Miami Vice
1 of 4 Stars
Rated : R for Sex, Nudity, Language, Violence and Drug Content
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Ciaràn Hinds
Directed by: Michael Mann
Produced by: Anthony Yerkovich, Michael Mann, Pieter Jan Brugge
Michael Mann has been noted as one of the best director’s in Hollywood because of
his style and brilliant cinematography. He has directed such movies as Manhunter
(1st Real Hannibal Lector Movie), Heat, and The Insider. However, like Stephen
Spielberg and Ron Howard, Michael Mann has wasted his talent and demoted
himself to that of a B-movie director with this recent bomb. No, Michael Mann is not a
B-director, but Miami Vice is worse than a B-movie. Unfortunately, he proves himself
to be more than fallible.
Miami Vice is the remake of the television show with Don Johnson and Phillip Michael
Thomas; this time starring Collin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. The two biggest mistakes
about this movie are the fact that they cast one of the worst actors in Hollywood
(Collin Farrell) and the writing was atrocious. Can anyone tell me what movie Collin
Farrell has been in that was any good? He overacted throughout the entire movie
and embarrassed himself at every turn. He delivered his lines like a white trash
redneck. Then there’s the writing. Miami Vice had a hard time figuring out if it wanted
to be a soap opera, a drama, or even potentially an action movie. Unfortunately, the
soap opera seems to have won. There are only two action scenes in the whole movie
and both are EXTREMELY boring to say the least. Half way through, the movie
deviates from the plot for about an hour and just focuses on Collin Farrell and Gong
Li’s sexual escapades. It reminded me of an episode of “Days of our Lives,” except
“Days” has better writers. Holy Smoke, did I just say that “Days of our Lives” was
better than a Michael Mann movie?
The Miami Vice story is about agents Tubbs and Crockett who are undercover as
drug runners in an attempt to find the killers of some of their fellow operatives and
stop a white supremacist drug ring. In the mix, you have Collin Farrell falling in love
with the drug lord’s girlfriend. That’s it. There is absolutely no substance whatsoever
and the aforementioned is the whole entire movie expressed in two sentences.
Michael Mann tried too hard to make the action sequences “cool.” The camera
actually gets in the way of the directing as in the last scene of the movie when blood
splatters so much that it hits the camera lens ruining part of the action scene. There
were two memorable action scenes intermingled, both involving a shot from this 50
caliber gun that literally shoots a guy’s arm off with one shot and another where Foxx
uses a canon to shoot a the bad guy in the stomach. The rest of the action scenes in
this movie were terrible. The lack of action is the result of the director feeling that it’s
far more important to focus on Collin Farrell and his sexual relationship with Gong Li
(Memoirs of a Geisha). This movie actually has WAY more sex than adventure,
action or plot. Half the movie you see this redneck with a mullet and ugly mustache
making out with this beautiful Chinese girl. Watching the two is like watching an
episode of “Reno 911” gone wrong. Beautiful businesswoman don’t make out with
rednecks. It’s just NOT done.
I actually almost walked out because of the amount of sex they had in this movie, and
I actually feel convicted that I didn’t. I am not one for reviewing or watching movies
that have a lot of sex or nudity due to my personal convictions. This movie had two
scenes of gratuitous sex and nudity and about 5 others that were just “love making”
short scenes. In the first 15 minutes, Jamie Foxx opens the movies with the most
graphic scene of the movie and then the rest of the movie is all about Collin Farrell
getting his groove on.
On the plus side, Jamie Foxx was downright awesome. He has really proven himself
to be a great actor and he never ceases to amaze me. How he can choose to play
along side of Collin, I will never know.
If you want to fall asleep watching a movie with no plot, gratuitous sex, and horrible
acting, then this movie is for you; otherwise stay home.
Warning to Parents: Just STAY AWAY! F-Word galore, lots of sex, some nudity and
some violence.
1 of 4 Stars
Rated : R for Sex, Nudity, Language, Violence and Drug Content
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Ciaràn Hinds
Directed by: Michael Mann
Produced by: Anthony Yerkovich, Michael Mann, Pieter Jan Brugge
Michael Mann has been noted as one of the best director’s in Hollywood because of
his style and brilliant cinematography. He has directed such movies as Manhunter
(1st Real Hannibal Lector Movie), Heat, and The Insider. However, like Stephen
Spielberg and Ron Howard, Michael Mann has wasted his talent and demoted
himself to that of a B-movie director with this recent bomb. No, Michael Mann is not a
B-director, but Miami Vice is worse than a B-movie. Unfortunately, he proves himself
to be more than fallible.
Miami Vice is the remake of the television show with Don Johnson and Phillip Michael
Thomas; this time starring Collin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. The two biggest mistakes
about this movie are the fact that they cast one of the worst actors in Hollywood
(Collin Farrell) and the writing was atrocious. Can anyone tell me what movie Collin
Farrell has been in that was any good? He overacted throughout the entire movie
and embarrassed himself at every turn. He delivered his lines like a white trash
redneck. Then there’s the writing. Miami Vice had a hard time figuring out if it wanted
to be a soap opera, a drama, or even potentially an action movie. Unfortunately, the
soap opera seems to have won. There are only two action scenes in the whole movie
and both are EXTREMELY boring to say the least. Half way through, the movie
deviates from the plot for about an hour and just focuses on Collin Farrell and Gong
Li’s sexual escapades. It reminded me of an episode of “Days of our Lives,” except
“Days” has better writers. Holy Smoke, did I just say that “Days of our Lives” was
better than a Michael Mann movie?
The Miami Vice story is about agents Tubbs and Crockett who are undercover as
drug runners in an attempt to find the killers of some of their fellow operatives and
stop a white supremacist drug ring. In the mix, you have Collin Farrell falling in love
with the drug lord’s girlfriend. That’s it. There is absolutely no substance whatsoever
and the aforementioned is the whole entire movie expressed in two sentences.
Michael Mann tried too hard to make the action sequences “cool.” The camera
actually gets in the way of the directing as in the last scene of the movie when blood
splatters so much that it hits the camera lens ruining part of the action scene. There
were two memorable action scenes intermingled, both involving a shot from this 50
caliber gun that literally shoots a guy’s arm off with one shot and another where Foxx
uses a canon to shoot a the bad guy in the stomach. The rest of the action scenes in
this movie were terrible. The lack of action is the result of the director feeling that it’s
far more important to focus on Collin Farrell and his sexual relationship with Gong Li
(Memoirs of a Geisha). This movie actually has WAY more sex than adventure,
action or plot. Half the movie you see this redneck with a mullet and ugly mustache
making out with this beautiful Chinese girl. Watching the two is like watching an
episode of “Reno 911” gone wrong. Beautiful businesswoman don’t make out with
rednecks. It’s just NOT done.
I actually almost walked out because of the amount of sex they had in this movie, and
I actually feel convicted that I didn’t. I am not one for reviewing or watching movies
that have a lot of sex or nudity due to my personal convictions. This movie had two
scenes of gratuitous sex and nudity and about 5 others that were just “love making”
short scenes. In the first 15 minutes, Jamie Foxx opens the movies with the most
graphic scene of the movie and then the rest of the movie is all about Collin Farrell
getting his groove on.
On the plus side, Jamie Foxx was downright awesome. He has really proven himself
to be a great actor and he never ceases to amaze me. How he can choose to play
along side of Collin, I will never know.
If you want to fall asleep watching a movie with no plot, gratuitous sex, and horrible
acting, then this movie is for you; otherwise stay home.
Warning to Parents: Just STAY AWAY! F-Word galore, lots of sex, some nudity and
some violence.
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