Miami Vice (2006)

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Apr 21 6:48

I had been eagerly anticipating the release of this film ever since I discovered that it was another action/thriller from director Michael Mann. Some of Mann's previous films, like Collateral and Heat, are in my opinion arguably among the best films ever made. But when I finally saw Miami Vice I was drastically disappointed. It is a long, drawn out and an incredibly boring film that I wish had never come to fruition. Miami Vice is an update of the old TV show of the same name; this hard to understand film is basically about two cops whose professional and personal lives become dangerously intertwined. Then there's some convoluted mumbo jumbo about drug dealing with a bunch of unnecessary red herrings in addition to a bunch of horrible sub-plots just to stretch out the running time. Tha...Read more

Rating : 2/10

Posted : 2 years, 9 months ago at Feb 12 12:38

Considering this production had Michael Mann at the helm, I really expected something more, especially with his track record. The film suffered from several flaws: 1. Jamie Foxx is a talented actor, but he was left on the sidelines for most of this film. Tubbs was AWOL for most of the film in fact, only popping up here and there. 2. They never really got to the bottom of the case they're working on. They didn't catch the head honcho who they were hunting from the beginning and more importantly (though completely forgotten in the film) they failed to sniff out the mole in the police department that was responsible for the deaths of countless undercover agents. 3. I thought the love story was pretty trite, superficial and really not necessary. The highlight for me was the gunfig...Read more

Rating : 5/10

Posted : 2 years, 11 months ago at Dec 27 20:42

The remake was a little suspect, but Michael Mann's transition of his famed television crime drama to the big screen was a big success largely in part to his gritty camera angles and action sequences reminiscent of Heat. Although slow at some parts, the focus on the characters love lives really drew you into what the television show was all about. Colin Farrell and Jamie Fox were a dynamic duo of sorts and really captured the roles.

Rating : 8/10