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1968's "Bullitt" featured Steve McQueen at the top of his game as tough, laconic San Francisco police detective Frank Bullitt, assigned to protect an important Mob witness. When the witness is gunned down in his hiding place, Bullitt is on the clock to find the perpetrators as quickly as possible.
If the plot rarely rises above what would now be a mundane police procedural, the two chase scenes are the highlights of the movie. One is the iconic, oft-imitated but never matched car chase between McQueen and two fleeing gunmen up and down the streets of San Francisco. The second is a climatic chase on foot through San Francisco Airport for a fleeing suspect.
Bullitt is a classic McQueen role, played as understated, realistic, single-minded cop. Bullitt is an anti-hero absolutely without frills or pretension and utterly inhabited by McQueen. McQueen is backed by Robert Vaughn as an ruthlessly ambitious district attorney and Simon Oakland as his tough police boss. Jacqueline Bissett has a cameo as Bullitt's girlfriend.
This movie is highly recommended to fans of Steve McQueen. Forty years on, it holds up remarkably well as an example of some of his best work.
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The car chase in Bullitt may seem a bit less impressive than it once did because filmmakers have been trying to top it for the best part of four decades. More of a cat-and-mouse game than a demolition derby, its overshadowed by the film's other action setpieces - a murder in a safe house, a tense chase in a hospital and a great airport finale that Michael Mann ripped off wholesale in Heat. A beautifully constructed star vehicle for Steve McQueen at his best, it's pretty much the prototype for every Hollywood cop movie that followed, but benefits from good casting (Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Simon Oakland, Robert Duvall), better characterisation than the norm and a low key approach from director Peter Yates that makes the highs seem a lot more effective than they should. The plot's not bad either, with Lalo Schifrin contributing a cool score and Pablo Ferra a terrific main title sequence.
The 2-disc set certainly boasts an improved transfer over the original single-disc release, but aside from Yates audio commentary, a vintage making of featurette and the trailer, the extras aren't that film specific - a good feature-length documentary on film editing and another on McQueen.
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If someone tells you "Bulitt" is McQueen's finest film, they're lying. But if you're a fan, Steve McQueen's "Bullitt" is a must have. Let me explain.
McQueen in front of a camera is almost always magic. His outtakes are better than most of today's "stars" Oscar performances.
"Bullitt" was released when I was 10 years old, so after seeing a few sliced and diced versions on tv, I was thrilled to see it available in this 2 disc version. The second disc takes you behind the scenes, and you get to see the actors' relationships off camera.
The famous "chase scene" holds up well after 40 years. It has more soul than all the digitally inhanced "fast and the furious" movies put together.
Steve McQueen looks into the camera as if to say there's a private joke between the two of us, and man, is this fun!
The problem is, I could go buy one of the new Mustang Bullits. I could cut my hair like Steve, lose a few pounds, and practice a lot in front of a mirror.
But I would never be that cool.
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The film is good and has the iconic car chase, but the extras are fantastic. One is a McQueen bio that is great. The two movie specials give alot of insight to the actual making of the film.
Blu-Ray picture is very good.
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Classic movie and its one of those movies you must see before its too late.
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