Falling Down
Movie • 1993 • Crime
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On the day of his daughter's birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster is trying to get to the home of his estranged ex-wife to see his daughter. His car breaks down, so he leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. He goes to a convenience store and tries to get some change for a phone call, but the Korean owner does not oblige, tipping Foster over the edge. The unstable Foster, so frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
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The dog whines at one point but is completely fine
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Foster's ex wife does not take the dog woth her when she flees near the end of the film
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Bill watches a home video in his ex-wife's house and we see/hear Bill becoming angry and forceful with his wife and child and basically forcing her to ride a toy horse he bought her. At one point he has a family being held hostage and threatens their child with a gun.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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The police refuse to believe that the ex wife is in danger
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In the opening scene there's a fly buzzing around in Bill's car. There's a shot of it crawling up his neck but nothing too close up
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Is rape mentioned?
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The (spoiler) Neo N**i stop keeper talks about Foster being raped in prison
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The N**i shop keeper presses himself up against Foster in the basement of the shop. And (spoiler) the main character kisses his ex- wife while she protests when he finds her
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Sort of. (Spoiler) in the end Bill is shot by Pendergast and falls off a pier into the water.
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It happens prior to the film and off screen
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From the clip, it looks like she just spits it out. However, I saw a comment on the clip that someone said:
"she's listed in the credits as "lady who vomited"
To me it's not triggering, but yes she does.
"she's listed in the credits as "lady who vomited"
To me it's not triggering, but yes she does.
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The cops are the heroes in the end who kill the "bad guy." However the plot is forwarded by the police repeatedly failing to adequately protect Bill's ex-wife from him.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Bill's ex-wife has intense anxiety and panic because he keeps calling her and telling her he is coming for her and the police insist they can't do anything to help her.
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There is a suicide-by-cop.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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The main character is violent and unstable. It’s mentioned that he is “sick and needs help”.
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The surplus store owner uses the n-word several times.
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One character is a neo-Nazi and owns a store containing several N**i memorabilia such as uniforms with swastikas visible. While showing off a canister of Zyklon B, a chemical used in gas chambers during the Holocaust, he says k*ke.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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It's worth noting that the film's director, Joel Schumacher, is gay and the film does not condone the homophobia. Still, it's tough to watch in two scenes (spoilers):
When our lead enters a gun/military equipment store, the staff member he sees uses the "f" slur out of the blue, when we see two gay men who naturally feel shocked, and also again, when the staff member says it, directing it towards them again, as well as other homophobic stereotypes, and we see them try to stand up against the homophobia, but the owner points a gun at them so they leave.
*And* the second one is especially intense to watch: After it's just the shop's owner and our lead, he complains about gay and lesbian people using different slurs and stereotypes. Then he takes our lead down to a basement full of N**i items, before our lead rejects it and the owner goes crazy and calls him the "f" slur repeatedly, among saying other horrific things and he threatens him.
When our lead enters a gun/military equipment store, the staff member he sees uses the "f" slur out of the blue, when we see two gay men who naturally feel shocked, and also again, when the staff member says it, directing it towards them again, as well as other homophobic stereotypes, and we see them try to stand up against the homophobia, but the owner points a gun at them so they leave.
*And* the second one is especially intense to watch: After it's just the shop's owner and our lead, he complains about gay and lesbian people using different slurs and stereotypes. Then he takes our lead down to a basement full of N**i items, before our lead rejects it and the owner goes crazy and calls him the "f" slur repeatedly, among saying other horrific things and he threatens him.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Depictions of severe traffic in Los Angeles which include excessive honking.
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Does a car crash?
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A car crash happens shortly after the main character is targeted by its occupants in a drive-by shooting, where the vehicle with the attackers swerves into traffic before crashing into a parked car. The crash itself is offscreen but is audible. The driver and passengers are injured and at least one is implied to have died.
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