Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Writing credits: Ebbe Roe Smith
Movie Genre: Drama/Thriller
Released: 1993
Running Time: 113 minutes
Rating: 16VL
Falling Down is a 1993 film directed by Joel Schumacher.
William "Bill" Foster, an unemployed American missile engineer with a considerable life insurance policy, is making an attempt to "go home" for his daughter's birthday after leaving his car in traffic on the hottest day of the year.
As he passes through the city of Los Angeles, California on foot he finds himself alienated, disgusted and angered by what he experiences as he is accosted, overcharged and rejected.
He becomes a vigilante as he gradually begins to accumulate weaponry and starts to force people out of his way – with violence, if necessary.
According to esteemed film critic Roger Ebert the film is 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."
Tagline: The adventures of an ordinary man at war with the everyday world.