Extremely Disappointed

Rating: 2/10 (3 January 2006)

I watched this movie with some friends and family after hearing some positive things about it. I figured that a highly acclaimed film with Robert Deniro couldn't be bad; I was wrong. The plot never seems to satisfy or even make sense. Why does he talk to the Secret Service guy? Why's he trying to kill Palantine? Why is he a hero for taking the law into his own hands? How does killing a few pimps bring him back his sanity, when the sleaze and filth he loathes is still all around him? And, really, what's with the mohawk?
I really don't understand the hype with this movie. Poor script, poor cohesion, but maybe that's what you get with a psycho for a main character. (The conversation between Travis and "Wizard" outside next to the cab is mind bogglingly incoherent.)
Only Deniro's acting saved this from receiving a 1.