Comprehensive Viewing Report: Taxi Driver (1976)

Taxi Driver , directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader, is a landmark psychological thriller that explores themes of urban decay, alienation, loneliness, and vigilante justice. For a Vietnamese-speaking audience ("Xem Phim" implies a viewing experience), the film offers a gritty, character-driven narrative centered on Travis Bickle, a mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran working as a night taxi driver in New York City.

The plot follows Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), a 26-year-old insomniac who drives a taxi through the corrupt and seedy streets of 1970s New York. Repulsed by the city's perceived filth and immorality, Travis attempts to connect with a political campaign worker, Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), but his awkwardness leads to rejection. Spiraling into paranoia and rage, he decides to "clean up" the streets. This culminates in a violent rescue of a 12-year-old prostitute, Iris (Jodie Foster), leading to a bloody shootout that the press later hails as heroic.