The Best Film Ever Made

Rating: 10/10 (30 November 2001)

I have yet to see a film that surpasses Taxi Driver. Martin Scorsese's brilliant masterpiece is not just a great film but a riveting character study. The story of an obsessed loner who takes it upon himself to rid the streets of New York from the scum that infests it is even more poignant now then ever. The thing that makes Taxi Driver so unique is that despite his homicidal intentions the character of Travis Bickle still remains likable and can even be viewed as a hero of sorts. The audience identifies with his struggle to clean up the streets and save a teenage prostitute from a life of drugs and degradation. Of course whether Bickle is a hero or not can still be debated, but what remains certain is that Taxi Driver is surely a film for the ages.