falling down (1993) - what's wrong with this street
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2012
- Falling Down is a 1993 crime-drama film directed by Joel Schumacher. The film stars Michael Douglas in the lead role of William Foster (credited as "D-Fens"), a divorcee and unemployed former defense engineer. The film centers on Foster as he goes on a violent rampage across the city of Los Angeles, trying to reach the house of his estranged ex-wife in time for his daughter's birthday party. Along the way, a series of encounters, both trivial and provocative, cause him to react with violence and make sardonic observations on life, poverty, the economy, and commercialism. Robert Duvall co-stars as Martin Prendergast, an aging LAPD Sergeant on the day of his retirement, who faces his own frustrations with socially-accepted spinelessness, even as he tracks down Foster.
The title of the film, referring to Foster's mental collapse, is taken from the nursery rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down", which is a recurring motif throughout the film.
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That kid is one of the only people in this movie who isn't rude or disrespectful to him.
hmm I musta never watched the whole show , get headaches watching shows too much loud shooting , but this was Good , pointing a bazooka someone woulda shot him , but through the sewer line omg no one knew omg that's hilarious really
CigBreak , why is Fictional
Boyz n da hood
Sheila too
@@massudddecat7449 it's a LAW. Light Anti Tank Weapon. Single shot 66mm rocket. They are still being used by US forces and now Ukraine.
Michael Douglas would’ve been a perfect 90s Walter White.
Damm. I never thought of that.
Hell yes he would of
@@SykotikShadow would HAVE
brian cranston is hard to improve on
@@farmermaggotscrop9068 and Michael Douglass would've done it honestly. Can you imagine him meeting Tuco?
The little kid was epic in this scene.
Yeah! Cause he was "cool man."
He biked all the way from Crenshaw Mafia
The punch was epic in the beginning
Best acting ever.
Yep, classic
I love this guy's no-nonsense approach to bullshit
Kind of let down by the road clearly being in terrible condition and in need of fixing.
@@Chimpiin maybe there is nuance to this scene tho. Like he knows this situation with budget cuts happens. So he justifies his own actions, even tho he is wrong in this specific instance. Lets not forget he was completely out of it and died to suicide by cops at the end. So the system is flawed, but still a system is nessecary.
@@frozencloudzzful He sounds like one of them republicans that "knows the truth" about everything when in reality they're ignorant ass morons.. lmao. I really doubt the road was actually fine.
@@frozencloudzzful No, as much as l love this movie its all wrong. It's a libertarians wet dream. Some white guy is slighted and justified in all the carnage he inflicts.
when you just has had enough you will reach this level too trust me
"Now I'll give you something to fix" epic line
This scene sums up public street crews perfectly . 5 guys standing around watching maybe 1 guy work. 12 breaks, and at the bar by 2:30pm
They're all corrupt unionized jobs run by the mafia
I counted 7 standing and 1 working once in my town xDxD
And at the end of it all.. there was nothing wrong with the street.
My kinda work 😂
And Add smoking cigs.
its true. construction companies will fix roads that dont need fixed but wont fix road that need it
That’s how it is in every state ,every city does it.I am from Las Vegas ,and I can tell you I have never seen nonsense like that in my whole life.Instead of Las Vegas ,they should call it :Las Conas…or the city of Orange Cones. The city of Mafia,they have people in the government doing favors for them so they can get the contract to fix one section of the Road for 13 months.you will see these Orange cones every day and everywhere
Oakland and California in a nutshell. Every politician in CA can line their pockets but can’t line up the pot holes on the Main Street. It’s foul
In Montreal is literally corruption. It’s been construction for 30+ years. I would frequent there a few times a year and I always heard from the locals it’s mob tied. Very interesting.
All the time in th UK.
@@donottakewithoutdrugs4222 i live in eastern and its the same here too
After his negligent discharge, he instinctively tries to protect the child.
He's nuts and he's capable of acts of great wickedness, but there's still a shred of decency inside him. He's not irredeemable. Society simply doesn't give a shit about him or his problems.
He’s only after @$$holes who piss him off.
Society IS the problem. Michael Douglas's character has had enough of the bullshit.
