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  • @kuribo1
    @kuribo1 7 років тому +13957

    plays like an rpg, every encounter he levels up and gets better gear....

    • @DarKKnightt07
      @DarKKnightt07 4 роки тому +428

      actually its more like GTA

    • @tomarnold7284
      @tomarnold7284 3 роки тому +388

      Yeah, that's what I like about the story, he just kept upgrading himself as he makes progress to his destination.

    • @jmurdock8303
      @jmurdock8303 3 роки тому +124

      Plus he gets a new weapon

    • @distinctloafer
      @distinctloafer 2 роки тому +39

      @@tomarnold7284 Final Destination.

    • @2steaksandwiches665
      @2steaksandwiches665 2 роки тому +107

      This is GTA defined. The writer should sue

  • @leiter222
    @leiter222 7 років тому +3132

    "It says all that?" "Yeah!" "Well, maybe if you wrote it in fuckin' English, I could fuckin' understand it". LOL!

    • @eaglesfan226
      @eaglesfan226 7 років тому +62

      "Think he's bein funny, huh? Well I'm not laughin."

    • @markrigsby2107
      @markrigsby2107 7 років тому +60

      Jhy Certy If you notice,in the movie,everytime he is in a Confrontation, he gets a Better weapon. Good dam movie.

    • @denizmetint.462
      @denizmetint.462 6 років тому +17

      mark rigsby GTA real life

    • @ThatGuySarabia
      @ThatGuySarabia 3 роки тому +36

      You can see Michael Douglas's face about to laugh after he delivered that line

    • @LoneLee2022
      @LoneLee2022 2 роки тому +8

      Priceless....................

  • @hazelwood55
    @hazelwood55 9 місяців тому +1050

    "I wouldn't want you in my backyard either." One of the greatest movie lines ever.

    • @CaptainPancakes
      @CaptainPancakes 9 місяців тому +10

      Racist NIMBY implications.

    • @hazelwood55
      @hazelwood55 9 місяців тому +166

      @@CaptainPancakes So you would want people in your neighborhood who pull knives on you, threaten your life, and try and rob you?

    • @joek600
      @joek600 9 місяців тому +80

      @@CaptainPancakeswatch the movie and you will see that he is many things but not a racist

    • @aliamjon2550
      @aliamjon2550 9 місяців тому

      @@CaptainPancakes
      Yes, that's why they didn't want him there because he was White, it was racist

    • @aliamjon2550
      @aliamjon2550 9 місяців тому +56

      @@joek600 exactly, he killed the Nazi in this movie and told him he disagrees with him

  • @eamonn1973es
    @eamonn1973es 10 місяців тому +1667

    This has aged well. More relevant than ever. Michael Douglas should have won an Oscar for this performance

    • @PikesvilleAl
      @PikesvilleAl 9 місяців тому +57

      They made this character the "bad guy", but we know he is us. the good guy

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 9 місяців тому

      That's normal. Capitalistic systems are designed to make the rich even more richer.
      They are not patriotic. Their goal is to make as much money as possible. Buy the competition and become a monopoly. Reduce the staff as much as possible. Export manufacturing and certain office and IT jobs overseas.

    • @aldfjak
      @aldfjak 9 місяців тому +19

      @@PikesvilleAl not a good guy, a poor father and an abusive husband.

    • @PikesvilleAl
      @PikesvilleAl 9 місяців тому +61

      @@aldfjak Wrong. The wife was a liar falsely accusing him

    • @ssgoko88
      @ssgoko88 9 місяців тому +13

      Tell me you're racist without saying you're racist

  • @natewilkie197
    @natewilkie197 Рік тому +5799

    The scariest part about this movie is that it was made in the 90s. All of the problems that pushed Michael Douglas's character to the edge have only gotten worse and the life of the larger culture even more vapid in the past 29 years, and I feel that there's a lot more people that feel the way he did now than there were back then. I used to be one of them. I can only hope that more people out there can find hope of their own.

    • @Drewsky840
      @Drewsky840 Рік тому +1

      Why do you think we're having so many shootings the past few years?

    • @roadrunner1337
      @roadrunner1337 Рік тому +124

      Totally agree, glad you are in a better position now.

    • @DJhuggo
      @DJhuggo Рік тому +22

      Bravoooo !!!!

    • @bongobongo985
      @bongobongo985 Рік тому +148

      Almost by design

    • @randybaumery5090
      @randybaumery5090 Рік тому +148

      This movie predicted the people who are snapping today.

  • @pete6705
    @pete6705 2 роки тому +2095

    I love how he just takes a big sip of his soda while they're threatening him. Really shows he doesn't give a F anymore

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +24

      eh man Give us your pocket protector 2:14 , not the montblanc pen just the neat plastic pocket protector

    • @savagetofu1
      @savagetofu1 Рік тому +18

      Product placement

    • @archiepotter3592
      @archiepotter3592 Рік тому +4

      Eye big time take no shite 😊

    • @DamaramuHQ
      @DamaramuHQ Рік тому +25

      Well, he did have to pay 85 cents for a stinking soda.

    • @2KCamaroZ28SS
      @2KCamaroZ28SS Рік тому +39

      @@DamaramuHQ no, he paid the adjusted price of fifty cents

  • @frozentundra7446
    @frozentundra7446 9 місяців тому +534

    "Listen fella's, I've had a really rare morning". I saw this movie in the theater 30 years ago and have been using that line ever since!

    • @GeddyRC
      @GeddyRC 5 місяців тому +16

      I saw this as a young kid (weird, I know, my dad picked some strange ones) and I just now realized that I _still_ use the phrase "a really rare morning". Didn't even realize it was from Falling Down but it's definitely appropriate.

    • @t21229513
      @t21229513 Місяць тому

      So have I.

    • @prac2
      @prac2 26 днів тому +3

      not economically viable

    • @jc_malone8217
      @jc_malone8217 16 днів тому +1

      lmao! That is something I would like to say to customers on a Monday.

    • @nickgoldring1446
      @nickgoldring1446 15 днів тому

      Great movie.
      Stupid audience.

  • @joeaverage3444
    @joeaverage3444 13 днів тому +2

    This movie is a massively underrated classic about a man who has just f***ing had enough of it all.

  • @Not_Sure-2020
    @Not_Sure-2020 Рік тому +3593

    Once you reach a certain age, you appreciate this and fully understand where he's coming from.

    • @MisterVolts
      @MisterVolts Рік тому +70

      Hell I appreciated this when it was first released (yes I'm old)

    • @AdamHowellProvo
      @AdamHowellProvo Рік тому +77

      I kind of understood his plight when I first saw this in my 20's. It speaks to me in different ways now. I'm actually surprised how much patience and restraint he shows.

    • @wolfhorschtdab5443
      @wolfhorschtdab5443 Рік тому +25

      and what age would that be, 10?

    • @ViktorKrauser.OG-24
      @ViktorKrauser.OG-24 Рік тому +40

      Not quite. I am 19 years old, I recently finished seeing this movie and I feel identified with it.
      I would rather say that this film was made for current generations because it connects perfectly with the problems of society today.

    • @ViktorKrauser.OG-24
      @ViktorKrauser.OG-24 Рік тому +8

      @Whitemaninventedeverything
      That was not what I said in my previous comment. *I am not someone who identifies with whatever I see.*
      I feel identified with the protagonist of *"Falling Down"* called *"D-Fen"* because everything that he has had to suffer during the course of the film, I have suffered in real life. *Except for losing custody of your daughter, that's like the only thing I didn't suffer yet.*

  • @kingmo565
    @kingmo565 Рік тому +2621

    Never mess with someone that has absolutely nothing left to lose.

