I saw this as a young kid (weird, I know, my dad picked some strange ones) and I just now realized that I _still_ use the phrase "a really rare morning". Didn't even realize it was from Falling Down but it's definitely appropriate.
Shut up old timer. You dont know what suffering is when all of your generation hoarded the entire housing market and destroyed job opportunities with unnecessary restrictions like flooding the job market with college graduates
I kind of understood his plight when I first saw this in my 20's. It speaks to me in different ways now. I'm actually surprised how much patience and restraint he shows.
Not quite. I am 19 years old, I recently finished seeing this movie and I feel identified with it. I would rather say that this film was made for current generations because it connects perfectly with the problems of society today.
@Whitemaninventedeverything That was not what I said in my previous comment. *I am not someone who identifies with whatever I see.* I feel identified with the protagonist of *"Falling Down"* called *"D-Fen"* because everything that he has had to suffer during the course of the film, I have suffered in real life. *Except for losing custody of your daughter, that's like the only thing I didn't suffer yet.*
Douglas delivers this scene perfectly. Every rational point he is giving these bullies about encroaching on their territory is like one tick on a timebomb.
@@railfandepotproductions well yeah, gangs form and they take over neighborhoods, they prey on unsuspecting people and muscle them out of things that they worked for because they have a whole group of thugs behind their backs, this was just an example of someone who isnt going to take it anymore
That's normal. Capitalistic systems are designed to make the rich even more richer. They are not patriotic. Their goal is to make as much money as possible. Buy the competition and become a monopoly. Reduce the staff as much as possible. Export manufacturing and certain office and IT jobs overseas.
At 59 years old. I unfortunately have to say. I'm feeling more, and more like this. It is more relatable the older you get. Life sometimes has a way of making you feel this way. Time can definitely humble you. Hoping things would somehow get better, but in reality it's gotten worse.
When life and Everyone you know and everything in it treat you like a glass pinata, you at some point realize that you are Just OUTTA CANDY!!! Hmmm? Would be a GREAt T SHIRT.
The scariest part about this movie is that it was made in the 90s. All of the problems that pushed Michael Douglas's character to the edge have only gotten worse and the life of the larger culture even more vapid in the past 29 years, and I feel that there's a lot more people that feel the way he did now than there were back then. I used to be one of them. I can only hope that more people out there can find hope of their own.
@@johnsain agree! The way it was filmed, the interactions in the scene, the tone Douglas put in his line; a masterpiece. It as almost a dramatized comedy.
Back in the 90's i worked with this guy who had a really bad temper...he would yell, cuss, kick the tables...the other coworker would hold his hand toward him and yell "You forgot the briefcase, you forgot the briefcase!!!!" It worked. The guy calmed down for a few minutes.
Watching this as a kid the guy looks like a crazy person. As an adult, you can sympathize with the idea of a normal guy just pushed past the breaking point by everything in life testing him.
Except he's NOT a normal guy. He watches old home movies towards the end of the film, and you see that he was always a psychotic, abusive bastard. The viewer is misled to think that he's just a normal guy, but his wife had good reason to leave him and take their daughter.
@@zapkvr It's very brave of you to announce to the internet that you are completely unable to protect yourself and are entirely reliant on our social safety systems
It cuts too deep and through the bone , powers that be would shit themselves if is taken as a “ fire starter “ , because you see it festering in so many faces .
Nothing more dangerous than a man with nothing left to lose. He got the upper hand because he'd already snapped and didn't care anymore at that point. He's had it with everyone and their BS. Such a great movie, so relatable. 💯
I'm getting a bit emotional here. I wouldn't say he didn't care anymore. He just cared about getting "home". And yes, it is relatable. When life's kicking you, you really get that feeling that if you could just at least be home then things would be better. I bet millions of Ukrainians would like to "just go home" at the moment. I know my girlfriend talks about going "home" about once a week but it's about 30 years too late for her... :/
He was an self-entitled male Karen. I appreciate that he didn't give in to a mugging, but his overall arc in the story is that he wanted the right to keep abusing his wife and child.
@@robloughrey Yes, but for the most part the people that he comes up against are degenerates, which give a certain amount of sympathy towards him. But you're right. His wife is scared shitless at the idea of him coming home.
i love how the protagonist steadily upgrades his arsenal throughout the movie, without even intending to do so. it's like every existential challenge he overcomes rewards him with more tools to aid him on his quest. truly a hero's journey.
@@josephwoodall4193 I think he's like the joker, a decent guy who needed help, but was lost in the everyday bullshit of a major city and became crazy (eg: LA/NY)
@@scottisitoro3953no you need the mental help and wake up to reality because if life hasn't fucked you yet it sure as hell will at some point. Best get ready
Because he would have went up against actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hanks and Liam Neeson. The movie would have went up against Schindler's List also.
I had an Uncle just like that! He would ALWAYS try to be Respectful to others. But, when they behaved like these 2 thugs? He would smack 'um down! He's gone now. Died years ago. But I've never forgotten the simple wisdom he taught me back when I was just a kid. I had to fight my way out of a similar situation in the 1960's with a gang of Italians! Yeah, I was barely 21 then, but I did exactly as my Uncle taught me. OR I would have died that day. God Bless you Uncle. Rest in Peace.
"You forgot the briefcase" 🤣 gets me every time. This film is a masterpeice and always reminds me how good an actor Michael is, war of the roses was good to.
@@calvinmasters6159 It's actually a Benchmade balisong. In the 80s and 90s, Benchmade darn near had a monopoly on being the knife that all gang members wanted. These days, not so much.
They were afraid of it. The one thing elites fear the most is the productive class uprising. They (still) exist in great numbers but have the intelligence and ability to organize that the poor lack.
“YOU FORGOT YOUR BRIEFCASE!!!” & “Now aren’t you sorry that you didn’t let me pass through your golf course?” were the two funniest lines in this film.🤣
This is contemporary art at its finest. Capturing the potential outcomes of a hostile environment and how it impacts anyone. This movie makes more and more sense to me every day I go through my adult life.
What I love most about this scene is the fact that after he throws his club he picks up the knife and takes it. As someone who's a big fan of rpg games like skyrim I know you always take the loot after you defeat your enemy bc you nvr know when you might need their weapon too😅
I still love this movie. In fact with every year that passes, with every green space ruined, with every new road that's built, with every new irritation that our 'modern' world presents, it becomes more relevant 👌
@@None-zc5vg wow i thought theres weapons in there, guess i dont remember this movie already but now i remember it was crazy how he fought them over briefcase with an apple and sandwich it was intense
Vut it shows how society can fuck men up and divorce even more so. They talk about systemic rasicm but do not recognize they way the world see men (of all races) as expendable and pawns. I am surprised that not more men "fall down"
@@EagleFang86You mean how his wife said she was scared of him possibly hurting her yet he was never violent towards her. So during their divorce so he lost custody of his child. Found guilty of something that never happened.
