Action & Adventure - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos, Liam Neeson, Steve Buscemi, Bill Paxton, Wesley Snipes, Helena Bonham-Carter, Viggo Mortensen, Benicio Del Toro more
Sizzling with sex and sin, Miami was the perfect setting for this classic 1980s cop show starring Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, and Edward James Olmos. From the minds of... more
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Production Year: 1993 - Action/Adventure - Director: Marco Brambilla - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Dan Cortese
Actor(s): Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos, Liam Neeson, Steve Buscemi, Bill Paxton, Wesley Snipes, Helena Bonham-Carter, Viggo Mortensen, Benicio Del Toro
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: 15 years and over
Franchise Name: Miami Vice
Video Category: US Television
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Plot: Detective duo Crockett and Tubbs pose as members of Miami's criminal underworld as they battle their own inner demons. Contains all the episodes from series 3.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date: 14/05/2007
No of Discs: 6
Catalogue No: 8248043
Barcode: 5050582480436
Languages
Main Language: English
DVD Description
Sizzling with sex and sin, Miami was the perfect setting for this classic 1980s cop show starring Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, and Edward James Olmos. From the minds of Michael Mann and Dick Wolf, this series used the MTV-influenced music and style to great effect. Johnson and Thomas play detective duo Crockett and Tubbs who pose as members of the city's criminal underworld as they battle their own inner demons. A generation of men followed the style of the pair, wearing the pastel-jacket-and-t-shirt combo that Johnson and Thomas made so famous. Contains all the episodes from series 3.
Advantages: Fantastic visuals; intense attention to detail; atmospheric; great direction; partnership between Farrell and Foxx captured well Disadvantages: Lack of character drama; overly heavy storyline; visuals superficially come out on top; drawn out in places; distanced from audience
...Giving an extremely popular 80s series a re-do is no doubt a challenge. Indeed, it has been said that MiamiVice did for the 80s what the Sopranos did for the late 90s and beyond. Taking the basic premise of the original series and reshaping and condensing it into a film is a task that Michael Mann (who was an executive producer in the series) is well suited to. He's demonstrated directorial masterclass in Heat, the Insider, Collateral and Ali, one of the most competent directors around today. Not only has he adopted his own unique and brilliant visceral trademark, but his films have a taste for sharp, intense scripts, meticulous attention to detail, atmosphere, and tight, tense plots. MiamiVice holds all of these fundamental traits, and with the aim to live up to the series as well as Mann's past films, it is no doubt his most...
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Advantages: Terrific mix of style,music and action.Johnson and thomas make ideal designer cops Disadvantages: none
...the drama of the show.
The dvd which features the pilot and two parter episodes are both excellent.The pilot sees tubbs travelling to miami to track down Underworld kingpin Calderone.He teams up with miami detective crockett and a exciting game of cat and mouse occurs.
The golden triangle episodes sees an old adversary of costillo return to miami which places the streets in danger.All three episodes are well directed and acted and show the series at the top of its game.
The dvd sound and picture quality are very good and is a must for fans of the show...
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Advantages: It's Sci-Fi. It's Very Cheap. There are at least 3 more series to watch. Disadvantages: Once you watch this you will have to buy them all.
...is at least as good as any of the Star Trek series, and may very well become known as the best science fiction series of them all, and stars Edward James Olmos (the Leiutenant from MiamiVice).
An absolute breath of fresh air. You will love it (and will buy the other seasons). Overall 9/10....
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somewhat helpful 05.02.2007
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