Review of Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver is a masterpiece with excellent performances by Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle, who takes a job as a New York City taxi driver. DeNiro gives a terrific performance as a man who becomes unraveled in the process. Scorsese did an excellent job in bringing this story to life. I have seen bits and pieces in the past. Travis has an obsession with Betsy (Cybill Shepard). Travis didn't seem to grasp how inappropriate it was to bring Betsy to see the movie. Clearly uncomfortable, Betsy walks out with disgust. He is also has this need to save Iris (played by Jodie Foster) from a life of drugs and prostitution. The ending was unclear like Travis would have been a person of interest for the secret service after the rally and especially after the climactic scene. It'd not an easy film to watch as Travis slips into madness. I loved watching familiar faces like Peter Boyle. Harvey Keitel and Albert Brooks. It is truly an iconic New York City movie too but sadly that New York City doesn't exist anymore. Columbus Circle is still there.