Miami Vice

Apparently I’m in the minority but I remember watching this for the first time last year right before summer and thinking this jaunt absolutely slapped in the weirdest, messiest and sneakily philosophical way imaginable. Digital age stress test, melodrama, romance and violence throughout outrageously unrealistically suave crime elements that I love. Misunderstood gem and I have been eagerly awaiting to watch again, this just clicks with me in how serious everything is in this strange world where you’re dropped in and told to swim. The cars, the clothes, the life they chose is some of the coolest stuff of all time plus you have smaller elements like the continuous thunder without rain, the longing for something other than your manufactured facade and the utter feeling of being overwhelmed so truthfully examined. There is a strange poetry that happens when the digital hand camera gets worked with the melodic rhythm of South Beach and beyond, layers of undercover networking who all think there’s an end to what they pursue. This feels so abstract in every way digital technology with Mann’s framing is used along with a multitude of other things to convey the messages he wants, since the plot is literally of no magnitude in the story rather the facade of control reflect through your persona (my favorite trope). One of those weird ones that either is an instant vibe for those which then grows in affection after repeated viewings or just feel chaotic for no reason to others but take a long hard look into Colin Farrell’s cocaine laced eyes and you might become hypnotized in Mann’s melodrama, new digital age abstract symphony. As the sex scene with Colin Farrell which has Audioslave behind it fades out to him posturing over Havana, where he went to get mojitos with his friend, I knew this was for me. An all-time mood piece and one that’s an electric time for how much emotion and tension is able to be emitted through contents of this surrealist portal into this artificial world. If everyone else decides to cast aside Miami Vice (2006), I’ll continue to embrace with open arms for the outlandish banger that it is. *“Even if they cut through, all they’re going to find is layers of our fabricated identities” * Michael Mann Ranked* *Coolest Movies Ever Made