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david 3 years 3 months ago
Hollywood director Michael Mann has blasted critics who claim his new film 'Miami Vice' is too violent.
Mann insists he only included enough violence to make the action sequences as realistic as possible.
"The violence in my films gives the action scenes legitimacy. An action scene is only completely legitimate if it is traumatic."
Mann has also praised the film's two main stars, Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, for their performances in the film's numerous action sequences.
He added: "I tried to make the film as believable and as...
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The "Miami Vice" speedboat overtook the "Pirates of the Caribbean" juggernaut to capture the top spot at the weekend box office.
The film, which pairs
Colin Farrell and
Jamie Foxx as the iconic TV characters Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, took in $25.2 million, compared to $20.5 million for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," according to studio estimates Sunday.
"It's nice to be number one," said Nikki Rocco, president of distribution at Universal Pictures.
The gritty, dark action film was directed by
Michael Mann, who...
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The movie version of "Miami Vice" hardly resembles "Miami Vice" the television sensation, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Children of the '80s like myself were glued to the TV every Friday night, transported to the world of high-stakes drug-trafficking with Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs as our undercover guides.
The five-year series was usually more style than substance, but it was groundbreaking in the sense that it shattered the mold of buddy cop dramas and brought MTV appeal to network television.
The television series...
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So what is Miami Vice about the new Miami Vice movie?
"Good question," says writer/director Michael Mann, laughing nervously. The filmmaker, 63, who is renowned for such intellectual action films as Heat, Collateral and Ali, made his name as a producer of the neon-lit 1980s cop saga.
Now he's trying to rescue the name Miami Vice from the realms of nostalgia and kitsch, stripping away nearly everything people remember about the original show — pastel fashion, synthesizer-heavy pop music, celebrity guest stars, the sense of humor — and...
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The Los Angeles "Miami Vice" premiere brought out screaming fans, fellow celebrity supporters and the film's stars, Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell ("S.W.A.T."), Gong Li ("Memoirs of a Geisha") and Academy Award winning director Michael Mann.
Based on the 1980's TV action/drama, this update focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined.
Fans gathered outside cinema the were eager to get a look at the Farrell, who has emerged a new man after...
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Posted by
Kevom 3 years 4 months ago
The beloved television series of the 80’s Miami Vice is back with a film adaptation of the series. Michael Mann who is the director of the film was also one of the original show’s producers which is just great. Mann has had alot of experience with the franchise and who better to bring Sonny and Tubbs to the big screen than he.
If you were a fan of Michael Mann’s previous film Collateral starring Tom Cruise & Jaime Foxx, then I have no doubt you’ll abosolutely love Miami Vice which is due to open in Cinemas July 27 (Australia), July...
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