    • @thomasjonesiv9673
      @thomasjonesiv9673 Рік тому +72

      That's the most dangerous person.

    • @baTonkaTruck
      @baTonkaTruck Рік тому +49

      My rule is: never mess with someone who has less to lose than you.

    • @user-yl7jt7bw6o
      @user-yl7jt7bw6o Рік тому +33

      @@baTonkaTruck How you can know that? The better rule: don't cross anybody's privacy if he didnt cross yours.

    • @pinkydogbear
      @pinkydogbear Рік тому

      so true

    • @axl8653
      @axl8653 Рік тому +16

      Never mess with anyone is the motto.

  • @keithTCU
    @keithTCU 10 місяців тому +376

    "You forgot the breifcase!" cracks me up everytime

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 6 місяців тому +11

      There's nothing in the briefcase but an apple and a sandwich, but the case also represents his job, his sense of purpose, his raison d'être.

    • @user-vl7ho7hz7c
      @user-vl7ho7hz7c 5 місяців тому +4

      @@None-zc5vg wow i thought theres weapons in there, guess i dont remember this movie already but now i remember it was crazy how he fought them over briefcase with an apple and sandwich it was intense

    • @tomodonovan5931
      @tomodonovan5931 4 місяці тому +3

      I wonder if Douglas improvised that line. Those great actors usually do.
      The director can only say cut, and than think, yeah, that will work!

    • @tomodonovan5931
      @tomodonovan5931 4 місяці тому +1

      @@user-vl7ho7hz7c It was the 2nd upgrade. Switchblade. Then they
      came at him with the goodies!

    • @tonymoto1188
      @tonymoto1188 4 місяці тому +2

      You forgot your spellcheck

  • @enginepy
    @enginepy 9 місяців тому +302

    The older I get, the more I relate.

    • @TemplarX2
      @TemplarX2 12 днів тому +3

      The effing grind is real.

    • @geomcc39
      @geomcc39 9 днів тому

      SO true. happen when you hit 50 you know time running out !

    • @peterb4472
      @peterb4472 9 днів тому

      Weet niet waar het heen gaat
      Maar laat mij niet het antwoord geven.

    • @dermagnus8482
      @dermagnus8482 8 днів тому +1

      Same. My ex compared me to him often.
      Today she could be right.

    • @user-eo1vz9lt8g
      @user-eo1vz9lt8g 6 днів тому

      ha ha, me too, try to control such things but can relate to this dude...

  • @obiwanfisher537
    @obiwanfisher537 7 років тому +4182

    I like how he upgrades his weapon at every encounter. 😄

  • @channell11
    @channell11 2 роки тому +3778

    Watching this as a kid the guy looks like a crazy person. As an adult, you can sympathize with the idea of a normal guy just pushed past the breaking point by everything in life testing him.

    • @chrismechanic6164
      @chrismechanic6164 2 роки тому +30

      WINNER!

    • @alisterfolson
      @alisterfolson 2 роки тому +155

      It's like as an adult you finally understand Squidward

    • @whatever85x
      @whatever85x 2 роки тому +24

      @@alisterfolson in a squidward laugh of agreement

    • @Ranzoe813
      @Ranzoe813 2 роки тому +51

      " I'm the bad guy?"....🥺

    • @privatename5788
      @privatename5788 2 роки тому +13

      Except he's NOT a normal guy. He watches old home movies towards the end of the film, and you see that he was always a psychotic, abusive bastard. The viewer is misled to think that he's just a normal guy, but his wife had good reason to leave him and take their daughter.

  • @notallthatbad
    @notallthatbad 9 місяців тому +385

    Douglas delivers this scene perfectly. Every rational point he is giving these bullies about encroaching on their territory is like one tick on a timebomb.

    • @deme9873
      @deme9873 9 місяців тому +6

      Kirk is looking down on Michael from the heavens still ever so proud of his son's unimpeachable and gut-wrenching performance.

    • @railfandepotproductions
      @railfandepotproductions 5 місяців тому

      Are they even bullies?

    • @MAte925
      @MAte925 3 місяці тому

      Probably illeagals!

    • @tehogvirgin3664
      @tehogvirgin3664 Місяць тому +3

      @@railfandepotproductions well yeah, gangs form and they take over neighborhoods, they prey on unsuspecting people and muscle them out of things that they worked for because they have a whole group of thugs behind their backs, this was just an example of someone who isnt going to take it anymore

  • @mackelly4581
    @mackelly4581 9 місяців тому +32

    I get it.
    I’m 58 now.
    NOW I understand this character.

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 16 днів тому +2

      I'm 77 and I'm 'living' that character, with everything and everyone I cared about stripped away from me. I've only got to lose the shirt off my back.

    • @Rekon-se6wv
      @Rekon-se6wv День тому

      Shut up old timer. You dont know what suffering is when all of your generation hoarded the entire housing market and destroyed job opportunities with unnecessary restrictions like flooding the job market with college graduates

  • @wallaceschmitten4941
    @wallaceschmitten4941 2 роки тому +2216

    "it says all that" makes me laugh every single time

  • @johnnyjohnson1326
    @johnnyjohnson1326 Рік тому +4816

    One of the greatest movies ever. It captures something primal in a man who just wants to be left alone!

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr Рік тому +76

      Yeah it doesn't really. There's ways to be left alone if that's what you actually want.

    • @sharttank5999
      @sharttank5999 Рік тому +23

      @@zapkvr Yeah it does but it doesn't is you are primal and actually want alone to be left

    • @sjtv6565
      @sjtv6565 Рік тому +169

      @@zapkvr
      It's very brave of you to announce to the internet that you are completely unable to protect yourself and are entirely reliant on our social safety systems

    • @pixnstix
      @pixnstix Рік тому +15

      @@zapkvr The movie was, ok. It got a little preachy in parts, like property rights on the golf course scene.

    • @kevinc8955
      @kevinc8955 Рік тому +1

      He shot up a fast food joint who wouldn’t make him breakfast. “Left alone”? Seems like a degenerate criminal.

  • @TranslatedAssumption
    @TranslatedAssumption 9 місяців тому +264

    "I wouldn't want you people in my backyard either." 🤣🤣🤣

  • @walkerb1734
    @walkerb1734 22 дні тому +12

    We’re all just one moment away from snapping like this!

    • @madfeldor
      @madfeldor 4 дні тому

      I wonder if it actually could work? Against the gang members who think they own a territory just like that. Shrug. Cheers...

  • @Hoth1907
    @Hoth1907 2 роки тому +4533

    Douglas should‘ve gotten an Oscar for this. Brilliant performance.

    • @serenity8295
      @serenity8295 2 роки тому +82

      This movie is so beyond relatable. Your so right and I think I need to own this movie

    • @WalksandAll
      @WalksandAll 2 роки тому +29

      Couldn't agree more. Grade A comment. God Bless from Wiltshire, England

    • @johnsain
      @johnsain 2 роки тому +65

      It's amazing the movie got made, even during that time.....I'm surprised it hasn't been cancelled yet....

    • @Hoth1907
      @Hoth1907 2 роки тому +22

      @@johnsain agree! The way it was filmed, the interactions in the scene, the tone Douglas put in his line; a masterpiece. It as almost a dramatized comedy.

