Very psychologically stimulating.

Rating: 9/10 (13 October 2001)

I first saw Taxi Driver on video a few years ago, and I remember my Drama teacher telling me that it's one of those films that'll change your perspective. Well, I don't think that it turned my world around, but it certainly messed with it. Seeing Robert DeNiro as this lonely and pathetic nightwatcher may be slow paced for some, but it's watching him turn into a demented vigilante that makes it most interesting. It's like watching what goes through every lonely man's mind at some point in his life, but then watching DeNiro carry out these repressed animosities is the part that hit my nerves. Never before has any other film charged my psyche so much. And Scorcese's work on the film really added to that sense of building up so much rage for society. Oh, and just watching DeNiro doing the "You talking to me?" scene really sums the feeling up nicely. I highly recommend this film, it'll mess with your head, but in an entertaining way so don't worry.