1993 · crime · drama · thriller
Falling Down
Directed by Joel Schumacher1h 53m1993
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Our read: Falling Down (1993) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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