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Miami Vice (Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx) [2006]
from Universal Pictures Video
starring Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds
directed by Michael Mann

Features:

• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

Bearing absolutely no resemblance to the 1980s TV series that helped to propel Michael Mann into big-time filmmaking, Miami Vice is the kind of serious, and seriously stylish, crime drama that Mann does better than anyone else. As written by Mann himself, this undercover sting thriller doesn't reach the peak intensity of Mann's 1995 classic Heat, and it lacks the tight, nail-biting suspense of Collateral, but that doesn't mean it doesn't occasionally pack a wallop. As Miami detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs (respectively), Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx don't have to do much but mumble their plot-thickening dialogue and look ultra-cool in the casual cop attire, and their partnership is rather lifeless on screen (perhaps owing to the fact that this was a troubled production, with an actual shooting that occurred during filming, and Foxx's refusal to risk his life on dangerous locations in South America). But once Mann shifts into high gear with a plot to foil a powerful drug kingpin (Luis Tosar) and his ruthless middle-man (John Ortiz), Vice pays off with the kind of smart, realistic action that Mann's fans have come to expect. With Chinese superstar Gong Li as Crockett's love interest on the wrong side of the law, Miami Vice covers territory that's a little too familiar, and one suspects Mann's screenplay might've been punched up with a polish or two. Still, this is an above-average crime thriller that demands and rewards close attention, with a climactic shoot-out that's pure Mann, worthy of the brooding drama that precedes it. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

• What the....
  I cant believe this film even got released. The plot is terrible, i had no idea what was going on and i cant believe Jamie Foxx is even classed as an actor. His performance is terrible and i will never watch a film that he is again.
  Don't waste your money.

• Stunning - visual story for persons capable of reading film - if you need exposition to explain the plot, don't bother
  Stunning film making from Michael Mann. I have discussed with others and this film is going to be one you love or hate - I was the only one in 5 people or so who loved it so be wary.
  The film opens in a deliberately disorientating fashion - it initially appears to be showing us a police exercise in a night club but almost immediately pulls us out as an informant telephones Crockett & Tubbs to report the trouble he is in. This draws the two into a drugs tale that is told through visuals and whilst... more info

• Absolutely awful, if only I could go back in time and not buy it...
  without doubt the worst movie i have ever seen.
  i warn you, buy this and you will immediately regret it.
  couldn't follow it at all. If you like gun, action movies go for Die Hard 1 and 2

• My arm in a vice
  The actors almost make this film enjoyable.
  Yet I just kept thinking that this movie was the humourless version of 'Bad Boys'

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