*spoiler* what really happened in the end

Rating: 10/10 (10 April 2004)

*spoiler*
Bickle died from his injuries before leaving the scene...all the stuff about him being a hero was a look into the final minutes of a demented mind.

With his will to power exhausting itself, Travis lay dying from his injuries while fantasizing about being thought of as a modern hero by the news media and Jodie Foster's parents.
Scorsese chose to take the concept of a lonely man descending into madness one step farther by actually taking the audience inside the delusions of grandeur of a dying psychopath.
He could not bear to die thinking he was alone and a failure.