He fired a bazooka into a crowd of wage workers becuase he thought his 2.72 in road taxes were being wasted. He is 0% redeemable. Society should put him on an island and leave him. You fucking clowns are delusional.
Wrong, this is the problem with society.
The construction worker said: "He is nuts!" as soon as there were immediate consequences for his actions. His actions meaning stalling a population of civilians trying to get on with their day for NOTHING. That is one construction company, one man, and it costs the population significant TIME. Imagine millions of companies and systems doing this stuff, is it any wonder people are the way they are!?
Now, imagine this corruption on all levels of society. It is built in such a way to force your compliance, or render you "nuts". It is just a reaction to the extreme society we live in.
Oh, so as soon as someone reacts, we are nuts? Get the hell out of here, you bunch of scared paranoid mortals. Death is what awaits you, and you stand compliant in a world that robs you of everything that is to be cherished about life, hypocritical ignorant fools calling other "insane" when they are a waste of their own oxygen.
A4 sheep, constructed like game NPCs or toy soldiers. Such a freaking waste. THINK OUTSIDE OF YOUR BRAINWASHED PROGRAMMED THOUGHT PATTERNS. Stop using Windows when you can access your mainframe directly, plebs.
Much like Anakin Skywalker, slowly turning to the dark side but it still has redeemable qualities..
Kid: "What's the name of the movie?"
Douglas: "Uhhh...Under Construction"
That line always makes me laugh simply because it's a fitting title and he just came up with it on the fly 🤣
What chu aiming at ?
The big yellow monster down there, lmao
Why are there no movies at least 10 percent as good as this after 2k00?
Best scene in that whole movie. The kid was the only one that brought a little smile to his face. Two thumbs up little man.
This kid was excellent in this scene! He knew more about that bazooka. Classic scene!
LAW not Bazooka LAW is Light Anti-Tank Weapon a Bazooka is a HEAVY Anti Tank weapon
Shut up loser
@@SirJohnKnight That is a LAW but the penetration against homogenous steel for a law is 12". An M6A3 "Bazooka" has a penetration of 4".
He missed out one part of the firing drill: after extending the launcher until it clicks into place (which he did), the firer then pulls forward the square safety knob so it is locked out (which he didn't). Otherwise the launcher is still unable to be fired.
The firer can then aim it and fire by pressing down on the rubber-coated trigger on top of the launcher. The instructions are printed on the side as well. 🤪
The kid ruined the scene actually
This guy should be in GTA!!!
+ThatZillaGuy2 They should have a falling down style mission, that would be badass.
Remember, William Foster's mission was to kill his wife and daughter.
I would die for a GTA game with some more serious effort and focus on the plot and main character, but to do that the open world and freedom to do/kill/destroy anything on sight makes that pretty hard to do
He IS GTA, in all his pure spirit.
@@chiyo-chanholocaust8143 try GTA 4 it's very story and choice related, alot of it is about family...but if that's every both GTA game a f&f
The fact that he pushed the kid to protect him, despite intending to cause destruction. XD
Well he's not a monster lol. He has his own kid too so naturally he wouldn't want the kid to get hurt
What makes the whole scene even more interesting is it's actually true what he says they do waste money to keep getting the same amount or more
Ehh it's pretty misleading. Sure this is absolutely something that happens in most large bureaucracies to some extent. But it's rareer in fields like construction were you can verify work and if problems actually exist. I have never watched the movie so I don't have context and it's obviously meant to be funny. But I would guess we'll over 99 percent of road work is fixing real problems.
@@peterisawesomeplease
You've clearly never been to San Antonio.
"Ill give you something to fix"
LMAO!!!!
The sarcasm in this movie was amazing.
He's truly found "his call" at this stage in the movie. He's now a warrior going in to bat for himself & others who are down trodden/abused. He's lost it with the system, but still tries to be his best until pushed. Fantastic movie!!
Is that why he willingly trespassed on the golf course then tried to make it seem like it was everyone else's fault? He's just upset that he doesn't have the good things in life like everyone else does, which also why he flips out on the family having a BBQ because he thought they were rich.
He hit the guy who called the lady a "GODDAM BITCH"- What a way to kick off the scene
America is the first country that was captured by world imperialism. The American people are oppressed. Putin is thinking about you. ☝️
How? Hes not fighting the actual corporations or government doing this, hes just abusing everyday working men who just do what they are told to survive...
