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Caught this one last night at a very crowded theater..
After reading the less than stellar reviews, my expectations were somewhat reduced but Miami Vice exceeded them all and then some. I would rate this one as better than Collateral but not quite as good as Heat (a real masterpiece and one of the best crime flicks ever made).Mann appears to be experimenting with camera angles since he gives us even more hand held shots and many, many extreme, screen filling close ups of his characters. The viwer is immersed into the action instead of simply viewing it from afar.
Speaking of charactors although Jamie Foxx is classed as a star the movie is really all about Colin Farrell and Gong Li. I swear after the first quarter into the movie Gong Li has more scenes and way more dialogue than Foxx. I don’t remember another of Li’s movies where she showed such a range of emotions. Also interesting she has so many lines since she supposedly can’t speak a word of English. She did a fine job by the way. She was at her icy best as a dragon lady but those times she laughed or loved were joys to behold
Miami Vice exhibits Mann’s usual extreme attention to details where the most minute item looks just so and is placed just so. You want action? Although Mann does take his time building up the setup- and the relationship between Farrell and Li, when the action comes it is abrupt and extremely brutal. A solid A from me.
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Topic - Miami Vice 2006 - EdM 07:00:44 07/29/06 (13)
- I just saw it and was reminded of - PhilJ 16:57:03 07/29/06 (1)
- it sounds as much like Miami Vice as Mission Impossible was like the TV show. nt - dave c 22:04:54 07/29/06 (0)
- In the end this movie was a love story.... - Analog Scott 09:14:38 07/29/06 (6)
- "Silly mood scenes." So you just don't like the girly stuff? nt - clarkjohnsen 08:00:46 08/02/06 (0)
- Farrell and Fox were both off the game on this one . . . it was supposed to be about style . . . - mr grits 06:29:31 07/30/06 (2)
- Hmmm.. Just revealed... Four Boston cops ran a coke/prosty/ hiphop club for years... - clarkjohnsen 10:07:48 07/30/06 (0)
- what happened to Gong, she used to be great looking? nt. - Duilawyer 09:37:37 07/30/06 (0)
- That was weird - Analog Scott 18:22:51 07/29/06 (1)
- Re: That was weird - rico 09:30:40 07/30/06 (0)
- I noticed you heavily hyped it down below in earlier post: are you in - tinear 08:02:48 07/29/06 (2)
- btw I guess mr grits has not "heavily hyped" Snakes on a Plane? - EdM 11:43:02 07/30/06 (0)
- Not in the business- just a Mann fan* - EdM 08:48:37 07/29/06 (0)
- I'm already juiced! nt - clarkjohnsen 07:06:34 07/29/06 (0)
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