![]() ![]() I thought he was brilliant in «Phone Booth», for instance, but he seemed miscast in «Alexander.» In «Miami Vice» his performance is wooden and detached at its worst. Colin Farrell (as Sonny Crockett) is an actor with a lot of potential, depending on what movie he is in. «Miami Vice,» however, is a movie that has a big problem- it has two protagonists you don’t get to like or care about that much. Just compare «Beverly Hills Cop II» and «To Live and Die in L.A.» with «Narc» and «Training Day.» I am sure the nature of crime has not changed that much in 20 years, but the way each period of time has left its imprint in crime as a cinematic theme has changed quite significantly, and inevitably so. The show and the movie inhabit two different periods of time. It is the eternal notion that anything old is better. Most of these people are driven by a strong feeling of nostalgia. Most viewers and critics have lambasted this movie for being so different from the show which, in a sense, is quite unfair and wrong. The show was very flashy and very groundbreaking because it linked pure MTV visual language with a very sleek and snazzy vision of cops and the hard-hitting underground of Miami. ![]() However, even if we set aside the differences in style and mood between the movie and the show, this is an awkward film even by today’s standards – both to see and review. It is a complete departure from the stylishness and he posh of the TV show from the 80s. «Miami Vice» is a movie that caught everyone by surprise- including me. ![]()
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