@@map3384 Yeah I wonder why she'd be worried the guy who wrecks house with an RPG ten minutes after this scene is a danger to her or her family? Found the incel.
I was lucky enough to live in the 80s and 90s and this movie is a reference and even a film to watch again and again because it best describes the awful reality of this modern and crazy world where dreams and hope have no place. 
It's more like we will never take and bullshit from any punk little motherfucker's that do not respect their own fucking block! These little cowards shooting each other all around their houses in hoods throughout the U.S.!
I worked part-time for Blockbuster Video here in Edinburgh back in 1995 to help pay the bills. As a perk, we were allowed to take movies home at the end of the shift, and this one came home with me most nights. Everything about this piece of cinema is a masterclass in character and story. There isn't a wasted line of dialogue.
Watched this film more than once, it is depressing and powerful, Michael Douglas's best film IMO. The violent confrontations and weapons that litter his path are like a trail of breadcrumbs helping him along the way to full blown breakdown...
@@officialmarlowjamesfilmcen2879 its the system. mg*t0w.s are one group that is trying to escape this sistem peacefully. the guy divorced and lost his house and money, cant see his own daughter that suppose to be his right and even though he messed up he didnt harm anyone if anything he took down some gang criminals and a n@zi but he still was the bad guy. if he was m*g.tow nothing of this would have happened. divorce taking men's money is one part but the competitive capitalist sistem which only few can suceed and get wealthy is another.
He taught them a good lesson never bother a quiet man and a tired one at that all he wanted was peace and to get home 🏡 to see his kid and wife this was a good movie I didn't see it in so long falling down 1993 is the name of this classic movie I forgot his wife was divorceing.him any way good 👍 movie
The movie lulls you into siding with D-Fens because he is putting up with similar things that other people deal with during their lives and he fights back, but as Prendergast points out in the ending other people deal with shit too, and they don't become roving psychopaths.
Why this movie was not considered for any award i cant figure. Michael douglas was just awsome in this roll. The golf course was typical of those kind of people in there little world to themselves. I think any body can appericate what can happen to people under enough pressure with a bad system all around them 3:55 3:55 😢😂😢😅
Better yet. Never pick a fight with anyone. Never underestimate your appointment. Because you do not know their background. And you do not know what they are capable of. And this is a perfect example of that. The two gang kids. Thought they were big and bad. They thought he was weak. And look what happened. They got beat down. And they ran. Good for him. That is called self-defense.
Superb movie,always love Micheal Dougles since The streetes of San Fancisco and the game.Simmering depiction of someone losing it in our crazy world.Special mention to Karl Malden for his superb acting in the streets and on the waterfront movies.
I remember when this movie came out; no one I knew had heard anything about it until I found it at the gas station movie rental corner. I took it home, watched it, and it struck me like no other movie had before. I was just about 19 years old, had been working for a few years, and already felt this man's weariness and angst in my soul.
@@username-zj9id indeed it is. Cheerfully smiling while you feel like you've ripped your own soul out of the core of your being and stuck it in a blender for no other reason than the amusement of despicable people... It eats at you. What's really sad is the fact that at some point you realize you feel less like that, not because things have gotten better, or because you've adapted, but just because you've begun to actually inhabit that sickly grinning mask .
Renting a movie from a gas station? That's not something I've ever seen, I thought that you could only rent movies from those dedicated video stores, or automatic renting booths.
Never forget the director, joel schumacher, the guy who made classics like "batman forever" and "batman & robin"... Hard to believe that this guy made this masterpiece of a movie, Falling Down is for me and always will be a perfect movie, easy 10/10.
Lou Zephyr 100% in agreement; heres my 2cents T writers of tis film captured t 80s modern man completely here. It's t classic tale of t hare (society) n t turtle (Prendergast/ Individual - system - laws) I think just about every adult of this era even teenagers as I was when first viewing this.. was enraptured by t reality of our trivial pursuits, tht everybody is involved wth; encapsulated by t cliched scenes of tis movie drawing on t self-centredness each person, thinks, believes and acts as if it is t be all and end of t world...scenario/s per se'... T problem/s is uniquely there's alone, no one else anywhere in t world can know about it, be going through it, have any idea... and t thought.... Captured essentially in t opening act; his bursting out t car for dear life...as if he couldn't breathe literally... wth traffic surrounding; enclosing on him, radio broadcaster humming away, bad news and disasters all around; kids screaming in t background; a woman yelling... I mean wht a build up... I remember seeing all this whn we happened to turn t channel and just caught t beginning of t movie only catching snippets from ads before, not really knowing anything about it. At t point where he started chasing t fly around t car I felt his suffocation, tht things were slowly closing in...on him; then I had t distinct feeling he was going to burst out of t car and walk away... leaving it all behind... then he does... I thought this is going to be a journey, I think tis is going to be a great movie. Was even better then I thought/ anticipated! I thought tis movie is going to reveal t summation of modern day living n society of today in a nutshell and somehow infuse tis character into all of it. First we get a picture of a white collar middle age 'American' (land of t free/ where dreams come true) sitting on t freeway... traffic congestion... as if it's just a normal day at t office. Being... * he's white collar, so he MUST be earning a decent living, * middle to above at t least; car looks decent until t revelations of course and then immediately; * he's just in t normal evening process of trying to negotiate t traffic of progress and t reality of modern age man/ living? Then He loses it... T psychology of tis movie n tis scene is succinctly depicted (in tht opening) by Michael as everybody sitting there (in tht moving parking lot) seems to be only a distraction/ moment away from losing it/ madness/ total... it's revealing... So t story begins, but tis early depiction of self centred madness driving everybody forward to a conglomerate concrete jungle of funneled highways, byways; try-ways of congested traffic tht tests t patience of even t best of us... our self driven morale; justifying why we do wht we do and, we, meaning you, or I, must be first in line, anytime, everytime, all t time. Is revisited through out t movie depicting I, I, I, highlighted by t traffic scene at t construction site where we find t rich gentleman (So it seems) abusing t poor woman who he accused of cutting him off...on a 1km per hr funneled traffic zone; traffic controllers at point...they literally were at a standstill! But no, 'I' am more IMPORTANT! hence I must be in front of you. Except which I was t first I??? Hahaha Anyway... [T contrast is police officer Prendergast (?) whose t 'turtle' in t movie. Quietly going about his business, thorough and thoughtful, making sure of everybody and no one gets left behind (wife on t phone), no stone unturned!] We identify so much wth d-fense, in every scene, yet knowing there's a darker side brewing, hoping tht wth every adversity he encounters he MUST be working things out. Surely...He's no dummy, he's white collar after all. There must be more to this. Only in t scene at t plastic surgeon house do we see a self reflective moment. A very poignant moment reflecting changing times/ changing of t guard so to speak. Here, we are watching a story, of a life depicted in film wth every living cliche shown in light humor; but t reality is, whn one thinks ones role, profession was much required in society, in t family unit, social circles... Only later, finds tht though one may reach t highest position in ones life tenure; this character was t epitomy of tht intellectual Everest society has ever so carefully depicted man as reaching for??? ... I mean this guy was THE 'Rocket Scientists!' Remember tht tired old cliche 'YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST?' As if being one solved all our/ ones problems and here we are confronted wth t reality tht even t 'Rocket Scientist' not only can live mundane lives but equally become redundant in a progressive technologised world we are quietly marching to wth no respite in sight... Only t cliff of reality ... Because as we become more educated, tech savvy, more affluent, knowledgeable, insightful, wiser to t physical, biological, intellectual, spiritual world of our surroundings... T age old question is revised nd revisited periodically to keep us grounded, yet always trying for answers on why we needing more and more and more; everybody being in a rush, yet nominally going nowhere... And thts where we find our reluctant hero as he confronts t 5 sensory organs weve been blessed with... in all its glory or lack thereof?