    • @weejoe27
      @weejoe27 2 роки тому +9

      @@johnsain hahaha give it time my friend….give it time

  • @ITIsFunnyDamnIT
    @ITIsFunnyDamnIT 2 роки тому +3580

    Nothing more dangerous than a man with nothing left to lose. He got the upper hand because he'd already snapped and didn't care anymore at that point. He's had it with everyone and their BS. Such a great movie, so relatable. 💯

    • @eddystuart6990
      @eddystuart6990 2 роки тому +80

      Plus
      He had the high ground from the start

    • @hammiehammie7935
      @hammiehammie7935 2 роки тому +28

      I like how you had to say what everyone already knew watching the movie

    • @nmkloster
      @nmkloster 2 роки тому +33

      I'm getting a bit emotional here. I wouldn't say he didn't care anymore. He just cared about getting "home". And yes, it is relatable. When life's kicking you, you really get that feeling that if you could just at least be home then things would be better. I bet millions of Ukrainians would like to "just go home" at the moment. I know my girlfriend talks about going "home" about once a week but it's about 30 years too late for her... :/

    • @robloughrey
      @robloughrey 2 роки тому +32

      He was an self-entitled male Karen. I appreciate that he didn't give in to a mugging, but his overall arc in the story is that he wanted the right to keep abusing his wife and child.

    • @reiperx1064
      @reiperx1064 2 роки тому +4

      @@robloughrey Yes, but for the most part the people that he comes up against are degenerates, which give a certain amount of sympathy towards him. But you're right. His wife is scared shitless at the idea of him coming home.

  • @JoelDavies-bi5mp
    @JoelDavies-bi5mp 4 місяці тому +35

    I was 11 years old when this movie was released. I'm now 42, and I can relate to this movie now.

    • @Tornado1994
      @Tornado1994 4 місяці тому +3

      I was 10. I remember renting this on Pay-Per-View back in October of 1993. Remember PPV?

    • @JoelDavies-bi5mp
      @JoelDavies-bi5mp 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Tornado1994 We didn't have PPV back in those days here in the land down under.

    • @stevelumby8260
      @stevelumby8260 2 місяці тому +3

      Been like him 64 yrs fuck em all

    • @decem_sagittae
      @decem_sagittae Місяць тому +2

      He's literally us

    • @prac2
      @prac2 15 днів тому +2

      Not economically viable

  • @benjiarehart2878
    @benjiarehart2878 5 днів тому +3

    At 59 years old. I unfortunately have to say. I'm feeling more, and more like this. It is more relatable the older you get. Life sometimes has a way of making you feel this way. Time can definitely humble you. Hoping things would somehow get better, but in reality it's gotten worse.

  • @tylerjay532
    @tylerjay532 2 роки тому +1977

    "listen fellas, ive had a really rare morning"
    best line in the entire movie

    • @motrock93b
      @motrock93b 2 роки тому +2

      Also...."Clear a path mother f'er, I'm going home"

    • @ANTHONY0808able
      @ANTHONY0808able 2 роки тому +4

      @@motrock93b Maybe if you wrote it in fucking English I could fucking understand it LOL !!!

    • @gan9e
      @gan9e 2 роки тому +49

      "not economically viable..."

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 2 роки тому +10

      Absolutely one of my favorite lines and delivery. Hilarious

    • @duffman7065
      @duffman7065 2 роки тому +4

      I’ve used it since hearing it in this movie - not in a similar scenario though lol

  • @ozymandias7940
    @ozymandias7940 Рік тому +128

    "Well maybe if you wrote it in f**king English I could f**king understand it." 🤣🤣
    That still cracks me up after all these years! Ha ha

    • @sneakyalien101
      @sneakyalien101 Рік тому +8

      it's the little smirk he does as well after he says it - genius acting.

    • @robertgagnon767
      @robertgagnon767 Місяць тому +2

      Hilarious

  • @user-jd2pl8tu4v
    @user-jd2pl8tu4v 9 місяців тому +40

    This was such a GREAT movie and yet many people have never heard of it.

    • @johnmorales7057
      @johnmorales7057 3 дні тому +1

      It cuts too deep and through the bone , powers that be would shit themselves if is taken as a “ fire starter “ , because you see it festering in so many faces .

    • @user-jd2pl8tu4v
      @user-jd2pl8tu4v 3 дні тому +1

      @@johnmorales7057 WoW! Great observation, I never considered that. Still, a great movie though.
      Thank you, for your reply and thoughts and opinion.

  • @danieldesario7404
    @danieldesario7404 10 місяців тому +159

    This movie gets better and more relevant every year. As someone who lives in LA, I can empathize with this fantastic scene.

  • @aquavit
    @aquavit Рік тому +4255

    i love how the protagonist steadily upgrades his arsenal throughout the movie, without even intending to do so. it's like every existential challenge he overcomes rewards him with more tools to aid him on his quest. truly a hero's journey.

    • @shortfattoad7317
      @shortfattoad7317 Рік тому +122

      A bit like a game where you 'acquire or buy' better weapons

    • @davidbolha
      @davidbolha Рік тому +96

      @@shortfattoad7317 Exactly ! Start with a pistol, end up with a BFG 9000. 😄😆

    • @TheMightyThor83
      @TheMightyThor83 Рік тому +31

      @@davidbolha rip and tear

    • @Machiave11i
      @Machiave11i Рік тому +38

      A water pistol is an upgrade?

    • @ahilleastsavalos5573
      @ahilleastsavalos5573 Рік тому +12

      And winds up getting shot by the pigs, wow

  • @Murray9452
    @Murray9452 2 роки тому +609

    Never piss off a man that just wants to be left alone.

    • @josephwoodall4193
      @josephwoodall4193 2 роки тому +8

      He wasn't the good guy in this movie.

    • @eddiefraser4373
      @eddiefraser4373 2 роки тому +30

      @@josephwoodall4193 I think he's like the joker, a decent guy who needed help, but was lost in the everyday bullshit of a major city and became crazy (eg: LA/NY)

    • @ernestjamesmusic995
      @ernestjamesmusic995 2 роки тому +22

      @@josephwoodall4193 no such thing as good. Your juvenille mind didn't get the meaning...

    • @josephwoodall4193
      @josephwoodall4193 2 роки тому

      @@eddiefraser4373 He was a piece of shit, watch the movie again.

    • @josephwoodall4193
      @josephwoodall4193 2 роки тому +1

      @@ernestjamesmusic995 Did you even watch the movie?

  • @Asahamana
    @Asahamana 5 місяців тому +35

    I just love how this is basicly just a character in an RPG leveling up. From bat to a knife from a knife to a bag of guns, so great.

  • @stonejay316
    @stonejay316 8 місяців тому +166

    I’ll never ever ever understand how he didn’t get an Oscar for this role 😮

    • @ontherunjg
      @ontherunjg 7 місяців тому +6

      One of the best Michael Douglas movies ever made.

    • @busterhikney6936
      @busterhikney6936 6 місяців тому +5

      Actors don't get Oscars for how people really act.

    • @stonejay316
      @stonejay316 6 місяців тому

      @@busterhikney6936 Denzel Washington training day?

    • @busterhikney6936
      @busterhikney6936 6 місяців тому +2

      @@stonejay316 The Police doesn't act the way he was acting. Those hard working offices of the Law truly are America's heros.

    • @fieldthrasher
      @fieldthrasher 6 місяців тому

      Because it wasn't Oscar material?

  • @larryroyovitz7829
    @larryroyovitz7829 Рік тому +254

    As a 46 year old this movie hits different now than when I saw it when it came out at 17.

