Bullitt (1968)
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Reviews Counted: 33 Fresh: 32 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins
Synopsis: In one of his most memorable roles, Steve McQueen stars as Detective Frank Bullitt, a hard-driving, tough-as-nails San Francisco cop. Bullitt has just received what sounds like a routine assignment: keep a star witness out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours, then deliver him to the... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall
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Surprisingly austere and very much of its time, Bullitt is a lot less fun and a lot more impressive than you might expect.
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05/05/08
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Good scripting and excellent direction by Peter Yates maintain deliberately low-key but mounting suspense.
03/01/07
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Expert chase film, breathless and modern, that sent McQueen to the top of the box office heap.
03/01/07
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Apart from the classic chase scene, there many other pleasures to be had in this stylish policier, one that changed considerably the entire vocabulary of Hollywood's action-thrillers.
02/07/07
The action sequences are brilliant, done without trickery in real locations (including a great car chase which spawned a thousand imitations) to lend an extraordinary sense of immediacy to the shenanigans and gunfights.
02/09/06
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Menos focado na trama e mais nos procedimentos de seu protagonista, Bullitt busca o realismo constantemente, criando um personagem não apenas crível, mas complexo.
11/17/05
Stlick, stylish and ineffably cool, this was perhaps McQueen's defining role. Also mention goes to the uncreditied star of the film; San Francisco.
07/06/05
Even though the story almost makes no sense and the Oscar-winning editing has several illogical cuts, Bullitt is an exquisitely satisfying motion picture, particularly if there is still an adolescent boy lodged somewhere in your psyche.
06/21/05
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If there is any one of his many movie roles that best exemplifies the McQueen persona, it would have to be this one.
05/26/05
McQueen is great in Bullitt, and the movie is great, because director Peter Yates understands the McQueen image and works within it. He winds up with about the best action movie of recent years.
10/23/04
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