This movie is more relevant today than ever. It not only showed a breaking point of an honest hard-working man who gave his all to an ungrateful corporation and obeyed a dysfunctional system, but it also showed how he slowly got there by being pushed and pushed and pushed until he couldn't take it. And there was no one to bring him back. Then before he realized, he was the bad guy. That's why that line always gets to me. "I'm the bad guy?". The way he says it is painful. He thought he was going up against a messed up system, but all he did was lose his way, he snapped, instead of breaking free of that system. This is something to learn from, if things get too bad or stressful, it's okay to step back and even quit, say goodbye to everything and move away from it all, you don't have to end it or end anything else or try to change something in the system, or all you'll do is destroy your own life. Instead, just walk away. Walk an isolated, peaceful path.
Not really. He was a cunt before he snapped, hence his ex-wife ran away with their daughter. It's just about a dude rampaging through the city saying what everyone is thinking to justify his actions. He's literally an arsehole to the core. Honest hard-working man...
More like he got screwed by the tyrannical govt and his cunt ex wife, as is usually the case since govt is wildly corrupt with favoritism toward women & against men.
@Denam it is not about weapons. The problem is your society. Your society forces certain people to go full-blown mental. Guns are readily available all over the world be it legal or illegal but none of them have such bizarre social problems as America
I felt true empathy for this man when I first watched this film. Now many years later, a divorce, hardly ever seeing my children, being shit on by work and life, I now know what a thin veil lies between my life and turning into this character. Edit: I am not psycho, and will not cause anyone any harm. I wrote my comment honestly, when I was in a dark place. The truth is, I am far more likely to hurt myself than anyone else. So please, no more comments about be being an abuser, or needing therapy. I have already had the latter.
@@richardk5246 I hear you also Bro. I have never missed a child support payment since my slut ex wife left. Never hit her, probably only shouted at her twice in our 9 year marriage. It doesn't matter FA in the courts. Maybe we should follow Sharia (Muslim) law. then we can throw stones at their head.
Its the 1990s in LA. Crime was high on the rise people were going through tough times with extreme frustration losing their jobs and being jacked around to end their career.
plays like an rpg, every encounter he levels up and gets better gear....
actually its more like GTA
Yeah, that's what I like about the story, he just kept upgrading himself as he makes progress to his destination.
Plus he gets a new weapon
@@tomarnold7284 Final Destination.
This is GTA defined. The writer should sue
I love how he just takes a big sip of his soda while they're threatening him. Really shows he doesn't give a F anymore
eh man Give us your pocket protector 2:14 , not the montblanc pen just the neat plastic pocket protector
Product placement
Eye big time take no shite 😊
Well, he did have to pay 85 cents for a stinking soda.
@@DamaramuHQ no, he paid the adjusted price of fifty cents
This movie is a massively underrated classic about a man who has just f***ing had enough of it all.
"I wouldn't want you in my backyard either." One of the greatest movie lines ever.
Racist NIMBY implications.
@@CaptainPancakes So you would want people in your neighborhood who pull knives on you, threaten your life, and try and rob you?
@@CaptainPancakeswatch the movie and you will see that he is many things but not a racist
@@CaptainPancakes
Yes, that's why they didn't want him there because he was White, it was racist
@@joek600 exactly, he killed the Nazi in this movie and told him he disagrees with him
"It says all that?" "Yeah!" "Well, maybe if you wrote it in fuckin' English, I could fuckin' understand it". LOL!
"Think he's bein funny, huh? Well I'm not laughin."
Jhy Certy If you notice,in the movie,everytime he is in a Confrontation, he gets a Better weapon. Good dam movie.
mark rigsby GTA real life
You can see Michael Douglas's face about to laugh after he delivered that line
Priceless....................
Never mess with someone that has absolutely nothing left to lose.
That's the most dangerous person.
My rule is: never mess with someone who has less to lose than you.
@@baTonkaTruck How you can know that? The better rule: don't cross anybody's privacy if he didnt cross yours.
so true
Never mess with anyone is the motto.
"Listen fella's, I've had a really rare morning". I saw this movie in the theater 30 years ago and have been using that line ever since!
I saw this as a young kid (weird, I know, my dad picked some strange ones) and I just now realized that I _still_ use the phrase "a really rare morning". Didn't even realize it was from Falling Down but it's definitely appropriate.
So have I.
not economically viable
lmao! That is something I would like to say to customers on a Monday.
Great movie.
Stupid audience.
I get it.
I’m 58 now.
NOW I understand this character.
I'm 77 and I'm 'living' that character, with everything and everyone I cared about stripped away from me. I've only got to lose the shirt off my back.
Shut up old timer. You dont know what suffering is when all of your generation hoarded the entire housing market and destroyed job opportunities with unnecessary restrictions like flooding the job market with college graduates
^ Sorry to read that. I wish it was different.
I am 30 and I understand this character, completely.
Who *doesn't* understand him?
I like how he upgrades his weapon at every encounter. 😄
Idk... I'll take the bat over a butterfly knife any day.
Real life GTA
Same fucking comment on other video. Do better, dipshit.
@@Milpower Lol
I like how you copy other people's comments
Once you reach a certain age, you appreciate this and fully understand where he's coming from.