When a kid knows how to use a bazooka, thats amazing
Well I wouldn't be surprised, although this was made long before COD, and all the war games, they're very realistic. So kids of today will be excellent in war.
Street navigation, weapons control, tactics, heavy vehicle operation, etc.
In fact it wouldn't surprise me if in 5-10 years they switch the thousands of dollars steering wheel with a PS6/PS7 or Xbox alpha (just made that up) controller.
After all they use young men in war, men who two years before were kids, in school and probably still virgins.
@@Tee-Dot-Tv I mean why do you think drones are such a big thing. Look at Ukraine now drones are being used heavily, what's better than sitting behind a screen just shooting at a ton of pixels it's just like a videogame they got the damn joysticks and everything
@@ilikecinema1234 more importantly a human life isn't at stake!
@@Tee-Dot-Tv yeah unless if you're the one in the killzone on the monitor lol
@@ilikecinema1234 well that's the downside. I must admit wars aren't as deadly as in the past, civilians aren't allowed to be attacked. Although if a school is next door to an army base and the school suffers shrapnel damage who are we going to blame?
The worst thing is war crimes are always committed by the winner. Me personally I think a war is more like a street fight then a boxing match, I would do anything to win! Shoot women and children (this means no more soldiers) blow up hospitals and kill doctors, even kill whatever prophets of the diety they believe in!
A street fight is not to be taken with a bunch of rules, the only rule is to survive.
"Charlie! we got a God damn nut here!"
lol! Yeah,,, A very 90s action movie dialogue by a cameo actor.
😂😂😂
Lmao
Who's Charlie?
I'm not sure if they should call the police on William Foster of him asking about their business about the construction street while fixing and working on it, and trespassing on the construction 🏗️🚧 site.
His argument applies to everything about government budget including defense budget.
A subtle implication no doubt as he worked for a defence contractor. That’s why he knows.
This is American life in general...
Absolutely right PAL
I love the way he looks at the kid, haha! This scene always stayed with me.
3:15
I just love how the guy's whole attitude changes when he sees the piece.
This scene proves that he didn’t want to hurt anyone. He protected those kids. He only hurt people that hurt him. He showed visible discomfort at the child’s enjoyment of violence. This man wasn’t a bad guy, just a victim of a corrupt system.
I agree, this movie is more about how a society full of people constantly antagonizing you can cause even a good person to snap. D-fens always followed the rules in life but nobody else around him did so he eventually abandoned society and it's rules altogether.
Behavioral Science. "There are no good or bad people. Everyone are perfectly well adjusted to where they've been & what they've experienced".
I think it's interesting that you say he only wants to hurt people that hurt him because those construction workers almost got killed. They never hurt him. It's not their responsibility and if they don't want to do the job their bosses demand, then they will be homeless and out of work. I think it was stupid for him to blame these workers rather than the real crooks which are state governments doing these projects for budget reasons. I think it was misguided anger, much like when people scream at Walmart employees for policies that are enacted by corporate. They don't get a say in what they do if they want to keep their job
He snapped.
Doesn't matter how people treat you, you don't have the right to do evil back. Eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
Gotta love the introduction to another issue where an impatient driver gets nailed.
back in the early 2000's when I was in high school our secondary 1(grade 7) teacher played the whole movie one day... WE got the message.
Cool teacher.
I love how the algorithm detects the construction of this clip and recommends construction careers
The most remarkable thing about this scene, is there were kids outside doing something
The kids back in the 90s played outside more than now.
The good old days
One of the greatest actors and directors of Hollywood ❤
Absolutely! Especially Batman and Robin
That kid is fucking gold !
Man, they have been filming "Under Construction" in LA for over 30 years. When will this movie be finished?
they just don't make em like this anymore and I hope they never try to remake this one..
The more I think about it. The more this guy seems like a terminator.
Feels no fear when gangsters whip out a knife.
Beats the crap out of gangsters.
Survives hundreds of gangster bullets, when the gangsters try to kill him.
Has a confident and intimidating walk.
Also knocks out people with one punch.
