possibly the most intense movie ever made

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 2004)

Robert De Niro is at his best in this masterpiece, even better than in Raging Bull. Taxi Driver tells Travis Bickle's story as an insomniac. He gets a job with Peter Boyle's character Wizard as a Taxi Driver. Throughout this movie, Bickle's anger increases. He helps child prostitute Iris Steensma (Jody Foster, in a stunning role) through troubles, and eventually
defends her in the gripping climax. Bickle plots to kill a political candidate, as well, and when that fails, he murders Iris' pimp, Harvey Keitel, and another man in his whore house.
It is a joke that this movie lost to Rocky in the 1976 academy awards. I would understand if Network, or maybe All the President's Men won, but in my mind,
Taxi Driver will always be superior.