When I first watched this at its release, I had it as an OK 6/10. Upon re-watching though, I really liked a lot of it. The casting is great, you even get used to Farrell's mullet after a while. It still looks and sounds great, good music and solid story.

For the most part I had no fucking clue what was going on, because I was too dizzy from all the shaky cam and weird zoom-ins. Granted there are a couple of cool shots, but they can't make up for all of the unnecessary sex scenes, the macho nonsense and - most of all - **Colin Farrell**'s hair.

This could of been great but it's not.

The sole problem I had with this movie is that it attempted to recreate the dynamic of the Crocket/Tubbs partnership. Yes, I realize Jamie Foxx was the hotter commodity for Hollywood when this movie was made, but it spat in the eye of the TV series it was created to emulate. The movie had the Flash, but it lacked the bang of the series. It drags down the middle and doesn't keep up the intensity of the series. Honestly, I felt as if the writers of this movie never watched the series and only were running on Youtube promo education videos to make the film. There was no 80s vibe at all. No excess neon. No excess blue/pink colors. Finally, there was no 80s style of dress. Too many grays and dark atmospheres. Even the cars were blandly colored. The movie lost that generational feel, while still asking for the Gen Xers to embrace the effort. Change the name of the title and you have another Hollywood loser. Sorry Colin Farrell, you are no Sonny Crocket and Jamie Foxx, you are also no Detective Tubbs.

Great story, amazing visual style, and good acting.

Why did I wait 14 freakin' years to watch this one?!?

I'm not going to drag this out. Miami Vice is brilliant!!! If you've been stupid like me...Go watch it!!!

...and btw...I'm pretty sure Gong Li is one of the better things to ever come out of China.

I completely understand why they could not just do a complete retread of the 80's TV show and make it into a good movie. I do not understand why anyone would think that this was a viable option as an update. Colin Farrel was awful. His mullet was the most entertaining thing in this movie. The story was paper thin. The special effects were not up to par. It's called _Miami Vice_ and only about a third of the movie takes place in Miami? I just don't get it. This was horrible.

Otherwise known as the left over shit of Heat and Collateral. The film is slow. While Foxx and Farrell have no chemistry. Everything that made the show good, this movie is missing.
Which is disappointing since Mann was involved with the show. The worst and most unnecessary scene is Jamie Foxx faking an orgasm. After binge watching the series and then seeing this movie. I felt like just watching the show again.

Watched the Unrated Director's Edition.

I completely understand why they could not just do a complete retread of the 80's TV show and make it into a good movie. I do not understand why anyone would think that this was a viable option as an update. Colin Farrel was awful. His mullet was the most entertaining thing in this movie. The story was paper thin. The special effects were not up to par. It's called Miami Vice and only about a third of the movie takes place in Miami? I just don't get it. This was horrible.

Growing up in Florida, Miami Vice was must see TV in the 80s. This time around Michael Mann used plot devices and story line from a couple of his better episodes of the show. I didn't know what to expect and I know many don't like it but I think it's a good movie which I've watched several times.

Don't be fooled. Miami Vice is mostly a **romantic film.** Everything around it is just scenery. But superbly shot. All enhanced by a perfect soundtrack and Michael Mann's raw visual style. I could watch it over and over again and never get enough. Everyone is looking for something different in movies. I found mine every time. That's why the maximum rating.

I was a huge fan of the original series - used to watch it live, tape it to VCR and record the audio highlights of my favorite episodes to be interludes on my mixtapes. So, I was excited for this remake. I gotta say after watching this again today, it's a let down for me. I liked the casting of Crocket and Tubbs, but the rest of the cast was bleh. The music of the show in the 80s was a huge part of charm and attraction of the show, but it's a huge miss here (aside for maybe the remake of "In the Air Tonight"). The story seemed a bit lethargic at times - this didn't need to be a 2 hour movie.

Although this wasn't horrible, and was a good watch, I don't feel that it played enough homage to what made the series great. I'd rather re-watch the series all over again than watch this a second time.