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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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The star of Miami Vice is, of course, Michael Mann, whose manipulation of this material is by far the most compelling reason to see the film.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
07/28/06
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

Gone are the pastels, the pet alligator from this dark, gritty modern-day version of the '80s TV show. Unfortunately, gone too is some of that fresh style that made the show unique, leaving us with just another dark, gritty crime drama.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
07/28/06
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

I guess I was expecting too much of the old television show in this movie, and it didn't deliver any of that. They didn't even use the theme song, for crying out loud.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
07/28/06
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

stagnant and uninvolving. ... dark and ultraserious to the point of seeming a little lugubrious.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
07/28/06
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

...a stylish, violent crime drama where you either go along for the ride or shouldn't bother getting on.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
07/28/06
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Throwing in several snarly baddies and lots of speeding boats and planes and cars -- plus, a cool climactic shootout -- Mann's the man for creating foreboding environments and intense action sequences.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
07/28/06
E! Online

Miami Vice isn't a great film, but it's ours.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
07/28/06
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

In Mann's attempt to make something artsy and grown-up, he has neglected the element of fun.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
07/28/06
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

The film is so visually vivid, Mann could almost get away with taking out the ham-fisted dialog completely and let the whole thing run silent.

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
07/28/06
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
FilmJerk.com

Michael Mann must have mistaken neon lights, awkward sex scenes and bad pop songs for a good movie.

Full Review Source: Juicy Cerebellum | comment Comment
07/27/06
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

The entire film is a technical marvel, but the action scenes raise the bar to a new level of urgency.

Full Review Source: Scene-Stealers.com | comment Comment
07/27/06
Eric Melin
Eric Melin
Scene-Stealers.com

Has a lot to look at but little to actually watch. The plot is a standard 'cops go undercover to expose drug ring' story, and the characters have no personalities.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/27/06
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Just stalling as it desperately tries to string together the length of three commercial-free episodes that would have been cancelled by the first interruption of #102.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/27/06
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

There could be quite an active drinking game if viewers took a shot every time someone in the movie says something like, "Here's how it's going to be" or "Here's how it's going to happen."

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
07/27/06
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Breaking down the faults of Michael Mann's big screen Miami Vice adaptation is like mowing Montgomery Burns' lawn when you're high - you have no idea where to begin.

Full Review Source: Richmond.com | comment Comment
07/27/06
Mike Ward
Mike Ward
Richmond.com

...that the movie cost a reported $130 million is jaw-dropping, as there's virtually no evidence of that bloated price tag on the screen.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
07/27/06
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Where did all the money go? That's all I could think about while watching Miami Vice, the summer stinker for this week.

Full Review Source: FromTheBalcony | comment Comment
07/27/06
Bill Clark
Bill Clark
FromTheBalcony

You can feel this disaster coming in the air tonight. OH LORD!

Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
07/27/06
Willie Waffle
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

Would you rather have a second-tier film from a first-rate director, or a first-tier film from a second-rate director?

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
07/27/06
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

It's style over substance in this explosive, shoot 'em up that tries to make up with fast pace and visceral atmosphere what it lacks in characterization and coherence.

Full Review Source: Modamag.com | comment Comment
07/27/06
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
Modamag.com
 
 
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