    • @douggarrison8432
      @douggarrison8432 Рік тому +6

      Whatchu' doin' mister??

    • @j_shelby_damnwird
      @j_shelby_damnwird 10 місяців тому +9

      Wait another 10 years, it gets even more interesting.

    • @mitchellcampbell9242
      @mitchellcampbell9242 9 місяців тому +4

      The craziest thing is that you’re 46 and saying “hits different” like a little kid 😂😂😂

    • @larryroyovitz7829
      @larryroyovitz7829 9 місяців тому +3

      @@mitchellcampbell9242 Well, I have two teenagers and one 7 year old, so maybe I'm picking up their manerisms. 🤣

    • @moussetache1815
      @moussetache1815 9 місяців тому +3

      @@j_shelby_damnwird 45 here. I'm not sure I'm that eager to be 55, knowing how my ideas evolve.

  • @hationdredjr3856
    @hationdredjr3856 Рік тому +3074

    As a child I never understood why he was so upset, as an adult I understand completely that this can be anyone of us at the drop of a hat 💯

    • @scottisitoro3953
      @scottisitoro3953 Рік тому +92

      get some professional help. Not the once a week, no, you need a team working on just you around the clock.

    • @minealsomine9663
      @minealsomine9663 Рік тому +1

      ​@@scottisitoro3953no you need the mental help and wake up to reality because if life hasn't fucked you yet it sure as hell will at some point. Best get ready

    • @hationdredjr3856
      @hationdredjr3856 Рік тому +41

      @@scottisitoro3953 😂

    • @JMGEntertainmentify
      @JMGEntertainmentify Рік тому +15

      @@hationdredjr3856 LMFAO!!!

    • @JMGEntertainmentify
      @JMGEntertainmentify Рік тому +74

      @@scottisitoro3953 Scott lay off mate. This aint your Show!!!

  • @douglasfoley2060
    @douglasfoley2060 5 місяців тому +28

    There’s a very valuable message behind this movie. Never mess with a man that has nothing left to lose.

  • @Leehuss5582
    @Leehuss5582 9 місяців тому +40

    Movies,music in 70s,80s,90s-05 a different level.

  • @godzilla12325
    @godzilla12325 2 роки тому +1373

    "You forgot the briefcase" 🤣 gets me every time. This film is a masterpeice and always reminds me how good an actor Michael is, war of the roses was good to.

    • @charlieross-BRM
      @charlieross-BRM 2 роки тому

      My fave is the arrogant old bastard on the golf course, "Yeah, and now you're going to die wearing that stupid little hat."

    • @angelacasein7059
      @angelacasein7059 2 роки тому +11

      Michael Douglas is super cool

    • @godzilla12325
      @godzilla12325 2 роки тому

      @@angelacasein7059 i agree, this is a man that got mouth cancer and blamed it on the amount of pussy he has licked 🤣 legend.

    • @HuntressMedia
      @HuntressMedia 2 роки тому +3

      You forgot “your” briefcase 😊

    • @emiltoutou1
      @emiltoutou1 2 роки тому +10

      What about “clear the path !Im going home!”?…Each time I’m leaving work,I said that to myself inside

  • @odyssey-_-23
    @odyssey-_-23 Рік тому +905

    How he didn't win an oscar in this movie is beyond crazy. Douglas portrays a man that is at his wits end perfectly!

    • @thelastdadonearth
      @thelastdadonearth Рік тому +20

      Because he would have went up against actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hanks and Liam Neeson. The movie would have went up against Schindler's List also.

    • @anyoneofus9948
      @anyoneofus9948 Рік тому +76

      Hollywood doesn't like movies like this, they go against their narrative.

    • @odyssey-_-23
      @odyssey-_-23 Рік тому +8

      @@thelastdadonearth good point, tough competition that year.

    • @odyssey-_-23
      @odyssey-_-23 Рік тому +14

      @@anyoneofus9948 yep, anti establishment/ counter culture movies like this often are.

    • @gje1475
      @gje1475 Рік тому +2

      @@anyoneofus9948 totally agree and was shocked when they gave Denzel an Oscar in Training Day. Which I fully agree he deserved BTW.

  • @michaelsouslin891
    @michaelsouslin891 5 місяців тому +3

    What I love most about this scene is the fact that after he throws his club he picks up the knife and takes it. As someone who's a big fan of rpg games like skyrim I know you always take the loot after you defeat your enemy bc you nvr know when you might need their weapon too😅

  • @Borthenman
    @Borthenman 9 місяців тому +16

    The way society is sinking today I might end up like a mix between him and Al Bundy

    • @InVinoVeratas
      @InVinoVeratas 9 місяців тому

      Society isn't sinking, the expectations we have for it are though.

    • @johnmorales7057
      @johnmorales7057 3 дні тому

      Actually it has already arrived, just hasn’t been publicized yet.

  • @WESSERPARAQUAT
    @WESSERPARAQUAT 9 років тому +1689

    so much of it rings true , Michael Douglas's best performance without a doubt

  • @unclemayhem6696
    @unclemayhem6696 Рік тому +236

    “YOU FORGOT YOUR BRIEFCASE!!!” & “Now aren’t you sorry that you didn’t let me pass through your golf course?” were the two funniest lines in this film.🤣

    • @dantrag2890
      @dantrag2890 Рік тому +1

      And now you're gonna die wearing that stupid little hat.

    • @tomtabone7949
      @tomtabone7949 Рік тому +4

      Four...Five😂

    • @john-paulbombe2170
      @john-paulbombe2170 Рік тому

      Now you're gonna die wearing that stupid little hat!

    • @brokenhatemachine9
      @brokenhatemachine9 Рік тому +21

      “And now you're gonna die - wearing that stupid little hat.” Is up there too

    • @unclemayhem6696
      @unclemayhem6696 Рік тому +3

      @Jo V “...How does it feel?”😈
      😆

  • @covert0overt_810
    @covert0overt_810 9 місяців тому +18

    this movie hasnt aged a day...

  • @robinj.9329
    @robinj.9329 10 місяців тому +10

    I had an Uncle just like that!
    He would ALWAYS try to be Respectful to others. But, when they behaved like these 2 thugs?
    He would smack 'um down!
    He's gone now. Died years ago. But I've never forgotten the simple wisdom he taught me back when I was just a kid.
    I had to fight my way out of a similar situation in the 1960's with a gang of Italians!
    Yeah, I was barely 21 then, but I did exactly as my Uncle taught me. OR I would have died that day.
    God Bless you Uncle. Rest in Peace.

    • @blackkennedy3966
      @blackkennedy3966 2 місяці тому

      So what did ya do during the fight why you think you were gonna die?

    • @bagoistvan3182
      @bagoistvan3182 3 дні тому

      🍺🍺🍺👍

  • @xtntxex
    @xtntxex 8 років тому +1925

    Is it just me or does this movie perfectly capture the essence of what it was like living in LA during the early to mid 90's?

    • @eddie9244
      @eddie9244 6 років тому +68

      fuck yea man. so does the movie 187 with samuel jackson

    • @RobARug
      @RobARug 4 роки тому +68

      Did LA get any better now?

    • @666SAVAGES
      @666SAVAGES 3 роки тому +84

      @THE VOID that’s because it’s literally a city in the middle of a barren wasteland that wasn’t meant to be habitable lol wasteland meaning the Desert

    • @ericlund3319
      @ericlund3319 3 роки тому +164

      @@666SAVAGES The Los Angeles area was actually lush wetland with streams. But now it's a concrete desert with those water sources gone.

