A solid action thriller. Irresistible 1960s aesthetics, convincingly staged and acted. The action scenes are reasonably realistic and not overdone. Nonetheless, once again an altogether rather unbelievable story:
- why don't the super-professional hitmen make sure in the hotel room that the supposed Ross and the policeman Stanton are really dead? Two shots to the head from a silenced pistol would have sufficed.
- Car Chase. The two gangsters pursuing Bullitt wanted to "set a trap" for him, according to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, we don't learn how this is supposed to work... Then, when they lose Bullitt and he appears behind them, they suddenly flee from Bullitt. But why actually? What have they done? And who are they afraid of? After all, there are two of them, Bullitt is alone.
- Airport. A) How did Ross get a gun on the plane? B) at the latest when Bullitt had the plane ordered back to the gate, the highest security level would have been, i.e. The plane would have been surrounded. C) take-off and landing operations would never have continued as soon as there were people on the runway. Not even in the 1960s.
- and then what kind of "deal" between Ross and Renick is supposed to have been? So Renick agreed to pose as Ross and testify before the Senate committee as a key witness against the mafia. So he must have known who Ross is and what his situation is. Who would agree to something like that, even for all the money in the world?