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Summary: Good car chase, but otherwise disposable
Review: OK, first off I'll bare my soul and get it out of the way: I don't get Steve McQueen. Call me a heretic if you will, but I'd take Bruce Willis over McQueen any day of the week and twice on Sundays. The guy was D-U-L-L. I have seen just about every movie he ever made and in none is McQueen ever more than just adequate. Maybe I was just born into the wrong decade (d.o.b. 1972). Clint Eastwood has more personality. Anyway, whatever. About BULLITT -- Gonna have to pull another upset here: If you took out the cool car chase this would be no better than an average episode of Starsky & Hutch. Based on it's reputation I was expecting a lot more than this by-the-numbers B-slot programmer. If it weren't for the chase sequence and Steve McQueen's involvement this would have been forgotten a long time ago.
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Summary: McQueen is cool!!!
Review: That's right folk's, McQueen is cool in this very good film from 1968. As Frank Bullitt, Mc Queen is in his element as the stoic, laconic character that became his trademark. Car-chase through San Francisco city streets has to rank in top three all-time car chases ever filmed, with McQueen performing many of the stunts himself. Jacqueline Bissett is solid as love interest, and Robert Vaughn is, as always, perfect in the role of the underhanded, less than forthright cop in charge. Film set the stage for such other McQueen classics as, "The Getaway", and "Le Mans". Definitely a man's movie, but romantic, if at times slow love story, will keep the lady in your life interested. Much recommended!
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Summary: Modern-Day Film Noir Classic As McQueen Takes On The Mob
Review: Bullitt is a modern-day film noir classic. Featuring very attractice and stylish photography, the film is Steve McQueen's masterpiece.McQueen plays SFPD Lieutenant Frank Bullitt, a no-nonsense cop popular with the local press - a fact that leads smarmy and ambitious politician Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn) to hire him and his partners Carl Stanton (Carl Reindel) and Delgetti (Don Gordon) to guard a witness - Organization wire-operator Johnny Ross. But before the night is out, Stanton and Ross are splattered about a cheap hotel room, and Bullitt and Delgetti find themselves under fire from Chalmers - the politician vows to crucify Bullitt should Ross perish - as well as their CO, Captain Sam Bennett (Simon Oakland). Good performances, Lalo Schiffrin's jazzy score, and the action combine for a crime classic.
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Summary: One of McQueen's smoothest performances.
Review: I learned about this film during a Braves baseball game on WTBS Channel 17. The Braves announcer, Skip Carray, was giving the TV lineup for the rest of the evening. He said that he needed to hurry back to his hotel, because "Bullitt" was coming on after the game. I decided to watch the film several years later, and it did not disappoint.
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Summary: WIT PROTECTION (SURE)
Review: DVD adds little (in this case nOthing), to the viewing and story. Smart-aleck cop McQueen tries in vain to protect wit that others are trying in vain to waste. Legendary highlight is car chase. I had no idea it was so good! My stomach fell right thru the sofa as they started up and down those damn hills. Sideways around corners. I thought they would both explode. I really don't know the difference between a Mustang and a Challeger. But my brother does because he watches nascars all the time and he thinks this is the best race ever. But I know its staged. Bumpy though. Fasten your seat=belts!
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Summary: Fantastic, albeit not initially
Review: Although I had heard fantastic things about this movie, my first impressions were not great, I seemed somewhat disappointed. But the movie had this wonderful way of burrying itself subliminally in the back of my mind. I thought about it a great deal, and appreciated it more each time I saw it. Steve McQueen is what Eastwood could have been. When McQueen Told R. Vaughans charecter that his work and coniving was bulls**t, it was a very effective moment, far removed from todays cliche Chris Tucker cop movies. By the Way if you like Dodge Chargers, or "Rustangs" (I admit grudgingly the Fastrack kicked a**) you can buy this simply for the best car chase in cinematic history
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Summary: Bullitt confuses and captivates.
Review: "Bullitt" in its oft overlooked camera work is a film worthy of highest praise. People I know usually focus on the car chase as this film's "raison d'etre," and they are right at one level. This film was the first to stage so complex and so dangerous a car chase, the grandaddy of all the cheap hollywood action today that attempts and fails to replicate Bullitt's authenticity. Ignore the car chase, and focus instead on the clever camera work and photography conceived by Yates. The opening shot reflected from a lamp shade, the deceptive image of "Ross" in the glass of the hotel's revolving door, Duvall and his communication with McQueen via rearview mirror in the cab, Bisset's and McQueen's kinetic figures reflected in the mirror of their dresser, McQueen's suprize appearance in the villians' rearview mirror, and finally, McQueen's self-appraisal in the bathroom mirror at the close of the film. This picture is replete with imagery and visual motifs usually reserved for complicated prose. Watch this movie without sound and you will notice and appreciate the images Yates creates, and their importance in the development of the Bullit character. If you miss all of this highbrow stuff, whatever. The chase is worth the price of admission. Turn up the volume and give yourself the chills listening to that mustang go!
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Summary: The best car chase movie to date!!!!
Review: The movie is alittle confusing to follow, but this movie is not about the plot. Its about the cars, a '68 Mustang Fastback and Dodge Charger R/T!! I only with someone would put more into the car chases then the story once or better yet make the story cetered around the cars!
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Summary: 1968 San Francisco Noir
Review: This always considered a classic detective flick. It's a tidy movie. Steve McQueen's is a strong character. Going back and seeing Bullitt after many years was excellent, and recognizing Robt Duvall & Bissett was a surprise. I wonder if this came out before MASH? My only problem is the still endless and horribly overrated chase scene. There are some good shots, but one scene drives me to soda & popcorn. When people mention this movie, everyone seems to rave about the sequence when the bad guys in the black Charger pursue Bullitt's green Mustang down a hill above Polk St. Am I the only one who notices the light blue VW repeatedly squeeking past? The director must have shot this from 7 or 8 angles, because we see the pursuit, and the Beetle, at least that many times. Plus, Bullitt shifts gears repeatedly, but is driving a GTA (A for automatic). Still, it's a good movie, ripe for a Renny Harlin remake, with George Clooney and Jessica Love Hewitt or some other mismatched couple. I certainly hope not.
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Summary: Put on a Sweater
Review: This detective drama aimed to be the essence of cool, and succeeded, in fact it's a little too cool, can somebody turn up the thermostat? Barely anybody in the picture is allowed to show any genuine emotion, although one of the hoods looks a little upset before he's shotgunned. Director Peter Yates apparently planned to tell the whole story with action and came up with a near-classic. In fact his spectacular staging of McQueen's car pursuit of two Mob assassins is usually blamed for the countless imitation car chases that have blighted American movies ever since. It's certainly one of McQueen's signature roles, but why give him a hokey name like Bullitt?
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