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Miami Vice (2006)

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Release Date: July 28, 2006
On DVD: December 5, 2006
Genre: Crime, Action
Running Time: 135 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexual content.
Director: Michael Mann
Writer: Michael Mann
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Justin Theroux

The cocaine cowboys of the '80s are gone, but Miami's Casablanca allure, the undercover cops and the attitudes of Michael Mann's culturally influential television series have been enhanced by time in the feature film version of Miami Vice.

Ricardo Tubbs (Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx of Ray, Jarhead) is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy, played by British actress Naomie Harris (28 Days Later, upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean II Read more

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Grade: C+ Michael Mann could not possibly mess up "Miami Vice." The creator of the hit show, director of some of the grittiest and most suspenseful action movies ("The Last of the Mohicans," "Heat," "Collateral") and a master of mood setting, he couldn't possibly mess up his own baby, could he? Read the full movie review

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Movie Fan, by Regina Sinclair

August 3, 2006

The reviewer completely hit the nail on the head with his take on this movie. I found myself highly disappointed since I loved the TV series. The whole film felt very blase and I found myself fighting sleep to watch it. I really expected much better from Michael Mann.

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