![]() He pulls out the rocket launcher but struggles to use it, until a boy explains how it works. Foster changes into army clothes, takes the rocket launcher, and leaves.įoster encounters a road repair crew who seem to be lackadaisical and accuses them of doing unnecessary repairs to justify their budget. When Foster expresses distaste for the store owner's bigotry, the man becomes angry and attempts to turn him over to the police, but Foster stabs him in the shoulder then shoots him dead. After Torres leaves, the owner offers Foster a rocket launcher and congratulates him for shooting "a bunch of niggers" at the restaurant. The owner, a homophobic white supremacist, diverts Torres when she comes in. Foster stops at a military surplus store to buy boots. The man exchanges a glance with Foster and says, "Don't forget me," as he is escorted away by police. They realize Foster is heading toward his former wife's home in Venice, California and rush to intercept him.įoster passes a bank where a black man is protesting after being rejected for a loan. Prendergast and his partner, Detective Sandra Torres, visit Foster's mother, who is surprised to learn that Foster lost his job. Foster's "D-Fens" vanity license plate proves to be an important lead, because Prendergast remembers being in the same traffic jam as Foster earlier that day. Interviews with witnesses lead Prendergast to suspect that the same person is responsible for all the incidents. ![]() Sergeant Martin Prendergast, who is on his last day before retirement, insists on investigating. After Foster calls "home" again and states his intention to attend his daughter Adele's birthday party, his ex-wife Beth notifies the police because she has a restraining order. He leaves, tries to make a call from a phone booth, then shoots the booth to pieces after being hassled by an individual who was waiting to use the phone. After trying to reassure the frightened employees and customers, he orders lunch, but is annoyed when the burger looks nothing like the one on the menu. After an argument with the manager, Foster pulls a gun and accidentally fires into the ceiling. Foster encounters an aggressive panhandler and eventually gives him the briefcase, which only contains Foster's lunch.Īt a fast-food restaurant, Foster attempts to order breakfast, but they have switched to the lunch menu. Foster picks up one of the gang's guns, shoots the surviving gang member in the leg, and then leaves with the crew's bag of weapons. The collision kills three of the gang members, including the driver, and leaves one seriously injured. They open fire in a drive-by shooting, hitting several bystanders but not Foster. The gang members, now in a car with two friends, search for and find Foster using a pay phone. ![]() Foster attacks them with the bat and takes their knife. Later, while resting on a hill, he is accosted by two gang members who threaten him with a knife and demand his briefcase. Foster takes the bat and destroys much of the merchandise before leaving. The owner grabs a baseball bat and demands that Foster leave. Foster begins ranting about the high prices. After his air conditioning fails and he cannot stand the noise and the fumes around him, he abandons his car and begins walking home across Los Angeles, carrying his briefcase.Īt a convenience store, the Korean owner refuses to give change for a telephone call. William Foster is stuck in traffic on a hot day. It grossed $96 million against a $25 million budget, taking the top spot at the United States box office in its first two weeks of release. The film received mixed to positive reviews. Along the way, a series of encounters, both trivial and provocative, cause him to react with increasing violence and to make sardonic observations on life, poverty, the economy, and commercialism. It centers on Foster's trek across the city of Los Angeles as he attempts to reach the house of his estranged ex-wife in time for his daughter's birthday. The film stars Michael Douglas in the lead role of William Foster, a divorced and unemployed former defense engineer. ![]() in the United States on February 26, 1993. Falling Down is a 1993 American crime drama thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Ebbe Roe Smith and released by Warner Bros.
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