Miami Vice (2006)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Sonny Crockett	Colin Farrell
Rico Tubbs	Jamie Foxx
Isabella	Gong Li	½
Jesús Montoya	Luis Tosar
Trudy Joplin	Naomie Harris	½
Larry Zito	Justin Theroux	½

Review

Hard and edgy rendition of the popular, era-defining 80s series of the same name. Mann, who produced in excess of 100 episodes of the legandary series, has not been very faithful to the style and tone that made "Miami Vice" popular in the first place. The names and ethnic backgrounds have been kept when it comes to the two main characters, but that's about it. Jamie Foxx brings more substance to his Tubbs, but Colin Farrell is no Don Johnson - for better or worse.

Michael Mann's direction is atmospheric and gloomy as usual. He directs action like few others, and there are a couple of breathtakingly realistic scenes - including the final showdown where we are brought closer to the smell of gun powder than most fiction films have managed before. However, the film remains static when it comes to character development and boasts a very unconvincing romance between Farrell and Li. As with Collateral, Michael Mann brings a lot of style but too little substance.