Taxi Driver (1976)
Average Joe: Vietnam vet turned NY cabbie Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro)
What turns him?: According to Bickle: “whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal.”
But we’re blaming post-traumatic stress disorder and the boredom of being holed up in his cab.
Existential postal: Travis doesn’t ask for much. He simply wants his life to have meaning, and to make a difference. Especially to the laydees.
So when usual courtship methods (date night at the porno theatre, calling a 12-year-old prostitute a “square”) fail, he has no alternative but to take the bloodbath route.
It’s not something we’d recommend, but it certainly seems to work for Travis.
Next: Man On Fire
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BigAndyT
Nov 26th 2009, 19:37
Paddy in dead mans shoes surely?
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metalgatesolid
Nov 26th 2009, 19:39
What about Frank Castle in the "not bad but not brilliant" Punishers?
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fezdaferret
Dec 1st 2009, 4:04
what about Liam Neesons Character Bryan Mills from Taken, surely one of the best films of last year
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