In my humble opinion, Robert De Niro's best performance to date!

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2010)

I had seen this classic before which in my view pretty much stabilized director Martin Scorcese's awesome array of films. In this one Robert De Niro in a stellar performance plays Vietnam War vet Travis Bickle who due to being slightly imbalanced (now i know people will be questioning the slightly part) from the war, can't seem to sleep at nights and takes a job as a night cab driver. A lonely trade for a very lonely individual who spends the nights travelling through the scum and filth of New York's seedy underbelly seeing prostitutes, crazed patrons etc. This line of work only feeds Travis's contempt for society slowly driving him into insanity. Along the lines he meets up with a very young Jodie Foster who portrays a young prostitute named Iris. Maybe saving Iris from this wicked world just might make him a hero instead of a vengeful assassin! Stellar casting, great city speak dialogue and a director who has a great insight to the streets of New York combined to make an extraordinary film.