Monday night is a great night to go out and see a movie... the cinemas are quiet, the streets aren't filled with traffic and you are the only customers in restaurants that are open.
Colin Farrell. Jamie Foxx. Miami Vice. Hell yeah.
So I went and saw Miami Vice last night at Jam Factory. It was a quality film, and I really enjoyed it. Not following the tradition of other recent TV show remakes, Miami Vice takes a very serious, gritty perspective compared to the original. The entire film is shot in a raw, "along for the ride" video style, similar to 'Collateral', dropping the typical polished Hollywood film feel for something darker, grainier, and ultimately, more realistic.
The plot itself boils down to a classic undercover vice cops infiltrating the operations of a drug lord storyline. But the film doesn't lay out every step of the story for the viewer; you have to keep up with the pace. I love films and TV shows that actually presume the viewer is semi-intelligent, allowing rapid fire dialogue complete with cop lingo to add an extra layer of realism to the delivery of the plot.
It is Miami Vice after all, so there is definitely some slick suits, fast cars and high-powered speedboats. And a crazy hair cut and moustache for Colin Farrell. There are guns and shoot-outs too, of course... but the gun fights are kept relatively sparse throughout the course of the film, so when the bullets do start flying, the action feels a lot more serious and deadly than in your average schlock Hollywood shoot-out sequences.
Probably one of my favourite films of the year so far. Well, until 'Snakes on a Plane'...
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