I think the whole point of the movie is that he is a man with nothing to lose. Everything had been taken away, making him unhinged, unfiltered, dangerous, and free.
I loved the part where he blew up the old rich white guys golf cart! Not to mention, punching the snot out of the disrespectful white guy in the car, stuck in traffic.
Also, the part where he forces the construction worker to confess to the bs.
And cold checking the bitch ass Nazi!
I absolutely love this movie, every time I’m stuck in traffic with road construction going on I think of this movie
Apart from the final scene it was vary hard to disagree with any of his actions from start to “almost” finish
Yeah he kind if blew up some shit and I think killed some people
@@reynaldoponce3422 He killed exactly one. A totally crazy wannabe-Nazi nutjob who tried to incite him to commit mass murder.
He "gifted" him the bazooka.
You can interpret the film in two ways: one as over the top drama, the other as dark comedy. This scene is epic comedy. Other scenes, especially the climax in Venice, are drama. I believe many in the audience were left confused about what sort of film they had just seen.
True. I'm confused how one man ran off shouting, "he's got a bazooka" and everyone just continued about their day.
A bazooka is absurdly funny-like something out of a cartoon. As film viewers, we are tempted to laugh at the bizarreness of it all. As one SoCal friend of mine said, “Just another day in LA.”
I agree... but I honestly don't know which way to look at it. I think that's the mark of great storytelling. This may be Michael Douglas's masterpiece, IMHO.
@@djfearross4144 I noticed that, too, but when you have so many states that brag about open carry.............................it IS the USA, after all.
@@thedwightguy Don't be ridiculous. That does not happen anywhere on a daily or consistent basis
Probibly the funniest scene in an ever growing classic, real humour and way b4 it's time love this film👍👏👏
Still waiting for "Under Construction" to hit the big screen though ...what happened?
I heard Michael Bay is still working on it, but he is out of explosives.
It's under concrete
I like when he looks at the little kid saying "Cool, man". What an interesting emotion of his face, after triggering a bazuga.
Love this. Kid was the best. He had no idea...
I just noticed something; the street worker is wearing the exact same hat as the trucker that T-1000 throws out of the vehicle in Terminator 2. Is there some sort of history behind that hat with the cursive B on it? Is it a known prop hat?
This movie is so on point in 2022.
So many people comment on how D-Fens is such a terrible guy and oh such a bad person but think about it? This movie and the protagonist are simply showing what a life of stress and persecution can make a person. This poor sap lost his family, his sense of worth, and now his sanity. Is anybody going to honestly say they haven't felt what Douglas portrays? How many people want to do what he portrays because of the mass stupidity and cultural wasteland that seems to be invading America? We are seeing people like him starting to crop up in every city, town, even homes. Such a visionary movie of the sad future that awaits America at the rate it is going, a true "Falling Down". Makes you wonder how many people watch this movie and see themselves in the mirror that way?
3:15 Michael Douglas's look down 😂✅👌👌
This plays a huge implication, two adults knowing lies one enforcing by living it, others confronted it, and later one guy tried to bring it down but lost in it's way, till a kid raised in a world full of violence that tap into his innocence tell the man how to use a weapon and help the guy to bring 'it' down.
He forgot to pull the trigger arming handle. **Nerding intensifies**
When you dont know how to handle bazooka, some kid can always teach you
2:49 the look on Michael Douglas face when he fires that rocket.
😄😄😄😄😄😄
I've always seen his change in his outfit- going from black slacks and tie with a white shirt, to a totally back jumpsuit- to sort of subliminally represent the amount of tolerance or patience left within him.
I live through this movie. Love it
"Under Construction. " Best movie ever.
I love how he's yelling at the construction worker, as if that guy is in control of annual budgets and shit 🤣🤣🤣
The minions are often part of the racket, too: either they can't be bothered to stand up to their bosses wasting taxpayers' money, or they don't have the moral courage to do so. It's one of the weaknesses of the public sector, contributing to waste and inefficiency.
