Falling Down: Ein ganz normaler Tag (1993)

Falling Down: Ein ganz normaler Tag: Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin. An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

“Joel Schumacheru0026#39;s best film is a brilliantly realized urban nightmare that many people in the audience will identify with. On one of those typical LA dog-days, disgruntled motorist Michael Douglas, caught in what could be the traffic jam from hell, finally decides he canu0026#39;t take it any more, abandons his car on the freeway and decides to walk home and God help anyone who gets in his way.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI suppose u0026quot;Falling Downu0026quot; could best be described as a road movie in reverse. The car has been ditched and the journey is on foot. Perhaps the filmu0026#39;s closest antecedent is u0026quot;The Swimmeru0026quot; in which a similarly deranged Burt Lancaster decides to u0026#39;swimu0026#39; home through the pools of his neighbours. As the dangerously unstable D-Fens, (he is known by his car registration), Michael Douglas gives the performance of his career and Schumacher racks up the tension to breaking point and beyond.”