A crazed Robert DeNiro undergoes a criminal rampage when his dreams fail

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2009)

This too much black movie concerns on a psychotic taxi driver named Travis (Robert DeNiro) who returns from Vietnam and suffers insomnia . He feels revulsion at the underworld full of delinquents , pimps (Harvey Keitel) , prostitutes (Jodie Foster) and general corruption in the N.Y.C streets and eventually drives him to murder . Then , outcast Travis turning into exterminator angel during the nighttime of downtown N.Y. Meanwhile , he becomes infatuated with a political campaigner (Cybill Sheperd).
Awesome film with tremendous images , colorful scenarios and extraordinary performances . Atmospheric cinematography by Michael Chapman , a prestigious cameraman and occasionally director . Bernard Herrmann's impressive musical score , this is his last film . Excellent screenplay by Paul Schrader , containing some immortal phrases , it was written during his splendor time in the 70s . These mid-1970s scripts are full of venom , such as Paul proved in ¨Yakuza¨, ¨Rolling thunder¨and of course ¨Taxi driver¨. Here pursued the issue of urban menace such as in ¨Hardcore¨ in which a Calvinist attempts to retrieve his daughter from the inferno of featuring in gutter-level hardcore movies , similarly Travis Bricke with the 12-year-old prostitute excellently performed by Jodie Foster . Magnificent Robert DeNiro portraying perfectly the dark vision of alienation and subsequent urban catharsis whose environment to drive him berserk . De Niro worked fifteen hour days for a month driving cabs as preparation for this role , he also studied mental illness . De Niro is the Scorsese's fetish actor. Scorse-De Niro thundered on several movies as ¨New York, New York¨ , ¨Raging bull¨ , ¨King of comedy¨ , ¨Goodfellas¨ , ¨Cape fear¨ , ¨Casino¨ , among them . This splendid movie won several prizes in British Academy , Cannes 76 and L.A. Film Critics . Rating : Better than average , well worth watching.