Scorsese's dark and brutal tale of an isolated outsider who wonders the Big Apple behind the wheel of his taxi cab, a job he takes and works relentless hours to fill his sleepless nights. He observes what he calls "Scum and garbage" polute the streets. Tips from a fellow cabby and an insatible desire to do something big leads to an assasination attempt on a presidential candidate. When that plan flops he turns his sights on saving a young prostitute, played well by a young Jodie Foster. This heroic or psychotic rampage depending how you look at it, (I'm partial to the latter) leads to a bloody climax. Taxi Driver is a brilliant character study and a stunning betrayal of New York City in the 70's. Great direction and an outstanding performance by DeNiro. The film, it's direction and it's star deserve all the awards in the world that it didn't win and will always demand our attention.