In 2006, audiences were thrown into the deep end when the film adaptation of the hit series Miami Vice was an esoteric and disorienting crime thriller that abandoned the tone and style of the source material.
Michael Mann’s efforts were divisive at the time, but Miami Vice has since been critically re-evaluated as a cult masterpiece by the auteur director.
The film stars Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx as Crockett and Tubbs, two undercover detectives involved in an investigation into a drug cartel between Miami and Cuba.
Miami Vice has a lot going for it: the great performances by the leads, the dad-rock infused soundtrack, and Chinese screen legend Gong Li portraying one of the most nuanced and dynamic female characters in any of Michael Mann’s films, a financial advisor to the cartel named Isabelle who sparks a relationship with Crockett.
However, one of the more divisive trademarks of the…
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