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Falling Down (1993)NormalGenre: DramaLabel: Warner Bros. Home Ent.Description: A traffic jam proves to be the last straw for an unemployed defence industry worker (Michael Douglas) who goes on the rampage dishing out revenge on all those he believes have conspired to make his life a misery. As the death toll mounts easy-going cop Martin Prendergast (Robert Duvall) is assigned to track him down. AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW This film about a downsized engineer (Michael Douglas) who goes ballistic triggered a media avalanche of stories about middle-class white rage when it was released in 1993. In fact it's nothing more than a manipulative violent melodrama about one geek's meltdown. Douglas complete with pocket protector nerd glasses crewcut and short-sleeved white shirt gets stuck in traffic one day near downtown LA and proceeds to just walk away from his car--and then lose it emotionally. Everyone he encounters rubs him the wrong way--and a fine lot of stereotypes they are from threatening ghe