
Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nom... (Full plot summary below)
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Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew.
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| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliOne of Scorsese's most influential and disturbing films on the big screen. [20th Anniversary Release] |
| New YorkerPauline KaelNo other film has ever dramatized urban indifference so powerfully; at first, here, it's horrifyingly funny, and then just horrifying. |
| IGN DVDR. L. ShafferA haunting, visceral trip through the mind of a man on the edge of his own sanity. |
| Total FilmMatt GlasbyScorsese's masterpiece of urban alienation... |
| VarietyA.D. MurphyIt’s a powerful film, an excellent credit for Scorsese, and a terrific showcase for the versatility of star Robert De Niro. |
| Scene 360Anton Biteleven more unnerving than his own psychotic behaviour is the easy way in which [Travis Bickle] is assimilated and integrated into the very society that he endangers. |
| The Young FolksJosh CabritaTaxi Driver is grounded in its socio-political context, yet it also touches on something more universal... how one finds purpose and identity in a collapsing capitalistic society. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesThe classic cinematic thunderstorm - Paul Schrader's cool, sexually repressed formalism drifting into the humidity of Martin Scorsese's lurid, urban expressionism. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmThis is a wholly remarkable film, flaws and all. In fact, even the flaws are significant. |
| IGN DVDR.L. ShafferA haunting, visceral trip through the mind of a man on the edge of his own sanity. |