1993 movie, starring
Michael Douglas,
Robert Duval, and
Barbara Hershey. Directed by
Joel Schumacher.
The basic story is of an
ordinary guy, pushed too far by the
petty torments of
modern life, similar in many ways to
Taxi Driver. The opening scene of the movie is Michael Douglas'
character, stuck in
Los Angeles traffic on the way to work. He gets fed up with it, and
abandons his car in
traffic to go visit his
estranged daughter on her
birthday, by
walking through
Central LA. He encounters
unsavory characters ranging from gang members to surly
Korean shopkeepers, all of which oppose him in some way (by refusing to make
change, for example). He responds by lashing out, generally with
weapons, dispensing a sort of strange
vigilante justice for the common man.
A good movie. Not uplifting by any means, but very
theraputic to see him deal with a lot of the things that piss us off every day. Recommended watching.