L3FTY Reviews a Movie

I had the dubious opportunity to watch Miami Vice the other night and I've compiled my initial opinion.  The overall premise makes sense and should be captivating even if not all that original.  There is a leak inside an undercover drug investigation and no one knows where it comes from since 4 or 5 agencies are involved.  Of course the only people who are not involved are Jamie Foxx and Colin Ferrell, undercover cops for the Miami Po Po.  Well they quickly create fake identities and work their way into the drug underworld posing as transporters.  The storyline is not terribly complicated by I found myself straining to hear the dialogue.  Jamie and Colin have this cool guy mumble/whisper thing that they use to talk throughout the entire movie making most conversations unintelligible.  Even with the volume turned up enough to make the action scenes and music uncomfortably loud they were still mumbley.

This brings me to my next gripe.  Throughout the movie the directors used "action" music in lieu of actual script.  So plenty of parts of the story are advanced simply by Colin's hair blowing in the wind while canned music blares behind him.  No only that but this movie has some of the most random sex scenes that I've ever seen.  We really don't get a descent explanation or notice, people just pick a moment and get down on it.   This might not be a problem for you though, especially if you've got a thing for Foxx's ass.

The action sequences are believable enough.  We are treated to holes in heads and nasty blood splatters.  There are several up close shotgun blasts that put holes in people, which is nice touch.  Unfortunately these scenes are few and far between (unlike the random musical interludes).

The ending of the movie is somewhat anti-climactic.  We never really find out who the leak was, and there are plenty of loose ends that are never explained.  It's almost as if the directors got tired of telling the story themselves and just said "the hell with it" towards the end.  Overall, not overly compelling and easily forgetable.  It doesn't have the comedy or excitement of the Bad Boys movies, nor does it have non-stop action that makes you forget the thin plotline. 

On a scale of: 1-tuck your sack back and help the wife bake cookies to 10-holy shit, bomb diggity this movie rocks my face off! Miami Vice probably comes in around a 4.