Join me as I review one of my favourite movies; Falling Down, starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall. Want to help support my work? Well, I'm also an internationally published author: www.amazon.com...
Dude should have said, look we put all our breakfast foods back in storage and changed the fryer temperature and many other things for the lunch menu. It would be asinine to ask for us to change it all back so you can have your egg McMuffin.” A reasonable guy would understand
And whilst many people think that he is cold, callous and deranged, instead, it seems to me more like a snowball effect. When you have that tunnel vision, and things progressively get worse. At this moment, he is able to see the irony, and whilst karma might seem excessive, he probably assumes the old guy should live with the consequences of his actions… And who should help the old guy because nobody is helping him.
@@mcg3334 His last words, after being shot by the cop, were "I would have got you." And he was right. The cop has water on his shirt. That made his ending even more sad (I can't remember if he had a real gun or not, and chose not to use it).
Falling Down is the most genuinely underrated and important movie of the 90’s. It holds a mirror up to society and shows that we’re all just one bad day away from snapping.
And keep in mind, this was set in *90's* LA. Don't get me wrong, LA in the 90's was pretty damn bad... but then Newsome and the Democrats looked back at California's situation in the 90's and were like "Hold my beer". Gavin, the shit state of California in the 90's is NOT a god damn challenge!
Had pretty shitty days, weeks, months and entire years. Haven't snapped yet. Should I snap? Should I be preparing myself for a possible snapping? Very bad mirror.
he wasnt the bad guy originally.. they rewrote him to be an abusive dad because the studio thought if he was shown as a pure anti hero. white men might get ideas about standing up for themselves.. ( bu bu but we will have copy cat crime! cuz thats a white thing ive never really seen but whatever)
Fun fact: Supposedly, Kirk Douglas (the father of the main actor, for the ~1% that don't know), when asked about what he thought was his Son's finest performance, cited Falling Down as his choice.
"I'm the bad guy? I did everything they told me to." His feelings of abandonment & betrayal are so heartbreaking. It's as if your own life stared you in the face and said, "No, you weren't good enough."
abandonment is betrayal...in this case, he trusted a society that exploited him and lied to him and threw him away. Betrayal requires trust. You really can't feel abandoned without trust and being given false expectations. Betrayal of course has darker connotations of active back-stabbing rather than passive left-to-die vibes, but they are about the same. Unfortunately, I know a little about both. You could say, for instance, 'my wife betrayed me and abandoned me for another', but the act of screwing Tom from work doesn't change. The main semantic difference is 'betrayal' usually connotes something more personal...but you could say Bill was either abandoned or betrayed by the society he served, both work
My uncle found out that his tax dollars were solely going to a welfare queen who collected five different checks due to having five kids from five men.
This is what's been missing with art lately. Art is prophetic and stands the test of time. All the trash that we've seen lately is just assembly line nonsense that's ready for the trash the instant it's consumed.
@Tony Thank you Tony, you are absolutely right. The only thing one ca do is to stay away from people as much as possible and recharge your energy in nature.
@Tony Try to break away from as many of the negative people as possible. And as cliched as it sounds, every single day you wake up is another chance to make your own life better.
@Chris Williams wish I was in that class with you. I would troll so hard about how the white man took everything from my middle eastern family. My fathers ppl r from the Caucasus mountains by the way would be the twist at end. I would crush that class.
You can’t ignore the feelings of emasculation these two men have. Prendergast’s wife is a gone-to-seed harridan, warped by grief, who talks down to him when he doesn’t pander to her childish behaviour. Bill’s wife is a touch hysterical, determined to assert her dominance over the failed relationship by cutting him out of his child’s life. Both men have lost control. I feel for them. Great film.
Remember we do get one scene when Bill is watching home movies there is a scene that hints that he was in fact a shit father and husband. I'm not ready to just throw his wife under the bus as some harlot trying to ruin his life when he doesn't deserve it.
@@tsdobbi no, I get that, but considering how crazy his mom is I’m not surprised. There’s clearly mental health issues there. And the fact that Prendergast is also dealing with crazy at home shows just how often this can affect families of all kinds. But his wife is hardly understanding by keeping his daughter from him - there’s clearly a lot of love between him and that little girl.
