A different kind of Superman.

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2012)

Travis Bickle is troubled.He is troubled by the decay of modern society.He is consistently looking for beauty in what he feels is a vermin ridden society.He finds it in the form a beautiful lady.He is drawn to her and wants to be part of her world.He gets there,but only briefly does he stay because he is so much a product of the world he loathes that he doesn't even realize it.His anger grows probably because he comes to that realization.He meets a child,the ultimate symbol of human innocence.She obviously has been robbed of that innocence by being forced into an adult world way too soon.His anger continues to grow and he begins to see himself as a champion of all those who have been affected by the decaying world.He doesn't fly,leap tall buildings in a single bound,or wear a red cape,but he and Clark Kent have something in common:They see a hero when they look in the mirror.