Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver
R
8.1
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1976

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114m

Taxi Driver

Summary

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.

Director

Martin Scorsese

Screenplay

Paul Schrader

Reviews

I

IanBeale

February 13, 2017

10

**Social outcast with a mohawk goes nutzoid**

Porn obsessed loner, Travis Bickle, is a cabbie in New York. The story tells of his gradual descent into madness brought on by his inability to relate to those around him and a feeling of a lack of worth. Travis is essentially invisible - of no importance. Walton's self imposed isolation preferable to getting along with the scum around him. One day he decides to change all of that and become _a somebody_ by murdering a politician.

This _nobody_ with the superiority complex has gone off the rails, for certain and it can only lead to bloodshed. A lot of it will be his own.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$1,900,000.00

Revenue:

$28,579,636.00

Keywords

drug dealer
vietnam veteran
new york city
taxi
pornography
obsession
taxi driver
pimp
firearm
politician
alienation
junk food
misanthrophy
vigilante
cynical
illegal prostitution
character study
loner
manhattan, new york city
meditative
neo-noir
child prostitution
complex
new hollywood
dreary
cautionary
drives
provocative
antagonistic
audacious
callous