to M Douglas. There is so much in this movie. Every time you watch it you will see more, like the background signs. The cop and douglas mirror how different people handle these similar situations. Its also interesting that you picked up on the weapons upgrades - kinda like a video game..

@presumed_guilty 7 ай бұрын

Never seen this one but you guys are so good I will put this on my own list and come back to see your reaction 😂

@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl 7 ай бұрын

Same I never see it before

@Jar0fMay0 7 ай бұрын

Great movie. You won't regret it. Joker 2019 took a lot of inspiration from it

@Andy2481 7 ай бұрын

One of the best movies. Wish I can watch this again for the first time.

@jkhoover 7 ай бұрын

Yes! Please watch it first. Its a cult classic from the 90s.

@willthorburn1985 7 ай бұрын

That is Rachel Ticotin....you had her a number of times on the channel before with Con Air, Total Recall, Man on Fire

@dylandaly2002 7 ай бұрын

Such an underrated movie. My personal fav from Joel Schumacher and Douglas’ performance is amazing! This film deserves more recognition.

@randybass8842 7 ай бұрын

Another iconic Michael Douglas movie is "Fatal Attraction." Definitely worth a watch. No spoilers.

@nealnoir 7 ай бұрын

Sams slow head tilt when he picks up the bag of guns made me literally lol. Also, this is one of my favorite films. I guess as the film noir guy. And its an example of how great and versatile a director Joel Schumacherr could be. His reputation got so destroyed from his two Batman films it over shadowed his amazing earlier works like this, Flatliners and The Lost Boys.

@mattjones7226 7 ай бұрын

Yeah. He's directed some great movies. I think he also made A Time To Kill. It is too bad that people focus more on the Batman's. He was just trying to make it his own and have fun with it. I'll still be watching Flatliners and The Lost Boys.

@nealnoir 7 ай бұрын

I forgot A time to Kill AND The Client, which are both excellent legal dramas.

@ryanjacobson2508 7 ай бұрын

@@mattjones7226Joel actually wanted to do an adaptation of a storyline like The Dark Night Returns, but Warner Bros insisted that each sequel be targeted at a younger and younger audience. That's why Tim Burton and Micheal Keaton walked.