Martin Prendergast

Sgt. Martin Prendergast is the main police character of Falling Down (1993). He was played by Robert Duvall

Unlike William Foster, who often takes his anger out on the frustrations of the modern society, Prendergast handles his own problems with empathy and maturity.

The movie begins with Prendergast in a traffic jam. When Foster leaves his own car, Prendergast walks over to look into the problem. He suggests to both the cop and a random civilian, who happened to witness Foster leaving his car, to push Foster's car out of the way.

Back in his office, his fellow cops were discussing with him about his retirement. He also have a picture of his deceased daughter in his drawer. At that moment, Amanda calls him. She was feeling lonely and paranoid, so her husband helps to calm her down by singing "London Bridge is Falling Down".

Later on, Mr. Lee came to Prendergast's office. Lee explains to Prendergast that a man smashes up his store with his baseball bat, and that he thought that the man was a robber. After the man finish smashing up the merchandise, he leaves after paying for the soda. Lee also describes that a man was wearing a white shirt and a tie.

The next witness to a series of crimes on that very day is Angie, whose boyfriend was killing in a drive-by attempt on Foster. She could only indicates that there was a gym bag with lots of guns in it.

There was a shooting in the Whammy Burger restaurant when a man pulls out his gun for not being served breakfast. Following that, a phone booth was gunned down.