A significant item is that at the end, Bill pulls a water pistol instead one of his many firearms. He also gets Prendergast with the water pistol and they both know it. Regardless of how bad Bill got, at the end he is still a good man
Nah there's still a lot of people like us out there who truly appreciate great story telling and acting this. Well never forget. Also Robert Duvall turned in pretty great performance as well
@@lukewalken1316 no I remembered when this came out and there was no drama of that kind around it. As matter of fact it was praised by critics and fans alike. Now ofcourse nowadays it would be torn apart by the sjws and called every bs thing they can come up with like racist, sexist, and probably right wing crap for incels. F#$k sjw Hollywood
There's a lot of people who have been taught to think they're William lashing out at everything they can hurt right now. The very system that coos sweet lies about helping them is also the system telling them to riot and burn their own livelihoods, because cities that suffer riots that bad almost never recover.
Nobody could have done this role like Michael Douglas. He brings such a relatable presence to a character you'd otherwise never want to characterize yourself with.
I think Robin Williams definitely could've pulled it off just as well if not better but other than him I don't think there's any else that could've done it
@@rc7074 Hanks, maybe. Jackman? Nah, he's too much the tough, don't-mess-with-me 'werewolf' guy. The role needs an average everyman, somebody you wouldn't for a second think of as a dangerous person, when you're standing next to them in a checkout line.
One of the greatest films ever made. Period. He’s not a hero, he’s not a villain, he’s just a man. We may be a dying/unwanted breed, but like drinker said, discard us at your peril... It genuinely terrifying how much more relevant this film is right now, as compared to when it was released. There’s a LOT of us Bill’s out there...
It was one of the first examples of the anti-hero protagonist that would come to define the 90s and 00s. Nowadays good and evil have to be spelled out in simple letters as if the audience were 5 year olds, and the anti-hero has become ‘edgelord’.
No hot girls wearing next to nothing No nudity No special effects No tough guy running around like Rambo Just a great story, great characters and brilliantly acted...oh, and a shit ton of people wishing they did the same thing in life
Englandsbestlover that was the controversy when this was first released. People found him an heroic character, instead of a man on his way to murder his wife and daughter
@@geoffrogerson9937 because he never was on his way to murder his family, he wanted to visit his daughter on her birthday after being blocked from seeing her for a long while, he was the HERO of the movie, nothing you can say changes that.
Back in the late 90's, my high school psychology teacher showed this movie in his class. The story stuck with me, and years later I thanked him for introducing this movie to us. Falling Down is by far one of the best movies I've ever seen, and a solid testament to Michael Douglas's superb acting abilities.
One of the things missed by this review is the conversation between William's Ex-wife and the police officer sent to check on her. The officer asks what the nature of William's abuse was, and she doesn't have an answer, just a vague explanation that she thought he was capable of violence, but also that he had never perpetrated any towards her or their daughter. You see, Bill was capable of violence after all, but like those gangsters, his wife forced his hand when she separated him from his daughter. One has to ask whether he would have ever snapped if he hadn't been betrayed and abandoned by the family he clearly loved.
@@bluefish4999 Yes, nobody should have to spend their life with an arsehole, whether they are violent or not. However, nobody should be kept from their children unless that child is under threat from violence. So divorce = 👍and not being able to see the kid = 👎
@@FalloutBreakbeat the problem about that scene is that it's the same hint that his wife gave to the policemen: his husband could be irritable, or nervous, but he never was really violent or beaten her even once. It's a way to put doubt in our minds in two ways: could he be violent with his family or was he just having a bad day?
Michael Douglas: An actor not a character. Falling Down: Only-vaguely-similar to a freeroam rampage in Grand Theft Auto, which is also not a character.
@@damienmb2365 Wow. Your life must really sucked when you have to correct someone. NO SHIT! Get a sense of humor. Better yet, GET THE FUCK OFF MY COMMENT SECTION!
No, they would write tons of false misinformed blog posts about how horrible the movie is before they've even seen the film...you know like what they did to the recent Joker movie.
This is the single most politically and culturally relevant movie today. And it was released way back in the 90's. This movie was way ahead of its time.
I would imagine so If we all Exploded like that At ounce The weak and Spineless Wouldn't have a safe place anywhere. Honestly it would make the purge look like a Picnic
Are you guys getting triggered by something that hasn't happened? Also, I've seen a few iffy articles about Joker, but mainly I've seen extremely positive, film of the year type reviews. Falling Down rocks, and could absolutely get made today.
