- #Miami vice film movie#
- #Miami vice film series#
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: When the neo-Nazis target the undercover FBI agents at the beginning of the film they leave little bodily evidence behind.Title Card: Similarly to Collateral, there's one only at the very end before the credits in the theatrical cut.Both feature a subplot where Trudy is held hostage in a trailer rigged with explosives.Sonny's line "Why is he donating to the good and the welfare?".
We have business to look forward to which we will never see if we close each other's eyes.").
#Miami vice film series#
Rico's line "We can close each others' eyes real fast, but then nobody's gonna make no money." is similar to the line he says in the TV series ("You and I are businessmen. Shout-Out: The plot of the film shares some similarities with the TV episode "Smuggler's Blues":. Mann also insisted on filming in unsafe weather and in actual gang-ran areas, with one such occurrence leading to actual gunfire being exchanged on-set. The production was also a case where Michael Mann's insistence on authenticity went a little too far, such as putting Colin Farrell through an actual police sting (that was later admitted to be staged to see if he would react realistically). It's notably one of the few movies to show the viewer exactly what a. As with anything Michael Mann works on, attention is paid to realistic and skilled handling of firearms. Race Lift: Castillo is now black, possibly Dominican instead of whatever unspecified Latino nationality he'd been in the TV show. The actors drink Bacardi Mojitos, use Motorola phones and laptops, have a distinct Verizon logo on displays, and drive Donzi boats and a Ferrari F430. Product Placement: Very prominent in the movie. Politically Incorrect Villains: It's not bad enough the cartel's Stateside underlings are murderers and drug dealers they're Aryan Brotherhood murderers and drug dealers. Unless there's a Trope for Fu Manchu mustaches. Porn Stache: What Colin Farrell wears for facial recognition instead of Don Johnson's Perma-Stubble. Misplaced Accent: Isabella (played by Chinese actress Gong Li) is supposed to be a second-generation Chinese-Cuban born and raised in Havana, yet speaks both English and Spanish in a very heavy Mandarin Chinese accent. This also serves as a Shout-Out to the "Glades" episode of the series. Gina proceeds to explain to the neo-Nazi how she can get one good shot that can sever the guy's spine in such a way to make sure he won't get his shot off in time and nails him with that one shot. Pre-Mortem One-Liner: When the unit has to rescue Trudy from the neo-Nazis that kidnapped her, Gina corners one neo-Nazi using Trudy as a human shield. Then he has to set up a meeting between the good guys and Yero. Exposition: Nicolas fills this role, explaining how dangerous Jose Yero's cartel is to the good guys. Later on, we learn that man is actually drug lord Arcangel de Jesus Montoya. The Man Behind the Man: Yero is initially suspected to be the head of the Columbian cartel that's behind the Miami-based neo-Nazis. Except for killing some mid-level bad guys, the heroes didn't really accomplish very much in this movie. And The Mole, AND Isabella, who, no matter how much Crockett may have loved her, was still an international drug trafficker. The squad doesn't have anything on him and they can't pursue him immediately because of the informant leak. Karma Houdini: Neptune, the target of the sting at the beginning of the movie, gets away. The Unrated Director's Cut adds in an opening credits sequence that sets up the Neptune operation, among many other changes. In Medias Res: The theatrical cut has no opening credits and begins with Sonny and Rico in the middle of their sting on Neptune. Greater-Scope Villain: Arcangel de Jesus Montoya, the real drug lord that Yero is working for. Driven to Suicide: In the movie, when the informant finds out about his wife's death, he walks in front of an oncoming semitrailer. Michael Mann tends to shoot his films in those tones, and he also worked on the series. This is more a result of the director's own preferences than anything else. Still, it follows the same pattern of focusing on cold colors, ignoring the earth tones. #Miami vice film movie#
Darker and Edgier: The movie trades the bright pastel shades that defined the TV series for dark, gritty and modern digital video.Camera Abuse: There's gunk on the camera lens during the climatic shoot out.Also a No Ending, as the suddenness of it feels like the camera ran out of film.But Rico's wife Trudy appears to be coming out of her coma (much to Rico's relief) just as Crockett arrives at the hospital to check up on them. Crockett also has to let Isabella go into hiding, where he'll never see her again. Bittersweet Ending: Most of the major bad guys are killed but the real drug lord escapes before the overseas DEA can arrest him.Big Bad: Yero, who's leading most of the drug smuggling ring.
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