Almost lives up to the hype...

Rating: 7/10 (15 April 2019)

Taxi driver is undoubtedly a masterpiece, particularly from the time. However, technical mastery cannot save it from one glaring flaw: the final climactic showdown. Two hours of incredibly built up tension leading to a rather bland and poorly stages showdown which left me baffled. Now, I am giving the film the benefit, due to its age. The sound mixing felt particularly odd to me, but then again: could just be a sign of the time.
Other than that, the intense, edge-of-your-seat tension through multiple scenes left me very, very intrigued throughout the runtime. Save for a few strange meddlings with the order in which the events take place, the film was mostly coherent and ambiguous, but not to the point of being pretentious. Overall, I think this is an essential piece of cinema for sure. But, if hasn't aged particularly well.