    • @spirit_green
      @spirit_green 2 роки тому +42

      @@RobARug Nope

  • @wakstar1
    @wakstar1 2 роки тому +259

    “Clear a path! I’m going Home!!” Such a great film of a man who’s broken down.

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +2

      A Señor Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american

    • @thaistomp
      @thaistomp Рік тому +3

      @@radicalturkey yeah they really dropped the ball with the ending.

    • @bogusmogus9551
      @bogusmogus9551 Рік тому +1

      @@radicalturkey Yeah ending was crap. I hated Duvall's character.

    • @josephinelauria4694
      @josephinelauria4694 Рік тому

      The Best Line Ever 🤣🤣👊

    • @thaistomp
      @thaistomp Рік тому

      @@bogusmogus9551 He was so lame. Lol.

  • @willyjoerockhead
    @willyjoerockhead 27 днів тому +3

    Back in the 90's i worked with this guy who had a really bad temper...he would yell, cuss, kick the tables...the other coworker would hold his hand toward him and yell "You forgot the briefcase, you forgot the briefcase!!!!" It worked. The guy calmed down for a few minutes.

  • @mattryan1975
    @mattryan1975 3 місяці тому +3

    One of the Saddest but realistic movies, of all time!!! I can definitely Fuckin relate!!!! MD played a Hell of a character!!!! Perfect Roll!!!!!

  • @noapologizes2018
    @noapologizes2018 Рік тому +603

    One of the most underrated movies of it's time. How it did not get any real positive looks from movie critics is puzzling.

    • @KevinBalch-dt8ot
      @KevinBalch-dt8ot Рік тому +94

      They were afraid of it. The one thing elites fear the most is the productive class uprising. They (still) exist in great numbers but have the intelligence and ability to organize that the poor lack.

    • @majermike
      @majermike Рік тому +69

      movie critics are a scam. don't you ever wonder why critic reviews differ so much from general audience reviews?

    • @Pelgram
      @Pelgram Рік тому

      It's a psy-op. The elite want you to believe if you don't do as your told and you rebel against the system you wind up dead

    • @InvestgoldUK
      @InvestgoldUK Рік тому +45

      Too close to the truth

    • @KazuyaKai1012
      @KazuyaKai1012 11 місяців тому +19

      Movie critics rated creed movies better than Rocky IV...
      Yet everyone remembers rocky 4 decades later

  • @Brawndo2008
    @Brawndo2008 Рік тому +518

    Him trying to swing the switch blade around at the end and saying "How do they do that?" always gets me.

    • @calvinmasters6159
      @calvinmasters6159 Рік тому +18

      I think it's a butterfly knife, but, yeah...
      Too bad he didn't have a bigger knife like Crocodile Dundee (chuckle).

    • @SergeantExtreme
      @SergeantExtreme Рік тому +16

      @@calvinmasters6159 It's actually a Benchmade balisong. In the 80s and 90s, Benchmade darn near had a monopoly on being the knife that all gang members wanted. These days, not so much.

    • @JohyeahM
      @JohyeahM Рік тому +11

      @@SergeantExtreme Balisong's are also known as butterfly knives.

    • @TobyJames000
      @TobyJames000 Рік тому +8

      I went and bought a butterfly knife after watching Red Dawn.
      I was 14 years old.

    • @calvinmasters6159
      @calvinmasters6159 Рік тому +2

      I've often wondered, why did these supersede the spring-loaded ones?

  • @sentinelOO7
    @sentinelOO7 9 місяців тому +8

    Delivered an impeccable performance. Acting at its best.

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 3 місяці тому

      Definitely did. He fits for dark comedy

  • @ericd4130
    @ericd4130 Місяць тому +3

    I could watch that all day

  • @Boxingbear
    @Boxingbear 3 роки тому +319

    When he looks through the hole in his shoe at the smog over LA...that sets the tone for the rest of the film.

    • @judyhopps9380
      @judyhopps9380 2 роки тому +3

      there's a hole in his sole ( ͡° ᴥ ͡°)

    • @JoshuaTootell
      @JoshuaTootell 2 роки тому +2

      And to think, that was after it started getting cleaner.

    • @changbang4168
      @changbang4168 2 роки тому +1

      The movie was shot during the LA riots, there was delays because of it

    • @Cruzer871
      @Cruzer871 2 роки тому

      @@changbang4168 nothings changed from it har har har

    • @leahcooper5831
      @leahcooper5831 2 роки тому

      ...and our lives....

  • @ArmedChicano
    @ArmedChicano 2 роки тому +434

    “ I mean I wouldn’t want you people in my backyard either” 😂😂😂

    • @whitleypedia
      @whitleypedia 2 роки тому +3

      what I came here to say :)

    • @ArmedChicano
      @ArmedChicano 2 роки тому +15

      @AmeriFolksFellow VM. DP. Rhaefnhyrst calm down Junior

    • @xvx_k1r1t0_xvx_killme5
      @xvx_k1r1t0_xvx_killme5 2 роки тому

      @AmeriFolksFellow VM. DP. Rhaefnhyrst you kiss your daddy’s lips with that mouth?

    • @lovelondon806
      @lovelondon806 2 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂

    • @Deontjie
      @Deontjie 2 роки тому +18

      And for this line most sites banned this movie......

  • @ronkeenan9288
    @ronkeenan9288 25 днів тому +1

    Love this movie ,every company should show this to their employees

  • @scottgebow6539
    @scottgebow6539 12 днів тому +2

    A man at the end of his rope, with absolutely nothing to lose.

  • @shanebell2514
    @shanebell2514 2 роки тому +232

    "What do you call that?" "Graffiti", gets me every time.

    • @deanfarr3249
      @deanfarr3249 2 роки тому

      Must be horrible what them 2 mexican/black people did to dfens

    • @deeharris5592
      @deeharris5592 Рік тому +4

      You can’t tell the difference between Mexicans & Black ppl? You must be from the moon

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      bad grammer , he a grammer ukrainian

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      and I'm not laughin' either essay 1:16 what this Schow get man like 2 tomitios outta 5 man , man

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      eh man Give us your pocket protector 2:14 , not the montblanc pen just the neat plastic pocket protector

  • @kossttamojaan
    @kossttamojaan 2 роки тому +528

    it's a bit unsettling that so many of us completely understand and relate to this character.

    • @Rawdiswar
      @Rawdiswar 2 роки тому +12

      Underrated comment

    • @mmc5708
      @mmc5708 2 роки тому +46

      Its not unsettling, its a relief actually to know that so many of us are in the same boat and fighting the same battles, wouldnt you say?

    • @Rawdiswar
      @Rawdiswar 2 роки тому +10

      @@mmc5708 Didn't think of it that way, you really reframed the issue.

    • @nstix2009xitsn
      @nstix2009xitsn 2 роки тому +2

      @@mmc5708 It cuts both ways.

    • @dutube99
      @dutube99 2 роки тому +3

      why is there so much free-floating anger in society?

  • @adyg5402
    @adyg5402 5 місяців тому +3

    Superb movie,always love Micheal Dougles since The streetes of San Fancisco and the game.Simmering depiction of someone losing it in our crazy world.Special mention to Karl Malden for his superb acting in the streets and on the waterfront movies.

