I remember seeing the posters for this movie in the subway stations. I am a huge fan of the series and for the decade of the eighties in general and so I was looking forward to a movie that would bring back this very eighties iconic television series. Now, I knew that the movie would probably re-invent some of the elements in the series to make it more of a "feature" than small screen, but not like this!
Let's just say I felt an overwhelming sense that Michael Mann went too far in re-envisioning the original series. I have never been so depressed after a movie viewing than in Miami Vice. The whole movie was so dark (literally and figuratively) that I found myself depressed. The original series had a dark atmosphere, but there was light at the end of the tunnel. I have never been to Miami and after watching this film, I'll likely avoid it, but when it came to the series, I never finished watching an episode of the original feeling that way about Miami. I would definitely say that Miami Vice is the darkest Film Noir I have ever seen committed to celluloid!
Let's just say I felt an overwhelming sense that Michael Mann went too far in re-envisioning the original series. I have never been so depressed after a movie viewing than in Miami Vice. The whole movie was so dark (literally and figuratively) that I found myself depressed. The original series had a dark atmosphere, but there was light at the end of the tunnel. I have never been to Miami and after watching this film, I'll likely avoid it, but when it came to the series, I never finished watching an episode of the original feeling that way about Miami. I would definitely say that Miami Vice is the darkest Film Noir I have ever seen committed to celluloid!