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Release Date:
28 July 2006 (USA)
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Tagline:
No Law more
Plot:
Based on the 1980's TV action/drama, this update focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined. full summary | full synopsis
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Undercover
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Detective
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FBI Agent
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Murder
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Blood Spatter
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Awards:
3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(135 articles)
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Solid but underwhelming
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Colin Farrell | ... | Sonny Crockett | |
| Jamie Foxx | ... | Ricardo Tubbs | |
| Li Gong | ... | Isabella (as Gong Li) | |
| Naomie Harris | ... | Trudy Joplin | |
| Ciarán Hinds | ... | FBI Agent Fujima | |
| Justin Theroux | ... | Detective Larry Zito | |
| Barry Shabaka Henley | ... | Castillo | |
| Luis Tosar | ... | Montoya | |
| John Ortiz | ... | Jose Yero | |
| Elizabeth Rodriguez | ... | Gina Calabrese | |
| Domenick Lombardozzi | ... | Detective Stan Switek | |
| Eddie Marsan | ... | Nicholas | |
| Isaach De Bankolé | ... | Neptune (as Isaach De Bankole) | |
| John Hawkes | ... | Alonzo Stevens | |
| Tom Towles | ... | Coleman |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Miami Vice (Germany)
Miami Vice (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Corrupción en Miami (Spain) [es]
Deux flics à Miami (Canada: French title) [fr]
Miami Vice (Greece) [el]
Miami Vice (Czech Republic) [cs]
Miami Vice (Slovakia) [sk]
Miami Vice (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Miami Vice (Brazil) [pt]
Miami vice - Deux flics à Miami (France) [fr]
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Miami Vice (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Corrupción en Miami (Spain) [es]
Deux flics à Miami (Canada: French title) [fr]
Miami Vice (Greece) [el]
Miami Vice (Czech Republic) [cs]
Miami Vice (Slovakia) [sk]
Miami Vice (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Miami Vice (Brazil) [pt]
Miami vice - Deux flics à Miami (France) [fr]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexual content.
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Runtime:
134 min | 140 min (unrated director's edition)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:MA |
South Korea:18 |
UK:15 |
Finland:K-15 |
Ireland:15A |
Spain:13 |
Germany:16 |
Italy:T |
France:U |
USA:R (certificate #42818) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A |
Singapore:M18 |
Norway:15 |
Netherlands:16 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Sweden:11 |
Hungary:16 |
Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) |
Belgium:KT |
Argentina:13 |
Malaysia:18SG |
Romania:I.C.-14 |
China:13 |
Argentina:14 |
Brazil:16 |
Portugal:M/12 |
New Zealand:R16
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Edward James Olmos was given a chance to reprise his role as Castillo, but turned it down.
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Factual errors: The Spanish mail text to be translated is in fact English computer-translated into Spanish. The Spanish of the e-mail is grammatically incorrect.
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Movie Connections:
Remake of "Miami Vice" (1984)
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Soundtrack:
One of These Mornings
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A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERSWhat are the differences between the theatrical version (R-Rated) and the unrated director's cut later released on dvd?
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Due to Michael Mann's track record it was hard to go into this movie without very high expectations. After all, we are talking about the creator of arguably the greatest crime drama/thriller ever made with "Heat", as well as the highly entertaining "Collateral". But "Miami Vice" fails to live up to Mann's past success in the crime genre.
The plot is completely ordinary and doesn't offer up any unexpected twists and turns along the way. Because of this, the movie lacks intensity through much of the first and second acts, when everything that's happening is completely predictable.
However, pedestrian plot aside, the biggest disappointment was the manner in which the characters were developed. Both "Collateral" and "Heat" were notable for the way in which they delved deep into the psyche of the central characters, providing compelling personal drama to go along with the heists, hits and gunplay. But in "Miami Vice", we never really get to know the characters or their motivations beyond the surface level. And to make matters worse, Foxx and Farrell never develop the kind of rapport that's necessary to make a movie like this work on a high level. Compare Foxx and Farrell to Johnson and Thomas, or Gibson and Glover, and you'll see what I mean. Even though the "Miami Vice" movie aspires to be darker and grittier than "Lethal Weapon", which it is, it fails to be as dramatic because we never really come to care about the characters all that much. While there was clearly a conscious decision to downplay the "buddy" elements of the movie, the result is that Crockett and Tubbs seem so disconnected from each other on a personal level that it's hard to buy that they would die for each other, which we are expected to believe. The only relationship that is at all convincing or fleshed out is between Crockett and Isabella. The rest seem decidedly distant and undercooked.
What saves the film from being a bust is the visual splendor and great action sets. Mann once again proves that when it comes to creating a gritty atmosphere and staging shootouts, he's among the best in the business. When it comes to style, visuals, and atmosphere, "Miami Vice" is top notch.
In the end perhaps what hurt this movie most was studio deadlines and delays while shooting. It's been widely reported that Michael Mann had to feverishly edit this film just to get it into theaters on time, and in many ways that shows. There are multiple loose ends that are never tied up or explained, and several plot threads seem underdeveloped. I'm sure some day we will see a director's cut which approaches the 3 hour mark just like "Heat", and perhaps that version will overcome of the issues involving character development and plot holes in the theatrical version. Until then, "Miami Vice" is a movie that, while far from being a total failure, is none-the-less disappointing in that it had the potential to be a much more complete film than it is.