Review of Falling Down (1993)
A man leaves his car in congested traffic on a hot L.A. day and starts walking to a celebration of his daughter’s birthday. His fierce temper and prejudices meet a string of other ordinary assholes shaped by their society. He freaks out and starts to build up an arsenal, meets a few “sympathizers” and works his way through town on foot, trailing chaos. In parallel plotlines, we follow the man’s ex-wife and a cop who gets caught up in the case.
Criminal drama, black comedy. A surprisingly well-crafted hero/anti-hero figure, in an otherwise largely typical US film, including even one of those cops who is just about to retire.
References here: Monday (2000).