Miami Vice (Go-Fast Edition)

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

This movie was soooo dissapointing, I went to the theatre expecting Gold…but what soiled my eyes Ladies and Gentlemen was a turd, coated in Gold Paint.

Holy Shit, the movie was long, overly pretentious, a total vanity project and let’s not forget………BORING!

Seriously Nothing happened for 130minutes…Now I’m a huge Michael Mann fan and with the talent behind this I was looking forward to this film a lot, but there were just too many faults for this to be enjoyable. The Unrated Director’s Cut didn’t change my opinion much either!

This edit is fast, quick to the point and does Exactly what it says on the tin. The little that actually did happen now feels better paced and makes the movie very enjoyable. I haven’t seen the movie since opening night at theatre but i certainly remember the differences…There’s less character development in this version which actually didn’t bother me much…because it felt flawless. Very smooth and i LOOOOOVED the theme music you added! Great touch.

Where i once gave the movie 3/10 before for being long, overly talky and boring..i did think it was visually and stylistically amazing.

This movie now gets a solid 8/10…for just being better in every possible way

Good Job.

Review by AnEyeOut — March 22, 2008 @ 3:33 AM