His heart - breakingly poignant, almost bitter-sweet request of "I'm going home, clear a path for me, I just want to go home" is one of the most memorable aspects of this film for me. A working man, or just any man, who's now a shell of his former self, who has to literally beg and demand to be left alone in peace from a society hell - bent on doing everything it can to prevent that is both deeply irrevocable and way too relatable. Only 1 day away from being him, only 1.
I didn't appreciate this movie at the time of its release. I just saw it as another semi-decent, yet forgettable action popcorn-type film. It wasn't until decades later, that I understood the deep social commentary it was making and saw it for the art that it truly was. The underpinnings about how the system is structured by government, corporations, and citizen parasites who keep the common man down. They can abuse the common man in whatever way they desire, but when the common man bites back in the same way, he gets labeled as the bad guy, terrorist, and misfit. His demise means little, and the system continues to churn on after he's gone.
"I'm the bad guy?" "Yeah." "How did that happen?" My question is how the hell did Joel Schumacher manage to make this film so amazing and yet make Batman and Robin such sh!t?
Treat Joe Nobody like he's a disposable drone, deprive his every human interaction of any kindness, tell him his looming rage is just a symptom of his own pathetic moral failings, then act shocked and appalled when he draws a gun on a fast food clerk over something that "wasn't even a big deal."
It is interesting cause everyone gets and relates to that yet the movie reveals he was an abusive prick to his loved ones etc and became the bad guy. It is a lot to take in when trying to process how to feel about it.
@@ArkaynAdrian It is tragic and scary how many victims of suicide and abuse are themselves abusive bullies. Everyone sees themselves as the "good guy." While the "I'm the bad guy" line makes perfect sense thematically, it seems as though it is a bit too on-the-nose in the context of the movie. I don't know if Douglass' character ever started getting a hero complex from his violent spree, or if he had just come unglued and gotten caught up in it. At that point, a person isn't really thinking about morality. Heck, most spree killers know they're being bad and have become so far-gone that they've fully embraced it.
I will never forget hearing that line for the first time: “I’m the bad guy? How did that happen...?” The way Douglas delivers it is, as you said, absolutely heartbreaking, because he’s not being sarcastic or defensive...he’s really asking the question in earnest, though he might not expect an actual answer.
And who amongst us hasn't felt that way at some time in their lives. We follow the rules of society every day, even to our detriment and yet we still get crapped on from a great height while those who flout those same rules seem to be life's winners. It's no wonder so many of us hate this world and can't wait to leave it.
@@lezlezman1843 Who hasn't felt that way in their lives at some point? Dude! I feel that way NOW! When it feels like the world takes a daily dump on you and you alone, you wish The Purge was a real event.
Scenes like this start to resonate more as you get older, life hasn't destroyed you yet. As a child, you dream of being the hero. But as you get older, the villains start making more sense. Jim Carrey - Batman Forever - Edward Nygma
I remember (being old that is) the reviews of this movie when it came out. One of them sounded like this. "Oh dear, another movie about how hard it is to be a white man today." I thought that was really unkind, not even trying to look at the films good qualities, and what it was trying to say. Little did I know such reviews would be a sign of things to come.
HAASSSSS! You went to far man, there’s good and bad on either sides of everything. I agree that by a default the white straight male has the odds stacked against us nowadays but we aren’t better than anyone. We all are equal. Some people don’t want us to be seen as such and would rather supremacy (ex. KKK, 3rd wave feminist). It’s up to the normal people everywhere to not let the crazies on both sides try to sway us.
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Once you realized that most all of what your parents, teachers, the media, the government, Walt Disney... have told you about how the world works, and your place in it, are damnable, utter lies. The truth is hard, man. But it sets you free.
All they'd have to do is have him wear a MAGA hat the whole time and the movie would be fine. It'd be like "see i told you those trump supporters are crazy"
What are you talking about? They would love a movie about a white conservative going berserk. They could even ad more leftist propaganda than the original already has... They hate the joker because is mostly apolitical.
@@stavrosmayakofsky1915 I'd argue he's intentionally neither. He's a dedicated man; dedicated to his family, to his job, and they've both been taken from him; that's the heart of what makes D FENS what he was and what he becomes. None of that requires any particular political position or identity.
