Miami Vice

Advantages: Numb/Encore Soundtrack
Disadvantages: Dull, Uninspiring, Bad dialogue, Overlong

...I really wanted to like Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell. I tried hard. After seeing respectable performances in Ali (Foxx) and The Recruit (Farrell) I began thinking something like "Yeah, these guys could maybe take my interest in future movies." Unfortunately for me, the next two films I saw them star in were Jarhead and S.W.A.T.. To say that I was mildly pissed off with those two films would be a huge understatement. After sampling Michael Mann's work for the first time with the sheer brilliance that was 1995's Heat, I expected great things. After a decent opening scene in the club, aided by the Numb/Encore Linkin Park/Jay-Z mix, I thought yeah, the groundwork in Miami Vice had been set. Almost immediately after that song ended though the plot had lost me entirely; I just couldn't believe just how tedious and frustrating the rest...

andycarrington 10.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Miami Vice (DVD)

Miami Vice - Waste of time!

Advantages: Excellent direction
Disadvantages: No plot!!!

...First review on here for a long time, so be gentle with me!!! I have been doing a 'Classical Hollywood Cinema' module as part of my degree so I thought it might be an idea to have a go at a film review... Here goes! Plot For those of you familiar with the original TV series, this is a cop drama following two vice squad detectives, Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Tubbs (Jamie Foxx). The basic plot revolves around the pair infiltrating a gang of drug dealers (the FBI were supposed to be doing this but their agents are exposed as working for the FBI and therefore Miami police get involved as they are unknown to the dealers). There is also a subplot of Tubbs' girlfriend being kidnapped by white supremacists. To be honest, there isn't too much of a plot and what there is seems to be pieced together through by some very tenuous links...

jovichick123 20.04.2007 (27.04.2007) · Read review
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Miami Vice (DVD)

Advantages: Good Actors
Disadvantages: Poor Acting, script is weird.

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Marvell 02.10.2008 (03.10.2008) · Read review
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Miami Vice (City)

Advantages: Great all-round game that's almost perfect.
Disadvantages: It ends.

...For those who have played GTA3 on the PC: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a lesson in how to take a game which is already bordering on genius and improving it. If you enjoyed GTA3, then you will love Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Go and buy it now. No excuses. For those who have not played GTA3 on the PC: Vice City is a game played in the third person perspective (rather like Tomb Raider). In this game, you play an ex-convict called Tommy Vercetti (voiced by Ray Liotta) who is just out of prison and has been sent to Vice City (i.e. Miami) by his 'boss' to expand their operation down there. However, your very first drug deal is ambushed by persons unknown and only you, your lawyer and one of the other people with whom you were dealing manage to escape. You're obviously annoyed at being taken in, your boss in Liberty City wants...

TheDuke 06.07.2005 · Read review
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More of a cold bed of vice

Advantages: Good soundtrack and slick directing
Disadvantages: Poor characterisation and no chemistry

...When my husband told me that our next rental film was Miami Vice (2006) I admit that I did giggle - images of the 80s television series kept flashing into my head and really hoped there might be a few baggy suits with t-shirts and slip-ons without socks in view. But alas despite the suits and t-shirts it had been brought up to date (which I knew they would really) except I couldn't quite get over Colin Farrell looking like Steve Coogan's Tony Ferrino! And the fact that this film was directed by Michael Mann, whose films such as Heat and Collateral I really quite like, meant that I actually held out hope that this would be quite a good film. Was I right? I have to say the jury is out on this one. The trouble with a film based on a person or an adaptation of a well loved television series is that the viewer has a preconception...

