Falling Down (1993)

ITV4, 9.00PM ★★★★

Michael Douglas stars in this biting Joel Schumacher film that qualifies as subversive in Hollywood terms. It’s a sweltering morning in LA, and troubled divorcee William (Douglas) has an existential breakdown while stuck in a traffic jam leading to a self-styled vigilante prowl, which only an aged cop (Robert Duvall) can stop. This portrait of fractured white masculinity, lost and about to explode, has never been more relevant.