@@vcdonovan5943 Its not. Oh its no where nearly incendiary as media pretended its was but its violence is less sanitized as the violence in Falling Down. And that's intentional with Joker you're not supposed to entirely sympathize with him just understand how a broken man who never really had a chance just stopped giving a shit about even trying to do good in a world that never gave a shit about him. Falling Down is about a man lashing out at a system he once believed in that discarded him and him trying get back what that system once promised him by any means.
Agreed. It's practically prophetic. I enjoyed the '90s. They were pretty good to me. No where near as horrible as the movie portrays. It wasn't until after 9/11, when the whole world lost it's collective goddamn mind, that I lost all faith in humanity.
@@joelhassig6099 Agreed I think the movie was before its time, perhaps the makers could sense the shit coming and thought making this film was a matter of urgency to positively affect audiences.
@@chatteyj totally agree with both of you. But I'm wondering where are these writers/producers and directors that they dont come up and continue making such powerful thought provoking movies.
This movie predicted the demographic changes and what they would bring as time dragged on. Diversity breeds nothing but tension and conflict and Falling Down portrays that in many ways. In the convenience store, Bill says "I'm rolling back prices to 1965." I believe he landed on that date because the Immigration Act of 1965 was passed then. From the Hispanic gangs to the neo Nazi, everything is covered and it's quite a good commentary on the subject.
Hollywood needs to take notice to films like this....even though the main guy isn't a "good" guy hes sympathetic and relatable and not painted as a toxic male that needs to be taken down by his better female counter parts. the story is well written, cast is on point, good character development. and there is zero activism to muddy the waters
How is he relatable? He is absolutely painted as a toxic individual. He's racist, yet denies it because he's not a nazi so he can't be racist. If you relate to this character, it's because you aren't well and have never learned to express your emotions in ways other than anger.
This could be the live action version of Grand Theft Auto, but it really plays out Like Predator 2. A lone wolf blasting his way thru LA during a heat wave only to be taken out by a single cop at the end.
VC Donovan joker is nothing like this. :))) not to say joker isn’t amazing in its own right. But due to this generic cis white male this WOULD NOT be made. Alongside heavy controversially racial topics.
"They see a white man in a shirt and tie and take him for an easy mark." This hit home, hard. I work at a local bakery in the downtown section of Bemidji, MN, overnight 1AM to whenever the work is done. After an attempted carjacking outside of work in the parking lot in 2018, I now openly carry a handgun into work, and my boss is okay with it. Am I a badass? Far from it. I just want to get home after work to see my two kids again.
Got lost on the youtube, decided to post an update. Walked out of said job a little over a month ago, the lead cook went with me. I now work the day shift at another J.O.B, outside of Bemidji, less money, more hours. Am extremely tired when I get home. Yet, strangely, the money is still the same. I no longer feel scared for my safety and no longer need to carry a firearm into the work place, due to safety protocols and not being inside of Bemidji in the middle of the night. I plan on moving this Spring, back to the country. I don't plan on returning to Bemidji, ever. My life and those of my family are going to change for the better. Thanks for the likes, whomever you were, God bless you and I hope you live well.
@@ultimatemixmeister5127 I’m here in Stillwater and would never have guessed what you faced in Bemidji. I’m glad you’re going somewhere you feel better about. Many times, living in the country means less expenses so you can make less money and still be happy and also financially ok. Good luck on your journey and I wish you the best.
I remember when this movie came out. It was heralded as finally a movie exposing the unstated evil of white men in America, all the while in their boring white shirts, dark slacks and pocket protectors, being the incarnation of Whats Wrong With America. I and my wife watched it after we'd read the reviews, and pretty much came to your conclusion, wondering if the writers, producers and directors had any idea what they had made.
My cousin plays Michael Douglas' daughter in this movie. I remember seeing the movie as a kid and not understanding how someone could snap like that, now I'm older, wiser, and living through the hell that is 2020.
Regardless of the year, the older you get, the more you can relate to this film. Unless you're one of the lucky few whose life goes without any major hitches.
