Lack of good storyline.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Am I Missing Something?

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Watched the blu ray of this the other day. I enjoyed it but it struck me that it is style over content? The plot is minimal,but it looks and sounds great. I am not a car fan but of course the cars look great and you have to love the whole look of the film,the clothes,his apartment and the look of the cityI don't like it as much as the director's previous film Robbery but I do like Bullitt.Was Steve Mcqueen the first no tie hipster cop? Compare this film with The Detective and Madigan,made about the same time,it is a new era in cop films?

This classic '60s cop film is set in San Francisco where Lt Frank Bullitt has been asked to guard Johnny Ross. Ross was previously in 'The Organisation' in Chicago but is now planning to give evidence to a senate committee. Things go wrong very quickly; a hitman strikes leaving Ross and a policeman critically injured. Walter Chalmers, the ambitious local politician who saw the committee meeting as a way to launch himself of a national stage is furious that his key witness may be unavailable, makes it clear that Bullitt will take the fall if Ross doesn't testify. Bullitt sets about trying to find those behind the attack.'Bullitt' is best remembered for the iconic car chase through the streets of San Francisco... it wasn't the first film to feature a car chase but for a while afterwards it seemed that every cop film had to include a chase scene... and this one remains one of the best with Bullitt's Ford Mustang growling as he pursues the villains Dodge Charger. The film may be known for that one scene but it is just a small part of a fine film. It may not be as action packed as films made these days but the details feel real which keep it gripping. Steve McQueen is on top form as Frank Bullitt and Robert Vaughn is solid as Chalmers. When we learn the identity of the person behind the attack it proved to be quite a surprise... all I'll say about it is; I didn't see it coming until just before the big reveal... by which time we'd been shown plenty of clues. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to fans of the genre; it is still fresh fifty years on.

I saw this back in the day and the memory I retained was of a violent movie in the area of Point Blank or Dirty Harry so I was surprised when I watched it again recently to find that apart from the celebrated car chase it is relatively violence-free, which is not necessarily a bad thing. On the whole it is much more cerebral than the average cop-based thriller and reminiscent of the Doona Leon school of detective story with a strong moral stance rather than wallowing in violence. Steve McQueen is someone I have never bought into as a bargain-basement Lee Marvin preferring him in 'smaller' films like Soldier In The Rain and here he is thoughtful rather than macho with a desire to see justice prevail. A good watch.

At times I despair of films I get to see nowadays; at those times, I sit back, pop a can of beer and watch Bullitt. It's a wonderful piece of 1968 filmmaking which never gets old for me. When you go to screen writing class they constantly hammer home that film is a visual medium and not to forget that. This film doesn't forget that and we're presented with a tale which unfolds through the investigation of Frank Bullitt. The film attempts to show a realistic view of criminal investigation and in doing so is endlessly fascinating (at least to this reviewer). It's a complex tale which unfolds in a very pleasing manner. Jackie Bisset's story arc simply doesn't work and looks like it was thrown in for duration reasons, but even that can't tank this movie. Writing is great. Direction is great. Actors are great.