Hell I appreciated this when it was first released (yes I'm old)
I kind of understood his plight when I first saw this in my 20's. It speaks to me in different ways now. I'm actually surprised how much patience and restraint he shows.
and what age would that be, 10?
Not quite. I am 19 years old, I recently finished seeing this movie and I feel identified with it.
I would rather say that this film was made for current generations because it connects perfectly with the problems of society today.
@Whitemaninventedeverything
That was not what I said in my previous comment. *I am not someone who identifies with whatever I see.*
I feel identified with the protagonist of *"Falling Down"* called *"D-Fen"* because everything that he has had to suffer during the course of the film, I have suffered in real life. *Except for losing custody of your daughter, that's like the only thing I didn't suffer yet.*
The older I get, the more I relate.
The effing grind is real.
SO true. happen when you hit 50 you know time running out !
Weet niet waar het heen gaat
Maar laat mij niet het antwoord geven.
Same. My ex compared me to him often.
Today she could be right.
ha ha, me too, try to control such things but can relate to this dude...
Douglas delivers this scene perfectly. Every rational point he is giving these bullies about encroaching on their territory is like one tick on a timebomb.
Kirk is looking down on Michael from the heavens still ever so proud of his son's unimpeachable and gut-wrenching performance.
Are they even bullies?
Probably illeagals!
@@railfandepotproductions well yeah, gangs form and they take over neighborhoods, they prey on unsuspecting people and muscle them out of things that they worked for because they have a whole group of thugs behind their backs, this was just an example of someone who isnt going to take it anymore
This has aged well. More relevant than ever. Michael Douglas should have won an Oscar for this performance
They made this character the "bad guy", but we know he is us. the good guy
That's normal. Capitalistic systems are designed to make the rich even more richer.
They are not patriotic. Their goal is to make as much money as possible. Buy the competition and become a monopoly. Reduce the staff as much as possible. Export manufacturing and certain office and IT jobs overseas.
@@PikesvilleAl not a good guy, a poor father and an abusive husband.
@@aldfjak Wrong. The wife was a liar falsely accusing him
Tell me you're racist without saying you're racist
"it says all that" makes me laugh every single time
"Well how about you write it in fucking english so I can read it" :D
@@djmmm4244 haha
all that........ and then some!
Such a great response.. not even slightly rattled lol
@@lilmoe4364 facts dude
We’re all just one moment away from snapping like this!
I wonder if it actually could work? Against the gang members who think they own a territory just like that. Shrug. Cheers...
Only the vaccinated. :D
At 59 years old. I unfortunately have to say. I'm feeling more, and more like this. It is more relatable the older you get. Life sometimes has a way of making you feel this way. Time can definitely humble you. Hoping things would somehow get better, but in reality it's gotten worse.
63 here, and I definitely feel that way. Society is losing sight of itself.
When life and Everyone you know and everything in it treat you like a glass pinata, you at some point realize that you are Just OUTTA CANDY!!! Hmmm? Would be a GREAt T SHIRT.
The scariest part about this movie is that it was made in the 90s. All of the problems that pushed Michael Douglas's character to the edge have only gotten worse and the life of the larger culture even more vapid in the past 29 years, and I feel that there's a lot more people that feel the way he did now than there were back then. I used to be one of them. I can only hope that more people out there can find hope of their own.
Why do you think we're having so many shootings the past few years?
Totally agree, glad you are in a better position now.
Bravoooo !!!!
Almost by design
This movie predicted the people who are snapping today.
Douglas should‘ve gotten an Oscar for this. Brilliant performance.
This movie is so beyond relatable. Your so right and I think I need to own this movie
Couldn't agree more. Grade A comment. God Bless from Wiltshire, England
It's amazing the movie got made, even during that time.....I'm surprised it hasn't been cancelled yet....
@@johnsain agree! The way it was filmed, the interactions in the scene, the tone Douglas put in his line; a masterpiece. It as almost a dramatized comedy.
@@johnsain hahaha give it time my friend….give it time
Back in the 90's i worked with this guy who had a really bad temper...he would yell, cuss, kick the tables...the other coworker would hold his hand toward him and yell "You forgot the briefcase, you forgot the briefcase!!!!" It worked. The guy calmed down for a few minutes.
"I wouldn't want you people in my backyard either." 🤣🤣🤣
Best line in the movie
😂😂😂
He was exactly right about you people
Movie please?
@@MrStevo626, Falling Down.
Watching this as a kid the guy looks like a crazy person. As an adult, you can sympathize with the idea of a normal guy just pushed past the breaking point by everything in life testing him.
WINNER!
It's like as an adult you finally understand Squidward
@@alisterfolson in a squidward laugh of agreement
" I'm the bad guy?"....🥺
Except he's NOT a normal guy. He watches old home movies towards the end of the film, and you see that he was always a psychotic, abusive bastard. The viewer is misled to think that he's just a normal guy, but his wife had good reason to leave him and take their daughter.
One of the greatest movies ever. It captures something primal in a man who just wants to be left alone!
Yeah it doesn't really. There's ways to be left alone if that's what you actually want.
@@zapkvr Yeah it does but it doesn't is you are primal and actually want alone to be left
@@zapkvr
It's very brave of you to announce to the internet that you are completely unable to protect yourself and are entirely reliant on our social safety systems
@@zapkvr The movie was, ok. It got a little preachy in parts, like property rights on the golf course scene.
He shot up a fast food joint who wouldn’t make him breakfast. “Left alone”? Seems like a degenerate criminal.
This was such a GREAT movie and yet many people have never heard of it.
It cuts too deep and through the bone , powers that be would shit themselves if is taken as a “ fire starter “ , because you see it festering in so many faces .
@@johnmorales7057 WoW! Great observation, I never considered that. Still, a great movie though.
Thank you, for your reply and thoughts and opinion.
I was 11 years old when this movie was released. I'm now 42, and I can relate to this movie now.
I was 10. I remember renting this on Pay-Per-View back in October of 1993. Remember PPV?
@@Tornado1994 We didn't have PPV back in those days here in the land down under.
Been like him 64 yrs fuck em all
He's literally us
Not economically viable
Nothing more dangerous than a man with nothing left to lose. He got the upper hand because he'd already snapped and didn't care anymore at that point. He's had it with everyone and their BS. Such a great movie, so relatable. 💯
Plus
He had the high ground from the start
I like how you had to say what everyone already knew watching the movie
I'm getting a bit emotional here. I wouldn't say he didn't care anymore. He just cared about getting "home". And yes, it is relatable. When life's kicking you, you really get that feeling that if you could just at least be home then things would be better. I bet millions of Ukrainians would like to "just go home" at the moment. I know my girlfriend talks about going "home" about once a week but it's about 30 years too late for her... :/
He was an self-entitled male Karen. I appreciate that he didn't give in to a mugging, but his overall arc in the story is that he wanted the right to keep abusing his wife and child.
