MIAMI VICE
I guess for a cops-go-undercover-for-a-giant-drug-bust kind of movie, it wasn't bad in a Michael Mann-ish sorta way. I'm not particularly fond of Michael Mann's style but I can appreciate it to a degree. That being said, for a movie being made from the 80s classic tv drama,'Miami Vice', I was pretty disappointed. For all the potential it had for style, it just didn't do anything Miami Vice-y or even gave you a clue that this movie was a remake of an old show. You didn't even get any Miami-ish atmosphere or any atmosphere at all through the whole movie. If they didn't mention that they were taking a boatride over to Cuba, I wouldn't even have guessed it was Florida.
I felt Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell had nothing to add to the movie. They could have easily been replaced by anyone and I wouldn't have noticed. Colin Farrell didn't do anything Don Johnson-y ever or even dress cool. He wore black and grey throughout the movie. Who wears drab shit like that in Miami? And the soundtrack was pathetic. Totally sucked balls. Crappy Rapcore we can get any day of the week on our pathetic Indiana rock station. I was hoping for a soundtrack like GTA Vice City or something cool like that. I thought that was the least they could do. NO, we get a bunch of Audioslave and a laughable cover of "In the Air Tonight" during the big climax, done by some genaric band called Nonpoint. Nonpoint is right, there really was no point to that.
I would have liked this movie a lot better if they just called it something else. It really had no relation whatsoever to Miami Vice, which bugged me. I felt if they were going to remake a show like that, they could have done so much more. Add some more colorful lighting, play up the Miami wardrobe, a little more character developement...y'KNOW? Gimme something Miami Vice. I didn't think that was expecting too much.
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