A MASTER PIECE

Rating: Null/10 (1 January 2000)

Martin Scorsese has succeded in acurately portraying a mans descent into temporary madness. With (as usual)a flawless performance by De Niro as the troubled Travis Bickle and Scorsese's beautifully operatic camera work Taxi driver is a film that is endlesly watchable. Half an hour into this film the viewer knows that eventually Travis will suffer from a complete mental break down, but when? That is part of the brilliance, the anticipation. The final bloodbath is one of the most gory in cinema history, this is a savagely brilliant piece of work from the only man capable: Scorsese.