I watched this on VHS when it came out. My little brother and I spent every other weekend with my Pop, and all we could really afford to do was go to the local play park and rent movies. He was quite permissive with movie choices, so at 12 and on, I saw a lot of the good old 80s and 90s action flicks. I remember this one sticking out for my Dad. He was just quiet after the movie, just repeated "That's me. This movie, that's me." Someone saw him, someone remembered him. He became a better father over time, to a point where I make sure to tell him I love him every time we end a call or part ways. To all the men and fathers out there, some people see you, and they'll remember you.
will - nearlly killed the wild ugly ginger on Elliot street- Auckland City . 1010.. n.z. this mornin while with my korea church pastor when he gave me free cofffeee- $10,00 and long spinach - feta cheese roll. Ginger fouled upp my free- loading off the South Korea church.''
Same. My hometown has this long road that had construction workers on it working all day for over 3 years and it took them 2 years just to get halfway done. It’s such bullshit.
This is why you pay construction upfront and a little bit more.. Because if they get paid by duration they're gonna fucking stretch that shit out years!
We are all the bad guy from someone´s perspective, and it is not necessarily too bad of a thing since life keeps going and it becomes a thing of the past. I should know, i do take pride on most of the instances because that ment i stood for what was right (from my perspective), and in the other cases it is irrelevant because it is not really me they hate but rather the uniform, and they would just have been angry with one of my colleagues if it were not me.
The moment you stand up you're the bad guy. Conform. Obey. Or else we'll kill you for daring to step out of line. And everybody will hate you for trying to color outside the lines.
The answer is: NO, you're not the bad guy. You're a man in the mold of the founding fathers. You've had enough, you're fighting back, and you'll either recreate things in your image or have the satisfaction of knowing you didn't just take it.
This movie was overlooked when it came out. Many people didn't really accept Michael in this role, but Michael praises this movie to this day and has nothing but wonderful things to say about playing the character. It's nice this movie is finally getting the attention it deserved.
Perfectly executed production. Great story, great acting, a tangible intensity that builds throughout. This is what a movie is supposed to be. And it is Michael Douglas's best role.
Michael Douglas once said this was his favourite character to play. at the time the media gave time to people who claimed this film was racist and not entertainment .Douglas and Duval were both aamazing in this film. now am off to get a whammy burger . Dfens Dfens
How is the character relatable? He's someone who can't express himself in ways other than anger, he gets mad at workers for things that are done by people way up above them. Take the construction site for instance.
As someone who has lived in Southern California for 32 years, I can report that Falling Down is the most realistic depiction of Los Angeles ever put to film.
I see him as an honest man who was broken beyond repair, He was very much like Marvin Heemeyer, the guy who created the Killdozer, a home made tank. Marvin said in tapes about why he did what he did, and one line sticks out for me for both Falling Down and what he did. "Sometimes reasonable men are forced to do unreasonable things."
Dunno know this sounds to admit it, but the Killdozer story is fuckin unreal. Nice to see someone who knows it, www.damninteresting.com/the-wrath-of-the-killdozer/
Not sure how I got this to auto-play suddenly, being a 3 year old video, but the Drinker sounds very different! Much more relaxed these days. More seasoned. :)
“This is the guy who was told if he followed the rules and did what he was told, that everything would be alright.” In other words, he’s me. And millions of others like me.
You forget the part where he has anger issues, before his lost the job. In the home video you could see how shitty person he was. If anything, I would say that the movie is about not turning attention to your own or others mental health. That stress builds up, and can do bad things to average people. There were refrences to someone (probably his dad) being in the marines, maybe he had a tough childhood, his dad treated him bad, because he had PTSD.
@@Riprie So do you think society at large plays no role whatsoever in the mental development of the people within it? It wasn't his Marine dad that pushed him over the edge.
"And now you're gonna die wearing that stupid little hat - how does it feel?" Probably my favorite line in all of cinema, because it's deceptively simple. On the surface it's just a clever quip that Bill manages to get out as he's lauding his victory over the golfer. On a deeper level, however, it is brilliantly illuminating as to how where Bill's head is at in the moment. A normal person would probably at least feel guilty for causing this man's death, but Bill is so overwhelmed by his need for revenge against the cruel world around him that he instead finds it comical. It shows that Bill is completely lost to his madness already but that he's not yet gripped that he is in the exact same position. Like the golfer, lying there dying as a result of his own hubris and anger, Bill has already effectively ended his own life at this point with the several violent outbursts he's had. He is simply living on borrowed time, yet in the moment he is so satisfied that he's won this encounter he can't see the forest for the trees and only thinks how comically ironic it is that the man's arrogance has effectively been his own end.
