Miami Vice

 

Miami Vice 2006

• Director: Michael Mann
• Seen by this director: Public Enemies, Heat, The Last of the Mohicans
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Lee, Naomi Harris, with short appearance by Ciarán Hinds, Eddie Marsan and John Hawkes
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Colin Farrell– The Gentlemen, Widows, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Winters Tale, Total Recall, Fright Night, The Imagination of Doctor Parnassus, In Bruges, Intermission
• Jamie Foxx – Django Unchained, The Soloist, Dreamgirls, Ray
• Naomi Harris – Spectre, Mandela, Skyfall, Small Island, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tristram Shandy, Dinotopia, 28 Days Later, White Teeth
• Why? Colin Farrell
• Seen: 11 April 2023      

       The original TV series was never a favourite of mine, but I did watch it. I wouldn’t have bothered with the film, but I like Colin Farrell. Doesn’t everybody?

       It starts out underwhelming. Drugs, prostitution, pimps, undercover cops, violence, same old same old.

       Can a great cast save this?

       Nope. Not even remotely interesting but for the OK love angles. Which only raise it, with Colin Farrell’s mere presence, from 0* to 

2* of 5