@@robloughrey Yes, but for the most part the people that he comes up against are degenerates, which give a certain amount of sympathy towards him. But you're right. His wife is scared shitless at the idea of him coming home.
i love how the protagonist steadily upgrades his arsenal throughout the movie, without even intending to do so. it's like every existential challenge he overcomes rewards him with more tools to aid him on his quest. truly a hero's journey.
A bit like a game where you 'acquire or buy' better weapons
@@shortfattoad7317 Exactly ! Start with a pistol, end up with a BFG 9000. 😄😆
@@davidbolha rip and tear
A water pistol is an upgrade?
And winds up getting shot by the pigs, wow
I just love how this is basicly just a character in an RPG leveling up. From bat to a knife from a knife to a bag of guns, so great.
And better armor.
Movies,music in 70s,80s,90s-05 a different level.
Never piss off a man that just wants to be left alone.
He wasn't the good guy in this movie.
@@josephwoodall4193 I think he's like the joker, a decent guy who needed help, but was lost in the everyday bullshit of a major city and became crazy (eg: LA/NY)
@@josephwoodall4193 no such thing as good. Your juvenille mind didn't get the meaning...
@@eddiefraser4373 He was a piece of shit, watch the movie again.
@@ernestjamesmusic995 Did you even watch the movie?
As a child I never understood why he was so upset, as an adult I understand completely that this can be anyone of us at the drop of a hat 💯
get some professional help. Not the once a week, no, you need a team working on just you around the clock.
@@scottisitoro3953no you need the mental help and wake up to reality because if life hasn't fucked you yet it sure as hell will at some point. Best get ready
@@scottisitoro3953 😂
@@hationdredjr3856 LMFAO!!!
@@scottisitoro3953 Scott lay off mate. This aint your Show!!!
There’s a very valuable message behind this movie. Never mess with a man that has nothing left to lose.
I’ll never ever ever understand how he didn’t get an Oscar for this role 😮
One of the best Michael Douglas movies ever made.
Actors don't get Oscars for how people really act.
@@busterhikney6936 Denzel Washington training day?
@@stonejay316 The Police doesn't act the way he was acting. Those hard working offices of the Law truly are America's heros.
Because it wasn't Oscar material?
"listen fellas, ive had a really rare morning"
best line in the entire movie
Also...."Clear a path mother f'er, I'm going home"
@@motrock93b Maybe if you wrote it in fucking English I could fucking understand it LOL !!!
"not economically viable..."
Absolutely one of my favorite lines and delivery. Hilarious
I’ve used it since hearing it in this movie - not in a similar scenario though lol
How he didn't win an oscar in this movie is beyond crazy. Douglas portrays a man that is at his wits end perfectly!
Because he would have went up against actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hanks and Liam Neeson. The movie would have went up against Schindler's List also.
Hollywood doesn't like movies like this, they go against their narrative.
@@deletedwaffles good point, tough competition that year.
@@anyoneofus9948 yep, anti establishment/ counter culture movies like this often are.
@@anyoneofus9948 totally agree and was shocked when they gave Denzel an Oscar in Training Day. Which I fully agree he deserved BTW.
The way society is sinking today I might end up like a mix between him and Al Bundy
Society isn't sinking, the expectations we have for it are though.
Actually it has already arrived, just hasn’t been publicized yet.
this movie hasnt aged a day...
Is it just me or does this movie perfectly capture the essence of what it was like living in LA during the early to mid 90's?
fuck yea man. so does the movie 187 with samuel jackson
Did LA get any better now?
@THE VOID that’s because it’s literally a city in the middle of a barren wasteland that wasn’t meant to be habitable lol wasteland meaning the Desert
@@666SAVAGES The Los Angeles area was actually lush wetland with streams. But now it's a concrete desert with those water sources gone.
@@RobARug Nope
As a 46 year old this movie hits different now than when I saw it when it came out at 17.
Whatchu' doin' mister??
Wait another 10 years, it gets even more interesting.
The craziest thing is that you’re 46 and saying “hits different” like a little kid 😂😂😂
@@mitchellcampbell9242 Well, I have two teenagers and one 7 year old, so maybe I'm picking up their manerisms. 🤣
@@j_shelby_damnwird 45 here. I'm not sure I'm that eager to be 55, knowing how my ideas evolve.
I had an Uncle just like that!
He would ALWAYS try to be Respectful to others. But, when they behaved like these 2 thugs?
He would smack 'um down!
He's gone now. Died years ago. But I've never forgotten the simple wisdom he taught me back when I was just a kid.
I had to fight my way out of a similar situation in the 1960's with a gang of Italians!
Yeah, I was barely 21 then, but I did exactly as my Uncle taught me. OR I would have died that day.
God Bless you Uncle. Rest in Peace.
So what did ya do during the fight why you think you were gonna die?
🍺🍺🍺👍
A man at the end of his rope, with absolutely nothing to lose.
"You forgot the briefcase" 🤣 gets me every time. This film is a masterpeice and always reminds me how good an actor Michael is, war of the roses was good to.
My fave is the arrogant old bastard on the golf course, "Yeah, and now you're going to die wearing that stupid little hat."
Michael Douglas is super cool
@@angelacasein7059 i agree, this is a man that got mouth cancer and blamed it on the amount of pussy he has licked 🤣 legend.
You forgot “your” briefcase 😊
What about “clear the path !Im going home!”?…Each time I’m leaving work,I said that to myself inside
Him trying to swing the switch blade around at the end and saying "How do they do that?" always gets me.
I think it's a butterfly knife, but, yeah...
Too bad he didn't have a bigger knife like Crocodile Dundee (chuckle).
@@calvinmasters6159 It's actually a Benchmade balisong. In the 80s and 90s, Benchmade darn near had a monopoly on being the knife that all gang members wanted. These days, not so much.
@@SergeantExtreme Balisong's are also known as butterfly knives.
I went and bought a butterfly knife after watching Red Dawn.
I was 14 years old.
I've often wondered, why did these supersede the spring-loaded ones?
This film was ahead of its time
The movie tried to warn us all
One of the most underrated movies of it's time. How it did not get any real positive looks from movie critics is puzzling.
They were afraid of it. The one thing elites fear the most is the productive class uprising. They (still) exist in great numbers but have the intelligence and ability to organize that the poor lack.
movie critics are a scam. don't you ever wonder why critic reviews differ so much from general audience reviews?
