Another great Michael Mann movie about men and their toys. Like other Mann films (especially "Collateral"), it's beautifully filmed. But "Miami Vice" is shot digitally, giving it a saturated and vivid look and a high contrast deep-focus look, where you see the fore- and background with the same intensity. At least, that's what someone said on the bonus features. But unlike Mann's other work, to appreciate this one you have to sit through terribly delivered lines.
Another aspect of the film I like is how much terminology you'll pick up if you watch it. You'll learn words and acronyms like SAC, CI, HRT weapons team, Aryan Brotherhood (the ABs), Mongols, Nazi Low Riders, QTH, op sec, counterintel, transpo, FLIR images, go-fast boats, AWACS, OCDETF, AUC, avgas, Adam A500s, Caravelles, 727s, ADO, L-shaped ambush, and of course, peckerwood proxies.
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