Miami Vice - Season Three | 
| Directors: Don Johnson, Aaron Lipstadt, Christopher Crowe, Daniel Attias, David Jackson
Actors: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown, Michael Talbott
Studio: Universal Dist. Corp. (MCA)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 5347
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), English (Published)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 5
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 1060 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.7 x 0.9
MPN: MCAD61028833D
UPC: 025192883323
EAN: 0025192883323
ASIN: B000MLWQ6S
Theatrical Release Date: September 28, 1984
Release Date: March 20, 2007
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/20/2007
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 Neon Shadows in the Darker Season June 30, 2009
N. P. Stathoulopoulos (Brooklyn, NY)
The third season of Miami Vice appeared during the fall of 1986 in a new time slot, which apparently caused a dip in the ratings due to direct competition with Dallas. However, the show had gained a head of steam by that point.
The show seems to take a darker turn in this season, in the style and subject matter departments. Many endings add a cynical twist as the duo deal with contemporary events like US activity in Nicaragua, the burgeoning fascination with criminal psychology, the rise of synthetic street drugs, and even terrorism. Corruption abounds as they enter a prison to expose and shut down a criminal operation run by the warden himself, or watch one of their own break down from blackmail. The vice squad even loses a member in a memorable two-parter. There are a lot of gun battles, too, with Crockett blowing away a slew of bad guys with his trusty pistol, which always sounded like the Dirty Harry gun. How many times did he have to go in front of the 'shooting board'? It should be every single episode---these guys are involved in more shootings than entire metro departments.
As others have noted, the look of the show changed, too, from the pastels of 1984 to darker hues to match the subject matter. And the haircuts have changed with Crockett sporting a very '86 spiky 'do. And yes, the 'fake' Ferrari Daytona Spyder is blown to smithereens in the great season opener (by an ultra-sleazy gun dealer played by Jeff Fahey) and replaced by the white Testarossa.
And the guest appearances...has any other show had so many then-famous and soon-to-be-famous people appear? Doubtful. Among the familiar faces this time around are Liam Neeson, Lou Diamond Philips, Viggo Mortensen, Benecio Del Toro, John Glover, Sonny Landham (round about the time he appeared as Billy in Predator ), Lawrence Fishburne, the late John Matuszak of Raiders fame, Annette Benning, Vincent D'Onofrio, Wesley Snipes, Bill Paxton, G. Gordon Liddy (again), Bob Balaban (also again), Ron Perlman, Charles S. Dutton, Willie Nelson, and the guy who played the principal in the Breakfast Club. And...in one single episode you have Melanie Griffith, Vanity, Captain Lou Albano, and George Takei(!)
Highly recommended. This was a very good show that hit perhaps its best stride during the third season. There are very few weak episodes, and some very classic ones. Shadow In The Dark is like Manhunter-lite and appeared that same year by Michael Mann. Stone's War dealt with current events of the day in Nicaragua. Walk Alone featured Tubbs going overcover in prison, and getting bailed out by rear-whooping Castillo. This really was 'TV Noir', with Hollywood-level production values on a TV show. Though often remembered only for the style (white jackets, rolled up sleeves, Ray Bans), Miami Vice also gave us a lot of cop-show cliches that writers still can't escape from. As always, Jan Hammer's music is a perfect supplement, particularly when he does that ominous chord when something bad happens (Baaaaaaaarrrr---rrrourrrr...you get the point). One of the reasons the show took so long to appear on DVD is because all of the rights clearing for the (many, many) songs used...they're all here and intact.
Great Show May 24, 2009
D. Sun (Vallejo, CA United States)
Season 1-3 of Vice were my favorites and after buying Season 1 and 2, 3 was the natural next purchase.
Miami Vice -Season 3 February 14, 2009
Joan (NC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this as a gift for my son-in-law for Christmas. He obviously likes the series as he has the first two.
 Great Season, But Why the Edited Episode? December 24, 2008
Lisa Hindmarsh (Northern New Jersey, United States)
I was a big fan of "Vice" when it originally aired, and twenty plus years later, I think a lot of it holds up well. Season 3 is probably my favorite, darker, more complex, and moodier than the first two. In my opinion, "Shadow in the Dark" is one of the best episodes in the entire series. I agree with the reviewer who noted Don Johnson's dated clothes (those short jackets with all the zippers and buttons in sorbet colors are among the more unfortunate choices), and have noticed that his style is much more timeless (white or beige linen and pastel t-shirts) in seasons 1 and 2. My one big beef in this collection is with the "By Hooker By Crook" episode which featured Melanie Griffith, and which was the subject of controversy in the press because of how it pushed the envelope in terms of what was permissible to show at the time. NBC edited the re-run of the episode, cutting by almost half the pivotal sex scene/prostitute murder, and inexplicably they decided to issue the DVD with the edited version. I can understand the cuts in 1987, but what harm would there have been in re-issuing the complete episode on the DVD? After all, it's twenty years later, and the unedited scene really implies more than it shows and seems almost quaint by today's standards (the murder was more graphic in the original, and the sex scene was longer). All in all, this is a very worthwhile purchase for fans of the show, but it's disappointing that they didn't issue all the episodes as they originally aired.
Fun! October 26, 2008
Mrs Gulch (Lake Worth, FL)
If you like cops in pastel, linen suits who live in Miami then this is the set for you! The boys are back and better than ever. The DVD's are full of your favorite episodes. If you love Miami Vice, you will love this set!
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