There are more than a few movies that should never be remade, some because the originals are so horrible that it would be unconscionable to throw another bad film at the public. But some films are so well made that it's doubtful that they could be improved upon.
Bullitt is one of the latter films. Sure, most of the under thirty group may find Bullitt too cerebral for them because they are used to explosions, car chases, fires, bullets flying everywhere and body parts scattered about. If you're able to enjoy a movie that you have to pay attention to, this is a movie for you.
Steve McQueen stars as Detective Lieutenant Frank Bullitt in this 1968 film. What put this film (and the "McQueen Green Mustang")on the map is probably motion pictures first spectacular car chase scene. The scene was shown without camera tricks such as speeding up the film to make it look as if the cars were going faster than they really were. The drivers reached speeds of over a hundred miles an hour with Bullitt in his Ford Mustang and the hit men in their Dodge Charger. The two professional gunmen die in a fiery crash at the end of the scene.
My 1968 Ford Mustang Shelby model kit was transformed into a "Bullitt Replica" with some metallic green paint, and using the original Mustang parts in the AMT/Ertl kit, omitting most-all of the Shelby parts.
The movie was based on Robert L. Pike's novel 'Mute Witness'.">
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