It's a psy-op. The elite want you to believe if you don't do as your told and you rebel against the system you wind up dead
Too close to the truth
Movie critics rated creed movies better than Rocky IV...
Yet everyone remembers rocky 4 decades later
This movie gets better and more relevant every year. As someone who lives in LA, I can empathize with this fantastic scene.
Micheal Douglas should of gotten a Oscar for this role.
so much of it rings true , Michael Douglas's best performance without a doubt
Sigma before Sigma was a thing.
The game was good to
@@sbraypaynt so much of it.. not All of it. Good acting nonetheless.
@@sbraypaynt you’re wrong
@@sbraypaynt because you’re a melt?
“YOU FORGOT YOUR BRIEFCASE!!!” & “Now aren’t you sorry that you didn’t let me pass through your golf course?” were the two funniest lines in this film.🤣
And now you're gonna die wearing that stupid little hat.
Four...Five😂
Now you're gonna die wearing that stupid little hat!
“And now you're gonna die - wearing that stupid little hat.” Is up there too
@Jo V “...How does it feel?”😈
😆
One of the greatest American movies ever.
This is contemporary art at its finest.
Capturing the potential outcomes of a hostile environment and how it impacts anyone.
This movie makes more and more sense to me every day I go through my adult life.
"Well maybe if you wrote it in f**king English I could f**king understand it." 🤣🤣
That still cracks me up after all these years! Ha ha
it's the little smirk he does as well after he says it - genius acting.
Hilarious
The movie has a lot of dark humour. Almost like half drama, half dark comedy
When he looks through the hole in his shoe at the smog over LA...that sets the tone for the rest of the film.
there's a hole in his sole ( ͡° ᴥ ͡°)
And to think, that was after it started getting cleaner.
The movie was shot during the LA riots, there was delays because of it
@@changbang4168 nothings changed from it har har har
...and our lives....
What I love most about this scene is the fact that after he throws his club he picks up the knife and takes it. As someone who's a big fan of rpg games like skyrim I know you always take the loot after you defeat your enemy bc you nvr know when you might need their weapon too😅
I still love this movie. In fact with every year that passes, with every green space ruined, with every new road that's built, with every new irritation that our 'modern' world presents, it becomes more relevant 👌
Same here: life is getting like progression into a nightmare.
“Clear a path! I’m going Home!!” Such a great film of a man who’s broken down.
A Señor Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american
@@radicalturkey yeah they really dropped the ball with the ending.
@@radicalturkey Yeah ending was crap. I hated Duvall's character.
The Best Line Ever 🤣🤣👊
@@bogusmogus9551 He was so lame. Lol.
"You forgot the breifcase!" cracks me up everytime
There's nothing in the briefcase but an apple and a sandwich, but the case also represents his job, his sense of purpose, his raison d'être.
@@None-zc5vg wow i thought theres weapons in there, guess i dont remember this movie already but now i remember it was crazy how he fought them over briefcase with an apple and sandwich it was intense
I wonder if Douglas improvised that line. Those great actors usually do.
The director can only say cut, and than think, yeah, that will work!
@@user-vl7ho7hz7c It was the 2nd upgrade. Switchblade. Then they
came at him with the goodies!
You forgot your spellcheck
I could watch that all day
The way he is becomes more apparent the longer I live!
I can’t say enough how much I loved this movie. I think we’ve all been there.
No... We did not stalk our ex wives and kids after a court order was issued lol
Vut it shows how society can fuck men up and divorce even more so. They talk about systemic rasicm but do not recognize they way the world see men (of all races) as expendable and pawns. I am surprised that not more men "fall down"
@@EagleFang86oh... so that's not a good thing for me to be doing?
@@EagleFang86You mean how his wife said she was scared of him possibly hurting her yet he was never violent towards her. So during their divorce so he lost custody of his child. Found guilty of something that never happened.
@@map3384 Yeah I wonder why she'd be worried the guy who wrecks house with an RPG ten minutes after this scene is a danger to her or her family?
Found the incel.
“ I mean I wouldn’t want you people in my backyard either” 😂😂😂
what I came here to say :)
@AmeriFolksFellow VM. DP. Rhaefnhyrst calm down Junior
@AmeriFolksFellow VM. DP. Rhaefnhyrst you kiss your daddy’s lips with that mouth?
😂😂😂
And for this line most sites banned this movie......
One of the best movies ever. The older I get , the more I identify with this guy.
Delivered an impeccable performance. Acting at its best.
Definitely did. He fits for dark comedy
it's a bit unsettling that so many of us completely understand and relate to this character.
Underrated comment
Its not unsettling, its a relief actually to know that so many of us are in the same boat and fighting the same battles, wouldnt you say?
@@mmc5708 Didn't think of it that way, you really reframed the issue.
@@mmc5708 It cuts both ways.
why is there so much free-floating anger in society?
"What do you call that?" "Graffiti", gets me every time.
Must be horrible what them 2 mexican/black people did to dfens
You can’t tell the difference between Mexicans & Black ppl? You must be from the moon
bad grammer , he a grammer ukrainian
and I'm not laughin' either essay 1:16 what this Schow get man like 2 tomitios outta 5 man , man
eh man Give us your pocket protector 2:14 , not the montblanc pen just the neat plastic pocket protector
This is one of my favourite movies, it's a masterpiece imo.
I was lucky enough to live in the 80s and 90s and this movie is a reference and even a film to watch again and again because it best describes the awful reality of this modern and crazy world where dreams and hope have no place.

The older I get, the more I understand this character. There's only so far a person can be pushed before they're going to push back.
An Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american
When white people 'riot' we burn continents, not cities. ☠
It's more like we will never take and bullshit from any punk little motherfucker's that do not respect their own fucking block! These little cowards shooting each other all around their houses in hoods throughout the U.S.!
The older I get, the more stupid I realize this movie is
@@BananaPhoPhilly yes, yes....and now back to bed John-Boy
I worked part-time for Blockbuster Video here in Edinburgh back in 1995 to help pay the bills. As a perk, we were allowed to take movies home at the end of the shift, and this one came home with me most nights. Everything about this piece of cinema is a masterclass in character and story. There isn't a wasted line of dialogue.
Non it didn’t
Edinburgh texas?
@@mosqa7802
From the perfect English spelling and syntax......
I would say...Edinburgh, Scotland.
"Wow, What a difference!" RIP Blockbuster Video
Blockbuster would routinely censor some of their movies. It was all about Jesus Christ with a cork up his ass
Watched this film more than once, it is depressing and powerful, Michael Douglas's best film IMO.
