Review – Miami Vice

I would honestly never have thought a movie could be produced that would make the TV series look good. Compared to Colin Ferrel, Don Johnson had talent. Compared to Jamie Foxx, Phillip Michael Thomas had personality. This movie is almost literally nothing but a long series of macho-posturing drug deals punctuated by occasional sex scenes and gun battles. The non-existent plot and cardboard characters might have been tolerable if not for the complete absence of style. The TV show was a key part of the look and feel of the 1980s, for better or worse. This production does such a terrible job following trends – let alone setting them – that most likely it will be forgotten entirely in fairly short order. At least if the cast and crew are lucky. Wish I’d skipped it