Travis Bickle aka THE PUNISHER

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2005)

Taxi Driver was a very good movie to check out . Its not a popcorn type of movie its something that I felt requires your full attention which that not that many people understand so perhaps they then claim that the film is over rated but to it is a good film that lives up to its high expectation and hype . I guess in a Travis Bickle in this represent how most of us feel in the world , the sudden urge to lash out but unable to do so because of fear the consequence of our actions .I guess Robert De Niro plays a man on the brink with class you feel it and find it believable and the rest of the cast were in top shape and gave solid performances that just make the film run smoothly . I guess by 1976 standards this film is pretty bloody and I understand that this was put in the same boat as A Clockwork Orange was but however there are worser things out there these days . All in all a very interested portrait of a man on the edge screaming for help.