Miami Vice

Every now and then Hollywood makes movies based on old TV-Shows, like Charlie's Angels. They try to get the fans into the movie theatre and take advantage of the fact that the show's name is well known. Of course everybody expects that the movie will have lots in common with the series. But sometimes it is different. In case of "Miami Vice" it is different because of director Michael Mann.
He invented the TV-Show but he has become a real movie director over the past years. His new version of "Miami Vice" is very close to his last movie "Collateral" with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. Again he is using light and colours to create a world of night where there is lots of gray between black and white. No pink as in the 80's. Only blue and gray.
The characters are those well known from TV, but they have nothing in commen exept the names. Colin Farrel and Jamie Foxx look really stupid at first. But after a few minutes you think it is great. They are cool. Forget about Oceans 11 to 13 and their so-called coolness. Crocket and Tubbs live coolness. They have and show feelings though.
The movie is so thrilling, you do not care about mistakes or unrealistic parts of the plot. Every scene is well composed and designed. The music plays an important roll, stresses the suspence in the right moments. And Mann has updated the 80's here too. The last song played is "In the Air Tonight". But a new version by Nonpoint.