Suzela 11.02.2008 · Read review
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More Miami VIce Than CSI

Advantages: Interesting stories, good looking locations
Disadvantages: Unsympathetic characters

...detective attached to the team but she didn?t last long and her place was taken by Latino beauty (actually Swiss born Italian/Greek) Sofia Milos as detective Yelena Salas. Salas was married to Caine?s Brother who was killed in the line of duty. Caine feels protective toward her but a little good old-fashioned lust is hinted at also. Just as in another series set in Miami the 80?s classic Miami vice CSI Miami uses the setting to full advantage. Miami is a mixture of the extremely rich often funded by drug money and the seedier underbelly made up of petty criminal, illegal immigrants and political exiles. The episodes often feature the luxury apartment and hotels and sun, sea and sand are never too far away. However like Miami Vice before it sometimes the emphasis of ?style? of the show tend to detract from the gritty realism that we are...

Mauri 06.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of C.S.I Miami

Leave The Classics Alone

Advantages: None I can think of.
Disadvantages: Dismal acting. Poor plot. Avoid this dreadful movie remake of a classic TV series

...Chinese actress Gong Li, and Tubbs falling for a police colleague Dectective Trudy Joplin (Naomie Harris). While both actresses provide admirable eye candy for male viewers they do little else to redeem the movie. When the plot isn't confusing the life out of you it simply drags, and even the action and chase sequences aren't enough to stimulate much more than passing interest. What makes it worse is that the movie is very long, running for over 2 hours. I have this movie in my DVD collection (recorded from Sky Movies) in order to ensure my Miami Vice collection is complete, but when I want a fix of Crockett and Tubbs it's not this film I reach for but the absolutely marvellous complete box set of the original TV series. Michael Mann somehow lost his way with this movie, and it's not one that I could in any way recommend. If you still...

the_mad_cabbie 13.04.2009 · Read review
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Scareface meets Miami Vice...

Advantages: In less words.. everything
Disadvantages: Not for the faint hearted with all the killing.

...Grand Theft Auto (GTA) has to be one of the most brilliant games ever made. From the minute you switch it one, it?s hard to stop playing. I love the game, and here?s my opinion but you can decided for yourself: Package: Like all other PS2 games, GTA comes with its DVD case and a memory card slot inside. The cover could have been more appealing for the kind of game it is, which is a faded pink and white with GTA Vice City written across it. Price: At $80 (Canadian dollars), it is a steep but no different to many a games out there in the market. The weeks or months of fun you are going to get out of it, make it well worth it. Booklet: The booklet doesn?t give you much in the way of how to play the games or what to expect. It?s basically a map of the area you have to travel to complete various missions. It gives you an idea of what...

aneesh7 02.06.2003 · Read review
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Welcome to Miami!

Advantages: Great beaches, nightlife and shopping
Disadvantages: it can be expensive

...For a 40th review, it had to be something a bit special, something that has really made an impact on my life. Where else but Miami? I had always wanted to visit Miami having been particularly interested in the Art Deco district. As a 21st birthday present, my mum treated me, my boyfriend and my Aunt to a Caribbean cruise and a short pre-cruise stay in Miami. I was extremely excited, here's why? ***Tell me about Miami*** Miami is a city within the Miami-Dade County in the American state of Florida on the Miami River between the Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the most multi-cultural and lively cities in the world. It is located around 400 miles from Disney World Orlando, roughly 8 hours flying time from the UK. The county has a population of 2.2million, many of which are of Latin American origin. Miami is divided...

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Review of Miami

Miami ad-vice: Avoidance recommended

Advantages: Quite handy if you're actually staying in Miami
Disadvantages: The list is endless!

...to have a super modern, ultra efficient airport wouldn?t you? Well, if that?s what you?d expect, you?d be wrong. Even though MIA (Miami International Airport) handles 14 million overseas passengers a year, and is the US?s third busiest international airport, modern and efficient it aint. On arrival at MIA, the first impression gained from the aircraft window is of a place that has a real ?buzz? about it: the runways cross diagonally, and there is always a plane either landing or taking off, with long queues of taxiing aircraft on the aprons. Bermuda shorted and polo shirted ground staff zip about in pick ups, and it all looks so intense, as if it?s been plucked straight from the opening scenes of an episode of Miami Vice. I was half expecting Crockett and Tubbs to leap from the open top of their sports car wearing espadrilles...

JonnyWigan 15.04.2004 · Read review
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