We all have those days where we feel as though we are going to lose it being stuck in traffic. Well, this film starts off that way, but it quickly escalates to something more.
Michael Douglas portrays D-Fens, the man who begins an odyssey to get home to his wife (Barbara Hershey) and child. It seems simple enough, but soon everything begins to go wrong for him. First, he gets involved in small things such as destruction of property but it grows to murder. He just keeps digging himself deeper and deeper and soon you find yourself wondering if he was always like this.
We learn from his wife why she left him, and that she even has a restraining order against him. She is completely petrified for her and her daughter's safety when it comes to him. It's with good excuse too.
One of the incidences that involve him is in a fast food restaurant. He completely loses it because all he wants is breakfast and sadly the place had stopped serving it. Most people would be angry but just get lunch and go on with their day. Instead, he flips out. Pulls out a gun, hold the entire place hostage until he gets what he wants. Then, he changes his mind and just goes with the lunch menu.
Let me just say, as someone working in this field right now this is probably one of the things I worry about. At first sight this guy appears harmless and he's just being difficult, but it changes so quickly that you're afraid to push him any more.
Robert Duvall plays Prendergast, a detective who is retiring making this his last day of work. He is the complete opposite of D-Fens. He doesn't showcase his anger. Instead it seems as though he bottles it up. Especially when it comes to his wife, who might be depressed among other things. He's a really good contrast to D-Fens.
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