The violent confrontations and weapons that litter his path are like a trail of breadcrumbs helping him along the way to full blown breakdown...
" ive had a really rare morning" 😂
me as a kid: "whats this guys problem?"
me as an adult: "oh now I get it"
Fuckin' A right.
Ditto!!
the world is the problem.
@@officialmarlowjamesfilmcen2879 its the system. mg*t0w.s are one group that is trying to escape this sistem peacefully. the guy divorced and lost his house and money, cant see his own daughter that suppose to be his right and even though he messed up he didnt harm anyone if anything he took down some gang criminals and a n@zi but he still was the bad guy. if he was m*g.tow nothing of this would have happened. divorce taking men's money is one part but the competitive capitalist sistem which only few can suceed and get wealthy is another.
@@officialmarlowjamesfilmcen2879 EXACTLY!
Can’t blame D- Fens. He tried to resolve the dispute peacefully but they kept pushing
He taught them a good lesson never bother a quiet man and a tired one at that all he wanted was peace and to get home 🏡 to see his kid and wife this was a good movie I didn't see it in so long falling down 1993 is the name of this classic movie I forgot his wife was divorceing.him any way good 👍 movie
@@tyrenblanch9739 Holy run-on sentence Batman!
@@xczechr 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The movie lulls you into siding with D-Fens because he is putting up with similar things that other people deal with during their lives and he fights back, but as Prendergast points out in the ending other people deal with shit too, and they don't become roving psychopaths.
@@planguy9575 Yes, but even Prendergast understood the need to stand up for himself by the end of the movie.
I feel more and more like him everyday.
Love this movie ,every company should show this to their employees
"Clear a path, I'm going home!"
Goosebumps every time.
"Going home"*
@@ektrfirefox2571 I've replayed it, but to be honest I can't really tell what he is saying. Lol
@@DeathMountainDragonaut he says "going"
@@barbarusbloodshed6347thank you both, it has been changed.
@@DeathMountainDragonaut " Clear a path, I'm going home" I'm going home"...
This movie was and still is an excellent reflexion of our world now.
Reflection
More now then ever
@@aliamjon2550 than
@@3hooks781 thanks
Why this movie was not considered for any award i cant figure. Michael douglas was just awsome in this roll. The golf course was typical of those kind of people in there little world to themselves. I think any body can appericate what can happen to people under enough pressure with a bad system all around them 3:55 3:55 😢😂😢😅
I feel like this EVERY SINGLE DAY!!
Never get tired of this movie!
Never pick a fight with a guy who calmly says "I've had a really rare morning."
Yeah agreed
Agreed as well!
eh man Give us your pocket protector 2:14 , not the montblanc pen just the neat plastic pocket protector
An Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american
Better yet. Never pick a fight with anyone. Never underestimate your appointment. Because you do not know their background. And you do not know what they are capable of. And this is a perfect example of that. The two gang kids. Thought they were big and bad. They thought he was weak. And look what happened. They got beat down. And they ran. Good for him. That is called self-defense.
Whenever I'm having a bad day, I watch this film and I realise my day ain't so bad after all . Great film.
Just reminds how much people are shit
Facts
I'm not the biggest fan of Douglas, but he absolutely smashed this film. This was one fabulous & satisfying scene
Superb movie,always love Micheal Dougles since The streetes of San Fancisco and the game.Simmering depiction of someone losing it in our crazy world.Special mention to Karl Malden for his superb acting in the streets and on the waterfront movies.
This movie is an absolute classic that ages like a fine wine!
and I'm not laughin' either essay 1:16 what this Schow get man like 2 tomitios outta 5 man , man
eh man Give us your pocket protector 2:14 , not the montblanc pen just the neat plastic pocket protector
An Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american
is this true? IDK, this particular scene looks like shit. I thought it was a comedy at first.
Shite
I remember when this movie came out; no one I knew had heard anything about it until I found it at the gas station movie rental corner. I took it home, watched it, and it struck me like no other movie had before. I was just about 19 years old, had been working for a few years, and already felt this man's weariness and angst in my soul.
My story is similar. I picked it up at a rental place and had no idea what it was about, but I liked Douglas. Still one of my favorite movies.
That's kinda sad that you felt like this already at 19.
@@username-zj9id indeed it is. Cheerfully smiling while you feel like you've ripped your own soul out of the core of your being and stuck it in a blender for no other reason than the amusement of despicable people... It eats at you.
What's really sad is the fact that at some point you realize you feel less like that, not because things have gotten better, or because you've adapted, but just because you've begun to actually inhabit that sickly grinning mask .
@@minkorrh yeah, I'm pretty sure that the whole house and ex thing would've sent me right over the high side... God bless you, man.
Renting a movie from a gas station? That's not something I've ever seen, I thought that you could only rent movies from those dedicated video stores, or automatic renting booths.
This is a perfect movie. Even the yellow filter of the camera lense plays its lasting part.
Underrated Movie 🎬 🎞 and so Realistic
Never forget the director, joel schumacher, the guy who made classics like "batman forever" and "batman & robin"... Hard to believe that this guy made this masterpiece of a movie, Falling Down is for me and always will be a perfect movie, easy 10/10.
m.douglas plays in new American version Servant of the People zollinskyya
and I'm not laughin' either essay 1:16 what this Schow get man like 2 tomitios outta 5 man , man
eh man Give us your pocket protector 2:14 , not the montblanc pen just the neat plastic pocket protector
An Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american
Lou Zephyr
100% in agreement; heres my 2cents
T writers of tis film captured t 80s modern man completely here. It's t classic tale of t hare (society) n t turtle (Prendergast/ Individual - system - laws)
I think just about every adult of this era even teenagers as I was when first viewing this.. was enraptured by t reality of our trivial pursuits, tht everybody is involved wth; encapsulated by t cliched scenes of tis movie drawing on t self-centredness each person, thinks, believes and acts as if it is t be all and end of t world...scenario/s per se'...
T problem/s is uniquely there's alone, no one else anywhere in t world can know about it, be going through it, have any idea... and t thought....
Captured essentially in t opening act; his bursting out t car for dear life...as if he couldn't breathe literally... wth traffic surrounding; enclosing on him, radio broadcaster humming away, bad news and disasters all around; kids screaming in t background; a woman yelling...
I mean wht a build up...
I remember seeing all this whn we happened to turn t channel and just caught t beginning of t movie only catching snippets from ads before, not really knowing anything about it.
At t point where he started chasing t fly around t car I felt his suffocation, tht things were slowly closing in...on him; then I had t distinct feeling he was going to burst out of t car and walk away... leaving it all behind...
then he does...
I thought this is going to be a journey, I think tis is going to be a great movie.
