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Miami Vice (2006)

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Reviews Counted:186

Fresh:88

Rotten:98

Average Rating:5.5/10

Consensus: Miami Vice is beautifully shot but the lead characters lack the charisma of their TV series counterparts, and the underdeveloped story is well below the standards of Michael Mann's better films.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence, language and some sexual content

Runtime: 2 hrs 26 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:2006

Box Office: $63,378,610

Synopsis: The cocaine cowboys of the '80s are gone, but Miami's Casablanca allure, the undercover cops and the attitudes of Michael Mann's culturally influential television series have been enhanced by time... The cocaine cowboys of the '80s are gone, but Miami's Casablanca allure, the undercover cops and the attitudes of Michael Mann's culturally influential television series have been enhanced by time in the feature film version of Miami Vice. Ricardo Tubbs (Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx of Ray, Jarhead) is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy, played by British actress Naomie Harris (28 Days Later, upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean II and III), as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell of S.W.A.T., The New World) ]to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until-while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group-he gets romantically entangled with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. Isabella is played by the Chinese actress Gong Li (Raise the Red Lantern, Memoirs of a Geisha). The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged. The intensity of this case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one-especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves. Miami Vice, as a large-scale feature film, liberates what is adult, dangerous and alluring about working deeply undercover...especially when Crockett and Tubbs go to where their badges don't count... Miami Vice stars Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris and Ciarán Hinds and is written and directed by Michael Mann, who also produces along with Pieter Jan Brugge; Anthony Yerkovich serves as executive producer. -- © Universal Pictures [More]

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Justin Theroux, Ciaran Hinds, Luis Tosar, Barry Shabaka Henley, John Ortiz

Director: Michael Mann

Director: Michael Mann
Screenwriter: Anthony Yerkovich, Michael Mann
Producer: Michael Mann, Pieter Jan Brugge
Composer: John Murphy
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Mann has no peer today when it comes to painting after-hours dread

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/30/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Perhaps the first Michael Mann film to almost completely lack a human element; or rather, the human element it possesses is thin and unconvincing.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment 1 Comment
07/01/09
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
N/R

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Gary Susman
Gary Susman
Boston Phoenix

Michael Mann ridiculously attempts to inflate an episode of his '80s TV show into a feature length ballad of undercover ennui, lust and bloody intimidation.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/22/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

[The punchy] theatrical opening... doesn't so much lead viewers into the film as it injects them.

Full Review Source: Stranger Song | comment Comment
04/26/08
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Stranger Song

No one, but no one does crime like Michael Mann.

Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com | comment Comment
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com

The Foxx-Farrell pairing can best be summed up by the first real Crockett-Tubbs scene in the film: on the rooftop of a club, on the phone... having separate conversations. The two share the frame and the on-set air but nothing else.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
08/26/07
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Michael Mann seems to have set out to extricate everything that made the show fun and original.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/13/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

A pointless exercise.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment 1 Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

No chemistry, no cool, no compelling characters, no air of urgency. Just a very average crime caper which fails to entertain the viewer on a gut, cerebral or superficial level. Not exactly your father's Miami Vice.

Full Review Source: Heritage Konpa Magazine | comment 3 Comments
03/30/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Heritage Konpa Magazine

A highly satisfying piece of stylish pop entertainment.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Lewis Beale
Lewis Beale
Film Journal International

Note for Michael Mann fans: A thrilling new director's edition on DVD has 20 minutes of new footage.

Full Review Source: Maxim | comment Comment
11/22/06
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Maxim
N/R

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Full Review Source: Soundwaves Cinema | comment Comment
10/30/06
Don R. Lewis
Don R. Lewis
Soundwaves Cinema

This somber action picture bravely defies expectations and gives us something wholly new.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
10/07/06
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
10/03/06
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Un policial moderadamente efectivo y bien realizado, alejado por completo de la estética de la serie televisiva original. Intrascendente.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
09/19/06
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

After an FBI sting goes bad, Miami detectives Sonny Crockett ( Colin Farrell) and Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) head deep undercover to infiltrate a Colombian drug network. Complications arise when Crockett goes under covers with Isabella (Gong Li), the righ

Full Review Source: Cinemaclips.com | comment Comment
09/06/06
Roger Tennis
Roger Tennis
Cinemaclips.com

Mas é justamente neste momento que, infelizmente, Michael Mann parece se lembrar de que, afinal de contas, está a serviço de Hollywood.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
09/02/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
 
 
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