Product Details

• Actors: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds
• Directors: Michael Mann
• Writers: Michael Mann, Anthony Yerkovich
• Producers: Michael Mann, Anthony Yerkovich, Bryan H. Carroll, Gusmano Cesaretti, Michael Waxman
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English, Spanish, French
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: August 28, 2011
• Run Time: 140 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (202 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001B7CNXI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,444 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Miami Vice: Director's Cut (Unrated) [Blu-ray]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/26/2008 Run time: 140 minutes Rating: Ur

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71 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eveyone has missed the boat, November 23, 2006

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J. Siverly (Peoria, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miami Vice (Unrated Director's Cut) (DVD)

Most of the reviewers of this movie have completely missed the point. If you go into it thinking you are going to see an over the top version of the show you watched growing up, you will be disappointed. If you take it for what it is, Michael Mann's updated vision of the show he created with no rules or censorship, you are in for a great ride. I found most reviews of this movie very irritating because they all compared it to the tv show. No one was willing to open up to something different. It is not the 80's anymore. The movie is set it present times. The Rolling Stone review nailed the point of the movie exactly (the only accurate review in my opinion). Mann's directing and use of HD cinematography are top notch and submerse you into a world of undercover narcotic cops. This isn't Bad Boys (even though I loved that film) and Michael Mann isn't Michael Bay. I agree with the other reviewer who stated that this film is not for the nascar group. There is so much going on that is does need multiple viewings to fully appreciate. If you pay attention and fully get the movie, you will agree that it is a awsome ride. The movie's climax alone was worth the price of admission.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great movie for those who like a certain rarified reality over cinema conventionality, February 4, 2007

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N. Caine (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miami Vice (Unrated Director's Cut) (DVD)

Two things that crack me up in reading reviews of this movie are: 1) when folks point out all the "unrealistic" things in the movie, and 2) when folks point out how silly it is that Tubbs and Crocket are so somber and serious. Among other things, buying this dvd gets you fantastic extras, including two minimovies on the realism (basically, how millions of dollars and months of preproduction were spent copying things exactly), plus a full length commentary by Michael Mann, which is the best commentary I've ever heard for a movie. You learn that the script was basically written after extensive interviews with undercover DEA agents and professional informants. Yes, some DEA and FBI stuff gets laid on Crockett and Tubbs (who, technically, are Miami Vice) but for those who think the whole thing is an elaborate fantasy and that only "The Wire" tells you how reality works, you should know that almost everything is based on fact down to the tiniest detail. In fact, one of the reason Crockett and Tubbs are so somber and serious and have so little to say (no donut jokes) is that they spent months shadowing the guys who really do this and they modeled their performances on how these guys really are. It's a very intense and edgy thing to be undercover, and the guys who are the deepest really are flying planes and making deals in foreign countries all on their own with no backup and with crime syndicates doing extensive background checks on them.

The movie will obviously disappoint anyone looking for a conventional narrative. We don't have an obvious story arc, and the audience is expected to figure out what's going on without lots of repetition. (For example, the reason they're undercover is because of a leak in the Federal command superstructure, but if you were munching on your popcorn for that line, you're out of luck.) I saw the movie in the theater and on dvd, and I actually preferred the dvd, because I could catch lines that were inaudible in the theater. If there's one complaint I have about the film, it's that Gong Li can be very hard to understand. That said, Mann's commentary taught me that some of the key players in this world are multilingual and aren't necessarily speaking their native language. Again, something that seems like a Hollywood mistake ("they got an actress who can't pronounce English") may not be off the mark.

What this movie succeeds in doing, beyond any movie I've seen, is to make you feel like you're actually there. Mann's pioneering work in filming at night, plus his breakthrough work in aerial filming, go to places film has never been before. In addition, he doesn't use many "effects." When a car is shot up by a canon-rifle, you're watching it really happen. So you actually feel like you're at a nighttime drug buy, or along the Miami river, or in speedboat, or in Havana. On a side note, a number of reviewers have mentioned how unrealistic it is that Crocket just drives his boat to Havana. Listen to Mann's commentary: that really is Colin Farrell driving that speedboat 70 miles an hour off the tip of Florida, which would take him less than 80 minutes to get to Havana. Again, it seems like viewers don't want to feel like they're actually there because they think they're being duped. But it's like they're used to what counts as "this is real" from movies. The same people probably thought "Traffic" was realistic, when it was a great example of Hollywood's "realism" which is often cliche in itself [hand held cameras, melodramatic acting, tragic figures -- "oh this is the street!"].

A fantastic dvd to buy, which amazing extras, a cinematic experience that feels new every time I watch it, and a compelling film that challenges the audience to do the thinking.

P.S. For those who wonder what "director's cut" means, Mann has really only added a few minutes of footage. To me, it smoothes out the beginning and the end, but you may not even notice.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pure "Vice", October 11, 2006

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Will Viharo "Will the Thrill Viharo" (Thrillville, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miami Vice (Unrated Director's Cut) (DVD)

As a big fan of the TV show - and this big screen adaptation - I am puzzled by the many claims the movie "bears no resemblance" to the series that inspired it. Obviously those who think this only watched a few episodes from the first two seasons. Mann basically distilled the core elements that make the TV series a continuing cult favorite - the brooding atmosphere, the sporadic violence, the corrupt officials, the tense sense of paranoia, the doomed romances - into a single, stand alone, epic neo-noir. By de-emphasizing the 80s fashions and pastel palatte (which fools a lot of people into mis-remembering the series as "camp" when it fact it was a cutting-edge, gritty cop noir) Mann has basically updated the concept while staying true to its roots. Crockett is still a lonely hothead, Tubbs is still the cooler, level-headed partner, Castillo is still a low-talking no-nonsense leader. True fans know even the fashions and tone of the series evolved with each successive season. Mann's initial take on the TV "Vice" - that its a hardboiled, stylish reflection of its era, not a nostalgia trip - is wisely retained in the new film. The show was never about Looking Back, it was about the Here and Now (which is now There and Then). So the movie is likewise set in the present, which is not the 80s. Otherwise, the movie is completely true to the heart and spirit of the series that spawned it, and Mann is in top form. This is not a remake, it's a continuation of the original concept.