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children's. While Adam gestates his thesis in the British Museum his wife worries at home because her period is late and a fourth little bundle of (expensive) joy seems t...
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The Rhythm Method is the curse of young Adam Appleby's life and the cause of his ... more
children's. While Adam gestates his thesis in the British Museum, his wife worries at home because her period is late and a fourth little bundle of (expensive) joy seems to be on the way, thanks to 'Vatican Roulette'.
Advantages: Good story, solid performances. Disadvantages: Sometimes possibly a little OTT.
Cast: Michael Douglas, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Robert Duvall.
Raiting: 18
Dir: Joel Schumacher
I was browsing the internet looking for new films to purchase, and this one caught my eye. I've never been a huge fan of Douglas, but this flick was interesting and imaginative. It was an eye opener, and although his character goes to extreme lengths, it really isn't too far from reality, and many people - in some ways - can relate to Douglas' character, known as D-Fens.
The story really begins quickly, as we are introduced to Bill Foster, otherwise known by his license plate, D-Fens. An unemployed engineer, recently divorced and prevented from seeing his daughter. Foster is stuck in traffic on a hot Los Angeles day, and has enough after his air conditioning packs in. He gets out of his car in the middle of the road, to ...
Advantages: psychological, michael douglas, social realism, dark humour Disadvantages: depressing
must first make a purchase to be granted change. Fair enough, but eighty five cents for a soda doesn't leave him enough money for the phone call; grabbing a baseball bat from behind the counter, D-FENS proceeds to bash every overpriced item in the place in a fit of rage, then agrees a price of 50 cents for the soda, pays for it, and walks off, with his anger subsided.
As the story unravels we, the audience, are forced to make a distinction between an ordinary man and a deranged psychopath. Mid-way through things are taken to a new, hilarious level when D-FENS pulls a gun on the irritating manager of a fast food restaurant after he refuses him breakfast for being two minutes over the deadline.
FallingDown could quite easily be pigeon holed as a black comedy with its often cartoonishly over the top scenes of violence, but it is its ...
Advantages: Good Story, Good Humour, Good Story Pace Disadvantages: Duvall a bit OTT.
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Running Time 108mins.
Languages : English, French, Italian
Subtitles : English, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, German.
There are no special features on the DVD this is a film from 1993 on the verge of DVDs getting big on extras. Don't worry the DVD is good without any bumpf to pack it out.
Michael Douglas plays and average man (Bill Foster) fed up with the day to day grind and the things that are wrong in the world. The roadworks that have no reason for them being there. The Burger on the picture that looks nothing like the picture on the board. The traffic on his way to work is at a stand still so he opts to leave his car and just walk. Making his way across the city he opts to put right what is wrong ? normally by use of a physical nature. Robert Duvall is the cop who is quickly ...
smurfuk76 19.02.2009 (14.07.2009)
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