@@jamesbussey2911 bussey lol
@jamesbussey2911👌👌👌👏👏👏
Funny,
This was made back in the early 1990's. back then the road workers worked directly for the government and everyone was asking the same question DFense was asking here. "What's wrong with the street?" And then everyone was saying,"You're tearing up the street in order to justify your budget." Sooo now all this work has been privatized so the taxpayers wouldn't be burdened with the cost of paying civil service wages to these "lazy" roadworkers doing "useless" work. We have construction contractors(private construction companies) doing the roadwork with lousy designs, shoddy workmanship and 2nd rate building materials. The reason being so they can keep rebuilding the same stretch of road again and again and keep sucking off the taxpayer's tit year after year. They also "bribe" the government inspectors with lucrative jobs for "Team Players" once those inspectors reach their 20th year of government service and are eligible for retirement and a pension.
And our infrastructure(Roads, bridges, sewers, water) is collapsing around us and the contractors are getting rich..
Dfense was an ignorant asshole.
The old way was better. the work they were doing back then was called "PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
Could have done it at night.
Interesting.
I live in the UK, in London, and don't get disturbed too often by road works, or any work to do with construction.
Since a city is like a body, if one thing vital "doesn't work" it's a ricochet effect, causing problems in many things. The roads without a doubt are one of, if not the, most important piece to a city, they're like blood vessels in the body.
When one main vein is ruptured a whole limb can be decommissioned, so when one main road is out of service many vital tax paying places of commerce are affected, meaning the government won't get their money because the road isn't done, meaning the contractors won't get their money.
Doing it half hearted from shabby materials, I can understand (I'm not saying its right, but I do get their point) the contractors don't want to build a road that will last 1000s of years like Roman roads, where they build it once and that's it, they want to keep the money coming in so they take their time, and just slap together some shit that they know they'll come back to in 5-10 years.
It's a shame though, in London this city is good, the rest of the UK is questionable.
Each State has their own Department of Transportation, which handles everything having to do with roads, bridges and highways, especially with designing the roads and highway systems. Small States or States that don't have a lot of funds, typically use private contracting firms, since they can not manage or pay for their own construction workers. Private contracting firms actually save taxpayers money, due to them having deadlines they must meet, and requirements for them to keep their contract. Government workers do not have these same standards, deadlines, and requirements a private company must meet, so their work is sloppily done and not carried out in a timely manner.
Preventive maintenance has always done, even today, but the Federal Government has not been, due to a whole host of reasons, been funding at the same levels as it once did. Mainly due to government waste and mismanagement. The money for infrastructure has mainly been redirected to pointless endeavors that don't actually help anyone, and are a waste of time. Especially the recent "infrastructure bill" supported by the Biden administration, it actually doesn't help deal with the many infrastructure issues that have cropped up since the mid 90s, and were compounded in the early 2010's.
@@My-Name-Isnt-Important it's time! It's so obvious but I didn't see it, thank you young sir.
If you're working for the government, essentially the money is a bottomless pit, so you can just keep milking them indefinitely.
Whereas I'm sure that unless the project gets finished, the contractor doesn't get paid.
That kid will grow to be Carl Johnson from Grove Street
those kids must have the anarchist cookbook. Schooled him lol
Even though he was crazy.. he still didn't hurt the kid. 💯
he wasn't crazy, he was just realising society is shit.
Movie is ahead of its time
Everything was going the predictable path TILL he see's the gun...
This movie rocks
Still one mike Douglass's greatest movies
Never forget:
This movie come out in the mid 90’s.
👍
Some nice humor in the movie with the sad end.
“But aim first man” *shoots* ok that scared me lmao 😂
Kid knew these things before COD? He’s a pro by now.
Lmao
It's great because something so ridiculous is happening in a movie, the characters don't think it's real.
"I knew it. Ill get 'ya something to fix." *brandishes bazooka*
I just realized that was the "Crenshaw Mafia" kid from Boyz N The Hood...
I mean he is kinda right. Every person who’s just treating any average citizens like crap bc it’s just so normalized amongst us can trigger even the nicest of ppl into doing horrible acts.
Has anyone ever noticed that when D FENS walks up to the highway construction zone before using the bazooka…that the guy yelling out his car window that he punches at 0:14 is the same guy (actor) that he confronts just seconds later at 0:36 working construction
I always found it comical how the kid taught him how to use that rocket launcher.
It IS Los Angeles LOL.
Under construction. Love this...
My favorite scene from the movie because of the little kid and Micheal’s interaction. Shooting a action movie lol..
