"Someday a big rain will fall and wash all the scums off the streets."

Rating: 10/10 (24 July 2005)

Travis Bickle is perhaps the darkest character director Martin Scorsese has ever dealt with and perhaps his darkest film as well. This is a character and film with a lot of hate. Some consider Bickle to be a loner, but sometimes he appears to be a man with a lot hatred to his surroundings. Could it be a political or social statement by Scorsese? Or perhaps that Paul Schrader was going through depression when he wrote the script? Whatever the answer might be, all I can say is that this is a very powerful film. If you are like me when this film is over your mouth will be wide open. Bickle (in a perfect performance by Robert De Niro) is a scary character. Although his motives are positive (sometimes) the way he gets results is a little extreme. Then again it was the '70s. I'm sure there's a lot of Travis Bickles out there. And they would probably love this movie as much as I do.
RATING: 4 STARS (****) The film is a little too dark, but in a way thats why it's so awesome!