I'm a huge Mann fan. I loved Heat. I adored the Insider. I was mesmerized by Collateral. I was really looking forward to this one. As a kid I watched Miami Vice and the idea of making a movie that would capture the spirit of the series was just ... great! But it didn't happen. The chemistry that Don Johnson and Phillip Michael Thomas had, that buddy-buddy bond just wasn't there. I remember Rico cracking jokes, smiling, laughing a lot in the TV series, while Jamie Foxx doesn't even flinch. Colin Farrell is so dead serious, almost melodramatic, it just bothered me. I understand this movie is Michael's own, personal interpretation of Miami Vice, but it just WASN'T Miami Vice to me. The names and the location were the same, as for the rest... Also, I expected this movie to be action, I got almost 1 hour and a half of boring romantic sequences and a 5 minute shoot-out. Very disappointing.
Review of Miami Vice
