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Miami Vice [HD DVD] | ![Miami Vice [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QISna9mcL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Isaach De Bankolé, Colin Farrell, Dexter Fletcher, Jamie Foxx, John Hawkes
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 5702
Format: Ac-3, Dolby, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Media: HD DVD
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 30032
UPC: 025193003225
EAN: 0025193003225
ASIN: B000J4QWNQ
Theatrical Release Date: July 28, 2006
Release Date: December 5, 2006
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definitely a rental January 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm giving this film a mercy three stars and that's mainly due to there being some decent actors in the show. This film struggles to be dramatic. I'm not sure if certain elements were trying to recreate some of the drama from truly great crime films like LA Confidential or Scarface even, but this film lacks a lot of substance. The dramatic relationships in the film didn't have enough development or enough realism for any viewer to become involved. The drama this film just doesn't work. A major plot element is good looking cop (Farrell) goes undercover and falls for a member of the crime organization he's trying to take down. Well, it's pretty weak - there's just no other way to put it. I guess this isn't technically an action film so this next comment probably isn't fair - but there was only one shoot out! A cop show with one shoot out! There was a standoff in one scene, but it's hardly worth mentioning.
For those of you who didn't see this in the theatres: good call! For those of you who are thinking of buying it - do not! I wouldn't even recommend renting it, borrow it from some poor sucker you know who had a moment of foolishness and bought it.
[3.5]-This movie has a triumph of style over substance June 27, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Never having been a fan of the TV series (but I confess to never having seen an entire episode), I had no expectations going in, except to be entertained with Mann's customary flair for terse dialogue and stunning visuals. And on that level, I wasn't disappointed. I'd also read that the film wastes no time establishing any back story for the uninitiated, and so it proves. In Zen-like fashion Crockett and Tubbs simply ARE, which allows the film to kick off in the thick of the action.
The best way to watch this film is as a police procedural, with a side order of oddly yearning romanticism. No concessions are made to the audience in terms of explaining the cops terminology and the limited exposition is justified as one group of criminals explaining how their operation works to their new collaborators. Once you realize that you don't have to register every nuance and detail to appreciate the plot, you can sit back and enjoy some eerily beautiful Hi-Def cinematography. Petrol-heads and fans of unfeasibly fast motorboats will also find much to enjoy. The "mojitos in Havana" romantic interlude was a pleasant surprise, with Farrell having to flex more than just his eyebrows to convince us that this probably is the ultimate first date.
The jury's still out for me on Mann's use of music. The blaring MOR rock fits stylistically but can cheapen some scenes. And it would be nice to more scenes sound tracked by near-silence, as is achieved very effectively in a stake-out/rescue scenario later in the film. Farrell and Foxx do work well together, indeed its refreshing to have a cop pairing without all the cutesy buddy stuff. Nevertheless, when one tells the other "I will never doubt you" it's almost a statement of love, coming as it does out of a void of professionalism.
The parallel-plotting is a little overdone, with not one but two "lover in jeopardy" scenes and the dialogue could have been better layered/mixed for clarity, given the obscure nature of some of the procedural references. However, much of the dialogue was laugh-aloud funny in its Mamet-like moments and Mann's action direction is of course superb. "Miami Vice" is enjoyable but not as emotionally involving as Heat or as kinetic as Collateral.
 The real Miami Vice: DVD Revision. December 6, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't understand why the so-called Director's Cut version didn't end up as the film shown last summer(Michael Mann, on commentary, states this is the revision of the original "after only 2 months from initial release "). For me, this recut version filled in a lot of character exposition and more visual, mood and atmosphere (like the opening sequence with the boats and the water). On the face of it, seven minutes more running time, from the theatrical version, doesn't seem like it would have much to add, but it makes the difference between an unsatisfactory movie experience and one that truly upgrades the Miami Vice brand. If any of you were half-satisfied with the original movie, give the DVD version a look. It's almost feels like a different movie.
3 1/2 Stars: Partners November 1, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
With style, pizzazz and beautifully photographed vistas to burn, Michael Mann's "Miami Vice" begins with a terrific scene inside a Miami Club: the frantic camera follows the principals: Sonny {a sad, depleted, worn Colin Farrell}, Ricardo {a muted Jamie Foxx} and Jose {a, though he is a Latino, odd sounding and accented John Ortiz} in a whirlwind of activity that leaves you breathless and excited about the film that is set to unfold. And most of what unfolds is good but some is not.
First of all, with all the talk between Sonny and Ricardo about having each others back and "I will never doubt you" talk, there is very little real chemistry between the two and almost no sense that these two are friends which is an absolute prerequisite for partners working undercover. This is partly the screenplay of course but it is primarily in the performances: Sonny and Ricardo in this context do not show anything amounting to affection towards or concern about each other and this damages the film.
Another problem is Li Gong (as Isabella, love interest to both Sonny and Drug Lord, Jesus). Though an incredible actress and eye-popping screen presence in her native China (Check out "Temptress Moon" and "Farewell My Concubine") she is mostly stilted and unintelligible here particularly in comparison to her sublime Hatsumono in "Memoirs of a Geisha." And though she and Farrell have real chemistry together, she really just fades into the frenetic background in most of her scenes and this can only be laid on Mann's doorstep.
Though the last big action scene (a shoot out between the good and the bad guys) is a real letdown...listless, unexciting, anti-climactic, "Miami Vice" is beautifully produced and the 2 hours moves quickly: you are never bored.
But when the thematic core of a film is supposedly rooted in trust, friendship, comradeship between partners lacks those very qualities you are left to surmise that "Miami Vice" is physically beautiful but emotionally vacant.
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