Back in the 90's where you can stand around with a bazooka and no cops will come
He talks to one guy who almost certainly had nothing to do with budgeting, planning, or engineering on the project, and concludes; based on this and the fact that "it was fine two days ago" the construction job was a pointless waste of money.
Sounds like your typical swing voter.
I know he is crazy and all that... But he is actually doing all the right things: if a road gang blocks the road and then just sit around on their asses for days - what should one do? Next time I run into a situation like that I gonna go ask them 'what's wrong with the street'... and record their reaction 😆
But what if they’re like nothing we’re spending to compensate for an inflated budget and you can fuck off
@@christianwilliams8967 Then you realize local/state level/federal level corruption is rampant and we're not going to be able to support the weight of our crumbling nation. Eventually, you become the road gang when everything collapses.
@@christianwilliams8967 Dude if you don't think they do this all the time, you're full of actual shit. The union is one of the biggest scams next to college. They fucking fix something that doesn't need to be fixed just for it to fall apart so they can fucking fix it again. I'm about to pull a fucking Falling Down I'm getting sick of this shit
I’m sure you would enjoy some random fucker interrupting your 10 minute break between 12 hours of working to ask questions you can’t answer.
You probably can’t even comprehend the blue collar persons position
@@ilikecinema1234 Aren’t we all full of actual shut
This part is true in so many ways . There are even construction workers waiting days and not doing the work just to get funding
The Polar Express kid went dark af.
They make a great team - Diversity and everything.
Inflated Budgets - so typical.
+Jan Folke Rørvik In the army we had to GO shooting range full auto towards the end of the year to make sure we got all the amo we "needed" for NeXT years, through the Budgets.
Ahh, the L.A.W, Light antitank weapon, one and done shot, remember firing some back in the early 90s during my army days, so much fun lol, miss them days at times
He actually becomes a villain, but a villain that so many can relate to, like another commenter has said, like a Walter White...
Strangely I was 15 years old when this came out, I saw it and related to his character for some reason, non vengeance but his frustration with political corruption and just frustration with life, now 43 I really understand but definitely not blowing people up or killing others which many do we see it everyday, and a lot of them are feeling like Michael's character. Recent subway shooter, why did he do that? Idk maybe horrible things were happening to him in his life and every corner he never was shown any compassion. Not at all justifying his actions but my point is, I was 15 this was a problem way before that, I'm 43 speaking on a recent incident, if nothing changes nothing changes. Show compassion whenever you can. ✌️💙
Astonishing, how similar the original voice of Michael Douglas sounds to his German voice-over Volker Brandt.
Masterpiece ❤️
2:12 If this movie was made today, that kid would have said he plays COD.
If you think about it he's really not a bad guy he's just fed up with most of humanity and how people treat others.
Why isn't this a video game 🤣
I hope they remake this movie👍👍👍
Guy saw that piece and tucked tail real quick....
00:55 That is so true. It’s amazing how wherever you are in the western world roadworks appear like the plague just before the end of the financial budget year for the local council. Then we have to put up with all of the disruption it causes. 😮
The original Walter White.
Plays Like and RPG , every encounter he levels up and gets better gear.
D-Fens wasn't the hero we asked for, he was the hero we needed.
I like how the kid knew how to use the bazooka more than the adult. Too much Call of Duty.
Except there were no cod back then
Truly one of the best things I’ve ever seen
"No road left but the one that leads to the end."
I have felt like this dude many times over. We just have to go with their bullshit. It is what it is. We just have to learn to deal with those situations. Such is life at times.
The Kid is Hilarious...😂
I love this movie, but this scene was genuinely "...really?" inducing. I mean, come on, the random kid giving the instructions, the way the rocket flew underground even though it was tilted so it shouldn've hit end exploded in front of them. It just got goofy and unrealistic.
It's a movie.
He should have said "You're toast".
mattachine Touche.
Buttered Toast Let me put it this way: this was a realistic movie but the rocket flying like that like took me out because it didn't fit.
Imagine if something like The Elephant Man or another down-to-eath movie suddenly had a scene with cartoon physics.
do u know how much cod that kid plays???
A movie, following the life and evolvement of the kid, is in order.