Was even better then I thought/ anticipated!
I thought tis movie is going to reveal t summation of modern day living n society of today in a nutshell and somehow infuse tis character into all of it.
First we get a picture of a white collar middle age 'American' (land of t free/ where dreams come true) sitting on t freeway... traffic congestion... as if it's just a normal day at t office.
Being...
* he's white collar, so he MUST be earning a decent living,
* middle to above at t least; car looks decent until t revelations of course and then immediately;
* he's just in t normal evening process of trying to negotiate t traffic of progress and t reality of modern age man/ living?
Then He loses it...
T psychology of tis movie n tis scene is succinctly depicted (in tht opening) by Michael as everybody sitting there (in tht moving parking lot) seems to be only a distraction/ moment away from losing it/ madness/ total...
it's revealing...
So t story begins, but tis early depiction of self centred madness driving everybody forward to a conglomerate concrete jungle of funneled highways, byways; try-ways of congested traffic tht tests t patience of even t best of us... our self driven morale; justifying why we do wht we do and, we, meaning you, or I, must be first in line, anytime, everytime, all t time.
Is revisited through out t movie depicting I, I, I, highlighted by t traffic scene at t construction site where we find t rich gentleman (So it seems) abusing t poor woman who he accused of cutting him off...on a 1km per hr funneled traffic zone; traffic controllers at point...they literally were at a standstill!
But no, 'I' am more IMPORTANT! hence I must be in front of you. Except which I was t first I??? Hahaha
Anyway...
[T contrast is police officer Prendergast (?) whose t 'turtle' in t movie. Quietly going about his business, thorough and thoughtful, making sure of everybody and no one gets left behind (wife on t phone), no stone unturned!]
We identify so much wth d-fense, in every scene, yet knowing there's a darker side brewing, hoping tht wth every adversity he encounters he MUST be working things out.
Surely...He's no dummy, he's white collar after all. There must be more to this.
Only in t scene at t plastic surgeon house do we see a self reflective moment. A very poignant moment reflecting changing times/ changing of t guard so to speak.
Here, we are watching a story, of a life
depicted in film wth every living cliche shown in light humor; but t reality is, whn one thinks ones role, profession was much required in society, in t family unit, social circles...
Only later, finds tht though one may reach t highest position in ones life tenure; this character was t epitomy of tht intellectual Everest society has ever so carefully depicted man as reaching for??? ...
I mean this guy was THE 'Rocket Scientists!'
Remember tht tired old cliche 'YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST?'
As if being one solved all our/ ones problems and here we are confronted wth t reality tht even t 'Rocket Scientist' not only can live mundane lives but equally become redundant in a progressive technologised world we are quietly marching to wth no respite in sight...
Only t cliff of reality ...
Because as we become more educated, tech savvy, more affluent, knowledgeable, insightful, wiser to t physical, biological, intellectual, spiritual world of our surroundings...
T age old question is revised nd revisited periodically to keep us grounded, yet always trying for answers on why we needing more and more and more; everybody being in a rush, yet nominally going nowhere...
And thts where we find our reluctant hero as he confronts t 5 sensory organs weve been blessed with... in all its glory or lack thereof?
This movie is more relevant today than ever. It not only showed a breaking point of an honest hard-working man who gave his all to an ungrateful corporation and obeyed a dysfunctional system, but it also showed how he slowly got there by being pushed and pushed and pushed until he couldn't take it. And there was no one to bring him back.
Then before he realized, he was the bad guy. That's why that line always gets to me. "I'm the bad guy?". The way he says it is painful. He thought he was going up against a messed up system, but all he did was lose his way, he snapped, instead of breaking free of that system.
This is something to learn from, if things get too bad or stressful, it's okay to step back and even quit, say goodbye to everything and move away from it all, you don't have to end it or end anything else or try to change something in the system, or all you'll do is destroy your own life. Instead, just walk away. Walk an isolated, peaceful path.
👍🏽why do you think we have so many mass shoo.tings
Not really. He was a cunt before he snapped, hence his ex-wife ran away with their daughter. It's just about a dude rampaging through the city saying what everyone is thinking to justify his actions. He's literally an arsehole to the core. Honest hard-working man...
Good grief, another " ungrateful corporation " pu$$y.
More like he got screwed by the tyrannical govt and his cunt ex wife, as is usually the case since govt is wildly corrupt with favoritism toward women & against men.
@Denam it is not about weapons. The problem is your society. Your society forces certain people to go full-blown mental. Guns are readily available all over the world be it legal or illegal but none of them have such bizarre social problems as America
Saw this as a child, great movie.
I’ve always loved this movie.
I felt true empathy for this man when I first watched this film. Now many years later, a divorce, hardly ever seeing my children, being shit on by work and life, I now know what a thin veil lies between my life and turning into this character.
Edit: I am not psycho, and will not cause anyone any harm. I wrote my comment honestly, when I was in a dark place. The truth is, I am far more likely to hurt myself than anyone else. So please, no more comments about be being an abuser, or needing therapy. I have already had the latter.
Same here
I hear you and I'm about ready to crack. Not seen my kid in nearly 3 years.
@@richardk5246 I hear you also Bro. I have never missed a child support payment since my slut ex wife left. Never hit her, probably only shouted at her twice in our 9 year marriage. It doesn't matter FA in the courts. Maybe we should follow Sharia (Muslim) law. then we can throw stones at their head.
@@richardk5246 I'm the Bad Guy?
@@chrisreed3929 No, you're not the bad guy.
The scary thing is that this film is more relevant now than it was when it came out.
No, it was at least as relevant back then.
Society is breaking down!!!
youtube comments be like "thing in past different from thing now, scary!"
Yeah because today we got even more incels that think society wrongs them at every turn.
Nah. Today he would’ve been blasted with 20-30 bullets, lol.
I worked in the aerospace industry when this movie came out ; every thing about it is 100% accurate .
My goodness this film has a message, even more so today than when it was made!
Man the 90's were the best times and best movies. I wish I could go back to those days.
The fact that this movie, from what I understand, was filmed during the 1992 LA riots, actually adds to the intensity and paranoia to each scene.
Its the 1990s in LA. Crime was high on the rise people were going through tough times with extreme frustration losing their jobs and being jacked around to end their career.
Like LA now in 2022
@Ned Kelly why does everything has an orange tint to it?Is it pollution or was the sun more orangy?
@Ned Kelly they filmed right before and right after the riots
Underrated movie for sure. It's one of my favorites
A Señor Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american
dec 25th 2023 over 30 years coming out , now it seems the movie is turning into real life
You can even see it in movies. The world was still happy to be alive and to carry us. About 10 years later that would change.