Review of Miami Vice (2006) by Shawnr. — 28 Jul 2006

I truly cannot remember the last time I had a more excrutiating movie-going experience. The acting was so over the top and self-absorbed and the dialogue was so melodramatic and overcooked I thought I was looking at a terrible opera about the dangers of the drug trade.

Sprinkled with gratuitous and pointless shower sex scenes, of course. I will credit the cinematography and action choreography however. They were very well done and definitely the highlights of the movie.

It really makes you wish that the majority of the film revolved around these action scenes since a) they are very well shot, gritty and exciting and b) the actors aren't talking. It's those talking times when the movie really begins to derail and unfortunately it takes up a majority of the 2.

5 hours you're stuck in the theater, uncomfortably shifting waiting for the train wreck to end. Perhaps I'm being overly critical, but this is what I sincerely felt throughout the entire movie and all but one of the 5 friends I saw the movie with felt the same way.

I really believe my 2 is generous. In any case I still respect Michael Mann as a director and would recommend any of his other films, but if you haven't seen Miami Vice already, spare yourself the pain and wasted time and see The Insider, Heat or Collateral.

Any of those films is time far better spent.