  • @Niberspace
    @Niberspace Місяць тому

    Every gesture of his acting is really perfect

  • @oneprizeonegoal
    @oneprizeonegoal 2 роки тому +243

    Can’t blame D- Fens. He tried to resolve the dispute peacefully but they kept pushing

    • @tyrenblanch9739
      @tyrenblanch9739 2 роки тому +7

      He taught them a good lesson never bother a quiet man and a tired one at that all he wanted was peace and to get home 🏡 to see his kid and wife this was a good movie I didn't see it in so long falling down 1993 is the name of this classic movie I forgot his wife was divorceing.him any way good 👍 movie

    • @xczechr
      @xczechr 2 роки тому +7

      @@tyrenblanch9739 Holy run-on sentence Batman!

    • @tyrenblanch9739
      @tyrenblanch9739 2 роки тому +1

      @@xczechr 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @planguy9575
      @planguy9575 2 роки тому +11

      The movie lulls you into siding with D-Fens because he is putting up with similar things that other people deal with during their lives and he fights back, but as Prendergast points out in the ending other people deal with shit too, and they don't become roving psychopaths.

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 2 роки тому +10

      @@planguy9575 Yes, but even Prendergast understood the need to stand up for himself by the end of the movie.

  • @dannysummers4591
    @dannysummers4591 2 роки тому +360

    me as a kid: "whats this guys problem?"
    me as an adult: "oh now I get it"

    • @philhelm1318
      @philhelm1318 2 роки тому +8

      Fuckin' A right.

    • @kaidotsign2066
      @kaidotsign2066 2 роки тому +4

      Ditto!!

    • @officialmarlowjamesfilmcen2879
      @officialmarlowjamesfilmcen2879 2 роки тому +15

      the world is the problem.

    • @flowrepins6663
      @flowrepins6663 2 роки тому

      @@officialmarlowjamesfilmcen2879 its the system. mg*t0w.s are one group that is trying to escape this sistem peacefully. the guy divorced and lost his house and money, cant see his own daughter that suppose to be his right and even though he messed up he didnt harm anyone if anything he took down some gang criminals and a n@zi but he still was the bad guy. if he was m*g.tow nothing of this would have happened. divorce taking men's money is one part but the competitive capitalist sistem which only few can suceed and get wealthy is another.

    • @Bowler6611
      @Bowler6611 2 роки тому +1

      @@officialmarlowjamesfilmcen2879 EXACTLY!

  • @DJSlipstream1
    @DJSlipstream1 4 місяці тому +4

    This is contemporary art at its finest.
    Capturing the potential outcomes of a hostile environment and how it impacts anyone.
    This movie makes more and more sense to me every day I go through my adult life.

  • @BaseDeltaZero1972
    @BaseDeltaZero1972 5 місяців тому +13

    Watched this film more than once, it is depressing and powerful, Michael Douglas's best film IMO.
    The violent confrontations and weapons that litter his path are like a trail of breadcrumbs helping him along the way to full blown breakdown...

  • @ThePwest17
    @ThePwest17 Рік тому +350

    I can’t say enough how much I loved this movie. I think we’ve all been there.

    • @EagleFang86
      @EagleFang86 11 місяців тому +7

      No... We did not stalk our ex wives and kids after a court order was issued lol

    • @TheHermit_md
      @TheHermit_md 11 місяців тому

      Vut it shows how society can fuck men up and divorce even more so. They talk about systemic rasicm but do not recognize they way the world see men (of all races) as expendable and pawns. I am surprised that not more men "fall down"

    • @wayfaring_stranger1413
      @wayfaring_stranger1413 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@EagleFang86oh... so that's not a good thing for me to be doing?

    • @map3384
      @map3384 10 місяців тому +9

      @@EagleFang86You mean how his wife said she was scared of him possibly hurting her yet he was never violent towards her. So during their divorce so he lost custody of his child. Found guilty of something that never happened.

    • @jingbot1071
      @jingbot1071 10 місяців тому +2

      @@map3384 Yeah I wonder why she'd be worried the guy who wrecks house with an RPG ten minutes after this scene is a danger to her or her family?
      Found the incel.

  • @MrBoDiggety
    @MrBoDiggety 2 роки тому +429

    Never pick a fight with a guy who calmly says "I've had a really rare morning."

    • @coolbreezeGP
      @coolbreezeGP 2 роки тому +7

      Yeah agreed

    • @gerardoneri5115
      @gerardoneri5115 Рік тому +5

      Agreed as well!

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +6

      eh man Give us your pocket protector 2:14 , not the montblanc pen just the neat plastic pocket protector

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      An Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american

    • @MrCyclejay1967
      @MrCyclejay1967 Рік тому +13

      Better yet. Never pick a fight with anyone. Never underestimate your appointment. Because you do not know their background. And you do not know what they are capable of. And this is a perfect example of that. The two gang kids. Thought they were big and bad. They thought he was weak. And look what happened. They got beat down. And they ran. Good for him. That is called self-defense.

  • @senianns9522
    @senianns9522 17 днів тому +1

    The way he is becomes more apparent the longer I live!

  • @MrBlaDiBla68
    @MrBlaDiBla68 18 днів тому +1

    This is absolutely the *best*, and very under appreciated, movie that most people never saw. Go watch it, it's relevant to our common struggles today...

  • @nat2nathan2005
    @nat2nathan2005 2 роки тому +587

    The older I get, the more I understand this character. There's only so far a person can be pushed before they're going to push back.

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      An Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american

    • @silverfishimperetrix4818
      @silverfishimperetrix4818 Рік тому

      When white people 'riot' we burn continents, not cities. ☠

    • @carleverts5520
      @carleverts5520 Рік тому

      It's more like we will never take and bullshit from any punk little motherfucker's that do not respect their own fucking block! These little cowards shooting each other all around their houses in hoods throughout the U.S.!

    • @BananaPhoPhilly
      @BananaPhoPhilly Рік тому +11

      The older I get, the more stupid I realize this movie is

    • @theferryman4916
      @theferryman4916 Рік тому +25

      @@BananaPhoPhilly yes, yes....and now back to bed John-Boy

  • @ButteredToast32
    @ButteredToast32 9 років тому +308

    "Where ya going, huh!? Where ya going!? You forgot your briefcase!"

    • @caseyriggs2633
      @caseyriggs2633 2 роки тому +2

      🤣

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape 2 роки тому +1

      That was the worst balisong flip I ever seen. They’re lucky he went easy on them.

    • @bagoistvan3182
      @bagoistvan3182 3 дні тому

      🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺👍

  • @wrghty
    @wrghty 3 місяці тому +2

    I'm not the biggest fan of Douglas, but he absolutely smashed this film. This was one fabulous & satisfying scene

  • @mistersunshine3916
    @mistersunshine3916 6 місяців тому +4

    I was lucky enough to live in the 80s and 90s and this movie is a reference and even a film to watch again and again because it best describes the awful reality of this modern and crazy world where dreams and hope have no place.

  • @SuperBobbyboy1
    @SuperBobbyboy1 Рік тому +84

    Whenever I'm having a bad day, I watch this film and I realise my day ain't so bad after all . Great film.

    • @Bumbaclot213
      @Bumbaclot213 Рік тому

      Just reminds how much people are shit

    • @obie247
      @obie247 8 місяців тому +1

      Facts

  • @DavidProwell-rl8ob
    @DavidProwell-rl8ob 11 місяців тому +130

    This movie was and still is an excellent reflexion of our world now.

