Miami Vice (Unrated Director's Cut) | 
| Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciaran Hinds
Studio: Universal Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  283 reviews
Sales Rank: 8709
Format: Ac-3, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 140 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: 33266
UPC: 025193326621
EAN: 0025193326621
ASIN: B000J4QWMC
Theatrical Release Date: July 28, 2006
Release Date: December 5, 2006
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Product Description
Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell go deep undercover in the explosive, action-packed Unrated Director's Edition! When detectives Ricardo Tubbs (Foxx) and Sonny Crockett (Farrell) are asked to investigate the brutal murders of two federal agents, they find themselves pulled into the lethal world of drug traffickers. From the acclaimed director of Heat and Collateral comes an exclusive motion picture experience you won't want to miss!
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Bearing absolutely no resemblance to the 1980s TV series that helped to propel Michael Mann into big-time filmmaking, Miami Vice is the kind of serious, and seriously stylish, crime drama that Mann does better than anyone else. As written by Mann himself, this undercover sting thriller doesn't reach the peak intensity of Mann's 1995 classic Heat, and it lacks the tight, nail-biting suspense of Collateral, but that doesn't mean it doesn't occasionally pack a wallop. As Miami detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs (respectively), Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx don't have to do much but mumble their plot-thickening dialogue and look ultra-cool in the casual cop attire, and their partnership is rather lifeless on screen (perhaps owing to the fact that this was a troubled production, with an actual shooting that occurred during filming, and Foxx's refusal to risk his life on dangerous locations in South America). But once Mann shifts into high gear with a plot to foil a powerful drug kingpin (Luis Tosar) and his ruthless middle-man (John Ortiz), Vice pays off with the kind of smart, realistic action that Mann's fans have come to expect. With Chinese superstar Gong Li as Crockett's love interest on the wrong side of the law, Miami Vice covers territory that's a little too familiar, and one suspects Mann's screenplay might've been punched up with a polish or two. Still, this is an above-average crime thriller that demands and rewards close attention, with a climactic shoot-out that's pure Mann, worthy of the brooding drama that precedes it. --Jeff Shannon
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 Miami Vice June 13, 2009
Brian Boudreaux (Westwego, La. United States)
Good movie. Not like the show though with Don Johnson. However, I sincerely enjoyed the movie.
Overall awful, but some great scenes May 7, 2009
The Tao of Netflix (Washington, DC)
I think Michael Mann is one of the best directors out today. Consider Heat, Last of the Mohicans, Collateral, etc. Great stuff. And I particularly enjoy his style; I'm not sure if I'm right, but he seems to shoot a lot with handheld cameras and natural light (as opposed to well lit scenes w/ artificial lights). It makes for a very distinctive feel that I enjoy. This movie is in that vein, but with some challenges. The overall story is pretty decent, and certainly consistent with the brazenly neon miami vice of yesterday. The problem is the dialog and lines. A lot of it is incredibly artificial and downright awful. I actually laughed quite a few times in the theater while listening to colin farrell's lines. I surprised myself and bought the dvd, only to realize that i really enjoy a select few scenes. The opening boat race scene is good, but i especially enjoy the scene where they cigarette boat-it to cuba. very good music, the engine revving sounds great in surround sound, etc. So this is one most appreciated by enjoying scenes in isolation, and, IMHO, that's OK.
 BEWARE April 21, 2009
P. Mueller
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This disc is possibly not authentic BluRay original. I have had audio problems, as well as noticed the image quality is not as sharp as BluRay should be.
This is possibly a burned copy. The main menu and lack of previews in the intro to the DVD are clues.
What can I say? April 1, 2009
The Merovigian (New York)
I wish I could say that this movie was B.S. that Michael Mann takes himself way to seriously and that didn't realize that people were making fun of the show back in the 80's. But I can't. I loved it than and I love it now. Admittedly, there are a lot of elements of the 80's show that are left out. Nevertheless, the cineamotography is beautiful; Tubbs and Crocket are super corny and American James Bonds at the same time; and the women characters rock. I can't explain it.
And while I am very much a fan of Colin Farrell earlier movies, think he is a modern metrosexual Marlin Brando, I never thought I would appreciate Jamie Foxx as a serious actor, even after Ray. But doggone it. He's done it. A kitchy classic I'm sure, but Miami Vice was brilliant.
Well, no. Unfortunately, I CAN'T feel it coming in the air tonight. March 30, 2009
Robert P. Beveridge (Cleveland, OH)
Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006)
The opening scene in Miami Vice makes it clear, in at least one respect, how Michael Mann and his team have changed over the years. The music in the original TV series Miami Vice was one of the best things about it; Jan Hammer's adrenaline-fueled electropop was bolstered by tracks from such artists as Phil Collins, Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne, Steve Jones, and Bryan Ferry--music that was both rooted in the past and, at least where the eighties were concerned, was well-integrated into the present. Now comes Michael Mann's "updated" film version (in which "updated" equates to, for example, Colin Farrell's hair being even worse than Don Johnson's was twenty years previous), whose opening scene's music is awful in the extreme, turning a five-minute scene into an endless loop of aural torture best viewed on fast-forward. (Any plot points you miss will be reiterated later, don't worry.) The rest of it's not much better, with a focus on simple, repetitious lyrics and the kind of mindless four-on-the-floor electronica that's here today, gone tomorrow.
The more mechanical applications of the update have lost less depth, but their faithfulness does turn the movie into not much more than a feature-length episode of the television show upon which the movie is based. Crockett (Farrell) and Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) go undercover in the organization of a drug lord. Crockett battles with his ethics and gets involved with a beautiful enemy (Gong Li). Tubbs is his anchor to reality. The villains are, well, villainous (though of course the beautiful chick isn't all villainous), the good guys are good guys, and the plot's as straightforward as any 1930s Fantomas episode. It's a decent film, and if you're a fan of Michael Mann's style of filmmaking, that should be enough to carry this for you. But it's empty calories. ***
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