Taxi Driver - A Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (1 May 2017)

Taxi Driver is one of those few movies that makes you want to watch it again right away. The story is not only well written and fantastic on paper, it is beautifully executed. Martin Scorsese does a fantastic job directing this film, and the shots he manages to create are nothing short of iconic. Everyone remembers the famous scene where Travis Bickle looks in the mirror, but even outside of moments like these the movie has a fantastic sense of where to place the camera for maximum effect. Robert De Niro gives a fantastic and layered performance as Travis which, after your first viewing, will make you want to go back and study the character and his psyche even more. The world of the movie is very dark in tone, and this helps to reflect it's themes beautifully. Overall this movie deserves my highest recommendation and ranks up there with the best.