Video Flashback: Falling Down | I'm Not Giving You My Briefcase

 

Foster (Michael Douglas) is confronted by local thugs who demand he hand over his briefcase; Foster refuses. As Detective Prendergast (Robert Duvall) questions the convenience store clerk Foster had an altercation with, the thugs coordinate a drive-by to get back at Foster. About Falling Down (Theatrical Release - February 26, 1993): Freeways are clogged. Terror stalks our cities. At shops and restaurants, the customer is seldom right. Pressures of big-city life can anger anyone. But Bill Foster is more than angry. He's out to get even. Foster abandons his gridlocked car license plate D-FENS on the hottest day of the year and walks straight into an urban nightmare both absurdly funny and shatteringly violent. Academy Award winner Michael Douglas is Foster, an ordinary guy at war with the frustrations of daily life. Fellow Oscar winner Robert Duvall is the savvy cop obsessed with stopping Fosters citywide rampage. This spellbinding thriller is their story, asking "Are we falling apart?"