Miami Vice (2006)

Based on the 1980s TV action/drama, this update focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined.

Director:

Michael Mann

Writers:

Michael Mann, Anthony Yerkovich (TV series)

Stars:

Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong

1 win & 9 nominations.

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

Storyline

Ricardo Tubbs is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born Intel analyst Trudy, as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett [to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally, he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until - while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group - he gets romantically entangled with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged. The intensity of the case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one - especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.

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Plot Keywords:

police investigation | police detective | drug deal | interracial romance | exploding trailer | 

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Taglines:

No Rules

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

16

Details

Official Sites:

UIP [Hungary] United International Pictures [Germany]

Country:

USA Germany Paraguay Uruguay

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

17 August 2006 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Corrupción en Miami

Filming Locations:

Mansion Nightclub - Washington Avenue, South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$135,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$25,723,815 (USA) (28 July 2006)

Gross:

$63,437,595 (USA) (29 September 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Motion Picture ETA Produktionsgesellschaft, Forward Pass

Technical Specs

Runtime:

134 min 140 min (unrated director's edition)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Matthew McConaughey were all considered for the role of Det. Sonny Crockett.

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Goofs

After Trudy is placed in the police car to be taken to the hospital, a crew member's reflection can be seen in the window of the car as it drives away.

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Quotes

Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett: My guy, show him the money.
[Sonny sends Switek over; Yero sends Coleman]
Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett: I don't want him!
José Yero: Why? What difference does it make, Sonny?
Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett: Listen to me, asshole! I do not want that motherfucker near me! You wanna see your dope? You send Isabella. Or it travels.

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Crazy Credits

Although there were no opening credits in the theatrical release, the Unrated Director's Cut contains credits over a new sequence that opens the film. Once the credits are done, the film begins in the nightclub scene that opened the theatrical version.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cliff (2016)

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Soundtracks

Daniel
From the motion picture Collateral (2004)
Written by James Newton Howard
Courtesy of Dreamworks SKG, Paramount Pictures Corporation

User Reviews

confusing and unsatisfactory

From director Michael Mann and based on the 1980s television series comes this flashy, but overlong and unfocused Miami action flick about Vice detectives Sonny Crockett (Farrell) and Ricardo Tubbs (Foxx) who must go deep undercover and throw their personal lives into disarray in order to stop an international drug trafficking scheme. Pulls you in with its stylish direction and flamboyant visuals, but the two leads have poor chemistry, character development is almost nonexistent, and the film drags on from one convoluted plot twist to the next. Action scenes provide a spark every once in a while, but overall the film is frustrating and never provides one single reason to care about any of its characters! A disappointment considering the cast and crew involved. **