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Originally Posted by Jason Roth
Miami Vice was cool in a very hard to capture, cheezy way. Where's all the color? Where are the pink shirts under white suits? Where's the MIAMI?
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In my opinion: The tv series was from the 80s. And even back then Miami Vice was supposed to be regarded as more serious than just cheezy (time has made it more cheesier than anything). This movie is made in 2005... it's not supposed to be a retro throwback, just a tale of two cops in the corrupt underworld of miami.
Mann has also said that television made him tone down the real Miami Vice he wanted to tell, which was obviously more darker and brutal. Now he's using that opportunity with the cinematic version.
Also it's not the first time he's re-making his own work. Heat was basically a remake of LA Takedown, an early Mann movie from '89.