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Thief, Manhunter, Heat, Collateral. Before this Go-Fast Edition came along, Miami Vice felt like a distant cousin to the aforementioned films. Now Miami Vice can be spoken in the same breath and dare I say referred to as Michael Mann’s masterpiece. I’ve seen the Robbery Homicide Division episode that the film was based on when a made for TV episode is better than the theatrical version, something’s wrong. Gekko remedied this problem. Although I would’ve kept Crockett ordering a mojito at the start of the film, the mutual gaze shared between Crockett and Isabella after meeting with Archangel and that Cuban dance was picture perfect, everything else that was trimmed away was called for. The only gripe I have is the quality of the credits at the start of the film. Seeing that Mann went without start credits in Collateral I thought that Gekko would continue the trend but then again that sweet reference to Anthony Yerkovich was priceless.

10/10!!

Review by juicemakesugar — January 25, 2009 @ 10:16 PM