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15 greatest movie vigilantes: Travis Bickle, Batman, Spider-Man, more

Published Friday, Jan 11 2013, 10:54 GMT | By Simon Reynolds | Add comment

Whether it's Robert De Niro's Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver or Bruce Wayne's billionaire-turned-costumed crimefighter Batman, the vigilante has been a cinema staple for decades.

These self-appointed dispensers of justice are usually driven by an intense internal rage, seeking to exact revenge on those who've crossed them or come to the aid of the weak and defenceless.

Though America has traditionally been the home for the movie vigilante, this week sees London play host to blood-spattered black comedy May I Kill U? The film stars Kevin Bishop as a bicycle-riding police officer who wages war on against crooks in the capital - "a psychopath on the cycle path".

To mark the release of May I Kill U?, Digital Spy takes a look at 15 of film's most memorable vigilantes below...

Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976)
Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese delivered a searing look at the life of a psychologically fragile Vietnam veteran in their '70s classic. The film gave birth to iconic dialogue and imagery, including the mohawked De Niro and that mirror scene.