An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Acting
Michael Douglas's most unhinged performance — the haircut alone.
Direction
Schumacher turns LA into a pressure cooker of simmering hostility.
Writing
That Whammy Burger scene — pitch-black comedy perfection.
Director
Joel Schumacher
Michael Douglas
D-Fens
Robert Duvall
Prendergast
Barbara Hershey
Beth
Rachel Ticotin
Sandra
Tuesday Weld
Mrs. Prendergast
Frederic Forrest
Surplus Store Owner
Lois Smith
D-Fens' Mother
Joey Singer
Adele (Beth's Child)
Ebbe Roe Smith
Guy on Freeway
Michael Paul Chan
Mr. Lee
Raymond J. Barry
Captain Yardley
D.W. Moffett
Detective Lydecker
Steve Park
Detective Brian
Kimberly Scott
Detective Jones
James Keane
Detective Keene
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michael Douglas's iconic crew cut was his own idea — he arrived on set with it already cut.
Released months before the 1992 LA riots, the film was eerily prescient about racial and economic tensions boiling over.
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