Miami Vice
Short description
Miami Vice follows two undercover detectives, Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, working in South Florida. When a leak from high up leads to the killing of federal agents and an informant's family, the pair are drawn into an investigation that reaches a global drug-trafficking network and a white-supremacist group tied to it. Posing as transporters of illegal cargo, they try to work their way toward the people behind the operation. The case becomes personal for both men: Crockett, who does things his own way, becomes involved with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drug trafficker, while Tubbs faces a threat to someone close to him. What begins as a professional assignment increasingly puts the two partners and those around them at risk.
Michael Mann directed and wrote the screenplay, and produced with Pieter Jan Brugge. The film sits between Collateral and Public Enemies in the list of features he has directed. Colin Farrell plays Crockett and Jamie Foxx plays Tubbs, with Naomie Harris as Trudy Joplin, Gong Li as Isabella, John Ortiz as José Yero and Ciarán Hinds as FBI Agent John Fujima. The production was large, with 72 credited cast members and 220 credited crew.
Released in July 2006, the film had a budget of 135 million US dollars and took about 164 million US dollars worldwide, a modest return against its cost. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6 out of 10 from 2,065 votes, while the film critics' rating stands at 5.7 out of 10 from 226 reviews, placing the two broadly in the same range.
What's left behind the scenes
- The role of Sonny Crockett was originally intended for Tom Cruise, who had worked with Michael Mann on "The Insider." Ultimately, the role went to Colin Farrell.
- Edward James Olmos, who played Lieutenant Castillo in the original television series, was offered the same role in the feature film, but he declined.
- Jan Hammer (the composer of the series) was asked to write several versions of the soundtrack, but the composer rejected the offer. At the time, the soundtrack to the original series topped the charts for 11 weeks.
- The costume design for Jamie Foxx's character (Tubbs) was created by renowned fashion designer Oswald Boateng. Boateng had previously worked with Jamie, which is why director Michael Mann asked him to assist with the film.
- Filming was suspended for three days after gunshots rang out near the set in the Dominican Republic on October 24, 2005.
- RZA was originally supposed to compose the music for the film.
- The sunglasses worn by Colin Farrell are the 'Slam' model from 'Sama Eyewear'.
- Among the numerous firearms featured in the film were: — a Barret M82A1 .50 sniper rifle; — Heckler & Koch G36C and Heckler & Koch G3A3 assault rifles; — a Heckler & Koch HK69 40mm grenade launcher; — a Benelli M4 Super 90 shotgun; — a Sig 556 carbine; — a Remington M24 sniper rifle; — a Colt M4A1 carbine.
- The boat Sonny and Isabella use to travel to Cuba is an MTI 39 motorboat, with a top speed of 115 miles per hour.
- Crockett's car is a Ferrari F430 Spider.
- The plane Sonny and Ricardo use to transport drugs is an Adam Aircraft A500.
- Crockett and Tubbs use the following boats to transport drugs from a freighter to Miami: Donzi 38 ZR, Donzi 43 ZR, Donzi 38 ZF Daytona.
- The newspaper Mendoza is reading is the Spanish newspaper «El Mundo».
- Naomi Harris filmed «Miami Vice» and «Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest» (2006) simultaneously.
- The location of Atlantis in Uruguay was chosen for filming scenes in Isabella's uncle's house. The scene outside the Geneva bank was filmed in the Old City of Montevideo, Uruguay.
- During the conversation between Croquette and Tabbs with Agent Fujima, the latter says: "What does this have to do with the price of tea in China?" Russell Crowe says the exact same phrase in Michael Mann's film "The Insider" (1998).
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