The movie was so trippy, and metaphoric, you almost wonder if it wasn't just that, pure abstract symbolism of cultural change for the worse, instead of a cautionary tale.
"Falling Down" is one of those movies that really changes as you yourself get older... if you watch it as a teen, you see a straight-up action film, in your twenties, you cheer on the anti-hero of Bill... you get into your thirties and forties? The movie is so much deeper...
I don't know about you, but I watched this when I was about 17 and it's one of the few movies that straight up made me cry When he watches those tapes, straight up a heartbreaking scene
I dunno. I'm the age of the protagonist in this movie, and all I see is a cartoon of an entitled complainer. I don't see much nuance in this film at all. Better people than this guy have had to deal with their dignity being stripped away in worse ways than a bad divorce and a job loss, and they do it without wasting a bunch of people. The best you can do is learn to bounce back.
Watched this movie when I was a kid and it first came out, loved it then, still love it. Timeless, so far ahead of it's time and more relevant today than it was then.
@@johnjamele Eh, not quite. Mr. Plinkett is a serial killer who reviews awful movies. The Critical Drinker is a drunk that reviews awful movies... and who is less "Oh damn man... that joke is GROSS, what is WRONG with you?!" than Mr. Plinkett. Also... he's good at reviewing, so he gets some leeway.
“This stage of the movie plays out like a video game. Bill’s taking on tougher and tougher opponents, upgrading his weapons as he goes.” It’s lines like this that I watch these reviews for.
Has anyone ever noticed that when D Fens walks up to the highway construction zone before using the rocket launcher…that the guy yelling out his car window that he punches 1:12, is the same (actor) guy that he confronts just seconds later 6:20 working construction
Remember when movies were good and we could actually identify with the struggles being portrayed because the characters had depth and were dealt with as real people as opposed to being just a means of pushing a political message? Pepperridge farms remembers.
I've more than once described "Falling Down" as "Breaking Bad" in the runtime of a single movie. It's great! P.S: Your analysis makes me think more of "Fight Club", maybe the movie manages to be both...
I think this movie is a good cautionary tale to prompt us to really evaluate how we deal with resentment and action in a society where a single voice is almost certainly unheard by the rest. As opposed to how the Joker ends at the climactic action of violence, this one sees it through to the end and shows the regret of someone who let their frustrations go unchecked for far too long before seeking help. In this case, by means of bullet. But for the rest of us I guess we'll have to do with therapy.
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I never appreciated how just how perfectly this movie describes a working man’s rage and weather to redirect it as a destructive or constructive force on society.
This was the first film I ever bought on DVD. I still have that DVD and I am going to go and watch it again now. Truly one of the greatest films ever made. Thank you for nudging me back to it, Drinker, you marvellous hunk of whisky and wisdom.
"I've reached the point of no return." "Do you know what that is?" "It's when going back to what you were is a longer journey than continuing to what you are going becoming." Normally, a moving pointing out 'this is when the hero becomes the villain', would irate me, but it was SO good & powerful that I don't care! State the obvious, I'm good with it.
It was thematic. He was probably closer to his destination than his starting point, but also he had crossed the line from violent assault to actual homicide (taking a life).
@@joelellis7035 You make it sound like he was a murderer when in actuality he just acted in self defense. And the old fart having a heart attack was his own fault.
@@heroesytumbas you're confusing scenes. Shark Dentures was referring to the lines that the main character said while still in the army surplus store. This is just after he had killed the owner of the store.
The most underrated film of all time. I Remember seeing this as a kid and realizing how special it was especially as a kid growing up in Los Angeles. It made me realize I wasn't alone in feeling how dead this city is internally
Do us a all a favor and look up the word " underrated " Here's a tip: if you gave nothing approaching intelligent to type then don't type anything. You Half- wit.
Saw this in the theater as a young man. Can relate to it much more now, having lived life and seen so much. I still remember the crowd erupting in laughter and cheers when he yells at the fleeing gang members, "Hey! You forgot the briefcase!!" 😂😂😂
after watching many reaction videos, where they just think bill is an insane psycho who is completely the bad guy, not a guy you relate to who is taking it to far, so many also just don't get the prendergrass and foster parallels, missing the entire point of the movie, glad to see someone who gets it.
I wonder if anyone else noticed the foreshadowing in Michael Douglas seeing a bumper sticker that says "He died for our sins." in his character's introduction.