    • @markjulius2006
      @markjulius2006 9 місяців тому +3

      Reflection

    • @aliamjon2550
      @aliamjon2550 9 місяців тому +2

      More now then ever

    • @3hooks781
      @3hooks781 9 місяців тому +1

      @@aliamjon2550 than

    • @aliamjon2550
      @aliamjon2550 9 місяців тому +1

      @@3hooks781 thanks

    • @ernestconley5327
      @ernestconley5327 6 місяців тому +1

      Why this movie was not considered for any award i cant figure. Michael douglas was just awsome in this roll. The golf course was typical of those kind of people in there little world to themselves. I think any body can appericate what can happen to people under enough pressure with a bad system all around them 3:55 3:55 😢😂😢😅

  • @partymanau
    @partymanau 5 місяців тому +2

    One of the best movies ever. The older I get , the more I identify with this guy.

  • @johnallen7807
    @johnallen7807 2 місяці тому +1

    My goodness this film has a message, even more so today than when it was made!

  • @simonreeves3229
    @simonreeves3229 Рік тому +225

    The scary thing is that this film is more relevant now than it was when it came out.

    • @peterwhitey4992
      @peterwhitey4992 Рік тому +10

      No, it was at least as relevant back then.

    • @shutdown8947
      @shutdown8947 Рік тому +18

      Society is breaking down!!!

    • @chimpazoo1143
      @chimpazoo1143 Рік тому +11

      youtube comments be like "thing in past different from thing now, scary!"

    • @razmatazz9310
      @razmatazz9310 Рік тому +16

      Yeah because today we got even more incels that think society wrongs them at every turn.

    • @Galactusz007
      @Galactusz007 Рік тому +1

      Nah. Today he would’ve been blasted with 20-30 bullets, lol.

  • @ItachiUchiha-br8ig
    @ItachiUchiha-br8ig Рік тому +80

    This man is a hero the entire movie. The world is rotting in complicit apathy.

    • @wendypollock8168
      @wendypollock8168 Рік тому

      He's psychotic!!!

    • @parhhesia
      @parhhesia 9 місяців тому +8

      No, it's like Joker and Peaky Blinders - if you idolise the protagonist you're missing the point.

    • @albenoit4378
      @albenoit4378 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@parhhesiaand what point is that, pray tell?

    • @tomboysupremacist
      @tomboysupremacist 8 місяців тому

      @@parhhesia reddit opinion. foster did nothing wrong

    • @nadiaromantini8836
      @nadiaromantini8836 8 місяців тому

      @@albenoit4378 That he's an entitled and insane white man, and that while it's true many of his encounters were purely in self defense- I don't think he did anything wrong here, a lot of other ones were him getting enraged over relatively immaterial things that only further pushed him over the edge and past the point of no return, and which he could have de-escalated.

  • @sillysod33
    @sillysod33 2 місяці тому +1

    One of the greatest American movies ever.

  • @MrPhotodoc
    @MrPhotodoc 2 місяці тому +3

    In the 30 years since this movie, nothing has improved as far as I can see to make life less stressful for ordinary people. It's only gotten hotter, more expensive and more uncontrollable.

  • @DeathMountainDragonaut
    @DeathMountainDragonaut 2 роки тому +455

    "Clear a path, I'm going home!"
    Goosebumps every time.

  • @LouisZephyr
    @LouisZephyr 2 роки тому +503

    Never forget the director, joel schumacher, the guy who made classics like "batman forever" and "batman & robin"... Hard to believe that this guy made this masterpiece of a movie, Falling Down is for me and always will be a perfect movie, easy 10/10.

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +3

      m.douglas plays in new American version Servant of the People zollinskyya

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +2

      and I'm not laughin' either essay 1:16 what this Schow get man like 2 tomitios outta 5 man , man

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      eh man Give us your pocket protector 2:14 , not the montblanc pen just the neat plastic pocket protector

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      An Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american

    • @krillinroshi9312
      @krillinroshi9312 Рік тому +4

      Lou Zephyr
      100% in agreement; heres my 2cents
      T writers of tis film captured t 80s modern man completely here. It's t classic tale of t hare (society) n t turtle (Prendergast/ Individual - system - laws)
      I think just about every adult of this era even teenagers as I was when first viewing this.. was enraptured by t reality of our trivial pursuits, tht everybody is involved wth; encapsulated by t cliched scenes of tis movie drawing on t self-centredness each person, thinks, believes and acts as if it is t be all and end of t world...scenario/s per se'...
      T problem/s is uniquely there's alone, no one else anywhere in t world can know about it, be going through it, have any idea... and t thought....
      Captured essentially in t opening act; his bursting out t car for dear life...as if he couldn't breathe literally... wth traffic surrounding; enclosing on him, radio broadcaster humming away, bad news and disasters all around; kids screaming in t background; a woman yelling...
      I mean wht a build up...
      I remember seeing all this whn we happened to turn t channel and just caught t beginning of t movie only catching snippets from ads before, not really knowing anything about it.
      At t point where he started chasing t fly around t car I felt his suffocation, tht things were slowly closing in...on him; then I had t distinct feeling he was going to burst out of t car and walk away... leaving it all behind...
      then he does...
      I thought this is going to be a journey, I think tis is going to be a great movie.
      Was even better then I thought/ anticipated!
      I thought tis movie is going to reveal t summation of modern day living n society of today in a nutshell and somehow infuse tis character into all of it.
      First we get a picture of a white collar middle age 'American' (land of t free/ where dreams come true) sitting on t freeway... traffic congestion... as if it's just a normal day at t office.
      Being...
      * he's white collar, so he MUST be earning a decent living,
      * middle to above at t least; car looks decent until t revelations of course and then immediately;
      * he's just in t normal evening process of trying to negotiate t traffic of progress and t reality of modern age man/ living?
      Then He loses it...
      T psychology of tis movie n tis scene is succinctly depicted (in tht opening) by Michael as everybody sitting there (in tht moving parking lot) seems to be only a distraction/ moment away from losing it/ madness/ total...
      it's revealing...
      So t story begins, but tis early depiction of self centred madness driving everybody forward to a conglomerate concrete jungle of funneled highways, byways; try-ways of congested traffic tht tests t patience of even t best of us... our self driven morale; justifying why we do wht we do and, we, meaning you, or I, must be first in line, anytime, everytime, all t time.
      Is revisited through out t movie depicting I, I, I, highlighted by t traffic scene at t construction site where we find t rich gentleman (So it seems) abusing t poor woman who he accused of cutting him off...on a 1km per hr funneled traffic zone; traffic controllers at point...they literally were at a standstill!
      But no, 'I' am more IMPORTANT! hence I must be in front of you. Except which I was t first I??? Hahaha
      Anyway...
      [T contrast is police officer Prendergast (?) whose t 'turtle' in t movie. Quietly going about his business, thorough and thoughtful, making sure of everybody and no one gets left behind (wife on t phone), no stone unturned!]
      We identify so much wth d-fense, in every scene, yet knowing there's a darker side brewing, hoping tht wth every adversity he encounters he MUST be working things out.
      Surely...He's no dummy, he's white collar after all. There must be more to this.
      Only in t scene at t plastic surgeon house do we see a self reflective moment. A very poignant moment reflecting changing times/ changing of t guard so to speak.
      Here, we are watching a story, of a life
      depicted in film wth every living cliche shown in light humor; but t reality is, whn one thinks ones role, profession was much required in society, in t family unit, social circles...
      Only later, finds tht though one may reach t highest position in ones life tenure; this character was t epitomy of tht intellectual Everest society has ever so carefully depicted man as reaching for??? ...
      I mean this guy was THE 'Rocket Scientists!'
      Remember tht tired old cliche 'YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST?'
      As if being one solved all our/ ones problems and here we are confronted wth t reality tht even t 'Rocket Scientist' not only can live mundane lives but equally become redundant in a progressive technologised world we are quietly marching to wth no respite in sight...
      Only t cliff of reality ...
      Because as we become more educated, tech savvy, more affluent, knowledgeable, insightful, wiser to t physical, biological, intellectual, spiritual world of our surroundings...
      T age old question is revised nd revisited periodically to keep us grounded, yet always trying for answers on why we needing more and more and more; everybody being in a rush, yet nominally going nowhere...
      And thts where we find our reluctant hero as he confronts t 5 sensory organs weve been blessed with... in all its glory or lack thereof?

