Cast: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Justin Theroux and Barry Shabaka Henley
Director: Michael Mann
Studio Synopsis: Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx ) is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy (Naomie Harris), as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. To the untrained eye, Sonny Crockett's (Colin Farrell) presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally he is sound. He's charismatic and flirtatious until-while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group-he gets romantically entangled with Isabella (Gong Li), the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged. The intensity of this case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one-especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.
Rating: R
Running Time: 135 minutes
Official Web site: http://www.miamivice.com/
Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/miamivice/

The Verdict: I want my MTV cops, not these VH1 Classics doppelgangers director Michael Mann passes off as Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. In his long, tedious and predictable big-screen rendering of his flashy 1980s TV series, Mann makes the assumption that we already know and love his designer-suited drug busters. Sure, we know and love the Crockett and Tubbs played with confidence, wit and sophistication by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas. But Mann never allows us to get close to knowing anything about Colin Farrell’s Crockett and Jamie Foxx’s Tubbs, other than that they both share a dangerous—and almost costly—weakness for smart, sexy women. The only thing distinguishing from one detective from the other is the Larry the Cable Guy-like handlebar mustache Farrell inexplicably sports. Such is Mann’s intrigue with the politics of the international drug trade that he sadly fails to inject Crockett and Tubbs with any personality. Then again, Mann’s so determined to put Miami Vice’s goggle-box past behind him that he strips the Magic City of its color and vibrancy. That’s a far cry from the tropical party town image Mann helped perpetuate with the TV show. Mann has so little use for Miami—from its landmarks to its culture—that he could have relocated Miami Vice to any major city in America. Heck, much of Miami Vice isn’t even set in South Florida; Mann sends his rule-breaking Miami-Dade vice detectives off on some humdrum undercover mission in South America. Yes, Crockett and Tubbs pose as traffickers in order to bust a drug baron (Luis Tosar) responsible for the murder of several FBI agents. Not much happens, other than Crockett tumbling into bed with the drug baron’s wife and business partner (Gong Li). Sparks hardly fly between Farrell and Li, and unfortunately this is all the fault of the usually terrific Chinese actress. Like Penelope Cruz, Li’s too stiff and self-conscious when she’s not speaking in her native tongue. Not that Farrell or Foxx fare any better. They’re stuck firing off inane police jargon while looking all very serious and intense. They’re not having any fun, and nor are we. It’s quite understandable why Mann would want to distance himself from his trend-setting cop opera. What was hip and fashionable in the 1980s is laughably cheesy today. You can’t have Crockett and Tubbs wearing pastel T-shirts and no socks. Or Crockett living on a boat with his pet alligator. But if Mann happily uses the Fort Lauderdale-based Nonpoint’s cover version of Phil Collins’ "In the Air Tonight," why not dust off Jan Hammer’s "Miami Vice Theme"? Unfortunately, Mann’s not interested in making us feel connected to the source material. Hence his decision to shoot Miami Vice in the same edgy manner as his Collateral rather than recapture the cool atmosphere of the TV series. If Mann’s that embarrassed by the TV show, then he should have started from scratch—in a different locale with new characters—rather than peddle a Miami Vice in name only.
—Robert Sims

Reviews:
Boca News (2 out of 4 stars)
City Link (4 out of 5 stars)
Hollywood.com (2 out of 4 stars)
The Miami Herald (3 out of 4 stars)
Miami New Times
The Palm Beach Post (C)
The Sun-Sentinel (2 out of 4 stars)