4 Movies Starring Victor Argo

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-02-08

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (449991 Reviews)

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew.

King of New York

King of New York

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-09-28

Languages:

Spanish, English

Countries:

Italy, USA, UK

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

X

IMDB Ratings:

(22245 Reviews)

Director:

Abel Ferrara

Fullplot:

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to the city's poor in this stylish and ultraviolent modern twist on Robin Hood.

Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-12-17

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (27477 Reviews)

Director:

Abel Ferrara

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

A police Lieutenant goes about his daily tasks of investigating homicides, but is more interested in pursuing his vices. He has accumulated a massive debt betting on baseball, and he keeps doubling to try to recover. His bookies are beginning to get agitated. The Lieutenant does copious amounts of drugs, cavorts with prostitutes, and uses his status to take advantage of teenage girls. While investigating a nun's rape, he begins to reflect on his lifestyle.

Double Whammy

Double Whammy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-08-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (3001 Reviews)

Director:

Tom DiCillo

Fullplot:

Ray Pluto is a detective with a problem due to the loss of his wife and daughter. One day, he is in a fast food place, and due to a pain in his back, he is not able to avoid a mass murderer of six people. A young boy uses his gun and kills the killer. He becomes a loser in the eyes of the police force and public opinion, and his partner convinces him to have a session with the chiropractor Dr. Ann Beamer. A complicated romance between them grows. Meanwhile, at least two other plots happen in the movie involving detective Pluto and other odd characters.

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