  • @randolfo1265
    @randolfo1265 Місяць тому +1

    Never get tired of this movie!

  • @sissiwasabi
    @sissiwasabi 10 місяців тому +3

    this movie is a fucking masterpiece

  • @mfar3016
    @mfar3016 2 роки тому +260

    This movie is an absolute classic that ages like a fine wine!

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      and I'm not laughin' either essay 1:16 what this Schow get man like 2 tomitios outta 5 man , man

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      eh man Give us your pocket protector 2:14 , not the montblanc pen just the neat plastic pocket protector

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      An Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american

    • @Sergiuss555
      @Sergiuss555 Рік тому

      is this true? IDK, this particular scene looks like shit. I thought it was a comedy at first.

    • @ianmangham4570
      @ianmangham4570 Рік тому

      Shite

  • @patrickc3419
    @patrickc3419 2 роки тому +180

    The fact that this movie, from what I understand, was filmed during the 1992 LA riots, actually adds to the intensity and paranoia to each scene.

    • @deanfarr3249
      @deanfarr3249 Рік тому +23

      Its the 1990s in LA. Crime was high on the rise people were going through tough times with extreme frustration losing their jobs and being jacked around to end their career.

    • @1stutterafter
      @1stutterafter Рік тому +9

      Like LA now in 2022

    • @Ttcopp12rt
      @Ttcopp12rt Рік тому +1

      @Ned Kelly why does everything has an orange tint to it?Is it pollution or was the sun more orangy?

    • @sebcubille
      @sebcubille Рік тому

      @Ned Kelly they filmed right before and right after the riots

  • @scarletpimpernel1366
    @scarletpimpernel1366 Місяць тому +1

    One of my favourite films🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @peterkwiatkowskiNZ
    @peterkwiatkowskiNZ 17 днів тому

    Like so many I think this movie is one of the most underrated ever. The portrayal and gradual introduction of everything leading up to the start of his rare day was terrific scripting and his acting was the pinnacale of all his films

  • @KapinKrunch
    @KapinKrunch 2 роки тому +53

    Underrated movie for sure. It's one of my favorites

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +2

      A Señor Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american

  • @THETRIVIALTHINGS
    @THETRIVIALTHINGS Рік тому +336

    This movie is more relevant today than ever. It not only showed a breaking point of an honest hard-working man who gave his all to an ungrateful corporation and obeyed a dysfunctional system, but it also showed how he slowly got there by being pushed and pushed and pushed until he couldn't take it. And there was no one to bring him back.
    Then before he realized, he was the bad guy. That's why that line always gets to me. "I'm the bad guy?". The way he says it is painful. He thought he was going up against a messed up system, but all he did was lose his way, he snapped, instead of breaking free of that system.
    This is something to learn from, if things get too bad or stressful, it's okay to step back and even quit, say goodbye to everything and move away from it all, you don't have to end it or end anything else or try to change something in the system, or all you'll do is destroy your own life. Instead, just walk away. Walk an isolated, peaceful path.

    • @Italian69Boi
      @Italian69Boi Рік тому +6

      👍🏽why do you think we have so many mass shoo.tings

    • @Ragnarok_494
      @Ragnarok_494 Рік тому

      Not really. He was a cunt before he snapped, hence his ex-wife ran away with their daughter. It's just about a dude rampaging through the city saying what everyone is thinking to justify his actions. He's literally an arsehole to the core. Honest hard-working man...

    • @jwil4905
      @jwil4905 Рік тому

      Good grief, another " ungrateful corporation " pu$$y.

    • @Archedgar
      @Archedgar Рік тому

      More like he got screwed by the tyrannical govt and his cunt ex wife, as is usually the case since govt is wildly corrupt with favoritism toward women & against men.

    • @japantarzan3551
      @japantarzan3551 Рік тому +15

      @Denam it is not about weapons. The problem is your society. Your society forces certain people to go full-blown mental. Guns are readily available all over the world be it legal or illegal but none of them have such bizarre social problems as America

  • @georgenambo2685
    @georgenambo2685 28 днів тому +1

    Michael played this role to perfection👍 90s great flicks like this hit easily kicks ass & delivers then todays over budget trash

  • @michaelkimber6203
    @michaelkimber6203 9 місяців тому +11

    I still love this movie. In fact with every year that passes, with every green space ruined, with every new road that's built, with every new irritation that our 'modern' world presents, it becomes more relevant 👌

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 16 днів тому

      Same here: life is getting like progression into a nightmare.

  • @ignaxing
    @ignaxing 11 місяців тому +26

    Missing so hard those days of amazing original scripts and risky moviemaking. ❤

  • @chumpster69
    @chumpster69 Рік тому +351

    I worked part-time for Blockbuster Video here in Edinburgh back in 1995 to help pay the bills. As a perk, we were allowed to take movies home at the end of the shift, and this one came home with me most nights. Everything about this piece of cinema is a masterclass in character and story. There isn't a wasted line of dialogue.

    • @HumansAreShitFactories
      @HumansAreShitFactories Рік тому +2

      Non it didn’t

    • @mosqa7802
      @mosqa7802 Рік тому +4

      Edinburgh texas?

    • @JohnSmith-yv6eq
      @JohnSmith-yv6eq Рік тому +16

      @@mosqa7802
      From the perfect English spelling and syntax......
      I would say...Edinburgh, Scotland.

    • @puppylove3781
      @puppylove3781 Рік тому +4

      "Wow, What a difference!" RIP Blockbuster Video

    • @kevincarr335
      @kevincarr335 Рік тому +1

      Blockbuster would routinely censor some of their movies. It was all about Jesus Christ with a cork up his ass

  • @BikingChap
    @BikingChap 6 місяців тому +1

    This was the first DVD I ever bought, brilliant film "I'm the bad guy?!"

  • @dean284
    @dean284 6 місяців тому +2

    This is a perfect movie. Even the yellow filter of the camera lense plays its lasting part.

  • @Rob2068
    @Rob2068 2 роки тому +106

    Good acting. I love it how he gets so emotional he almost cries when he says “you couldn’t let a man take a rest for 5 minutes on your precious piece of s*** hill?!!!”

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      No sht Rob T-2000 U Tell Them beep

    • @massudddecat7449
      @massudddecat7449 Рік тому +1

      A Señor Engineer at Defense Contractor and goes around with a hole in his shoe he must be ukrainian american

  • @JohnHunter561
    @JohnHunter561 2 роки тому +27

    I love his facial expression at 02:02. No fear, no aggression... just that "Oh well, here we go again" look.. *l*

  • @larry3064
    @larry3064 10 місяців тому +1

    This was an awesome movie .

  • @knownow486
    @knownow486 4 місяці тому +1

    Every time this man fights he level ups
    He’s a real MegaMan