Trailer Alert: Miami Vice trailer online

The other day I was talking about how much I loathed 'Hollow'wood for taking precious memories of my childhood and bastardizing them by taking popular TV shows and making them into full length feature films. First, you have to understand what an undertaking it was to watch Miami Vice in my house. Miami Vice was a no-no. After all, it was about cocaine and guns and hot women. When you grow up in a evangelical Christian household those things tend not to compliment your beliefs. However, once mom and dad went out to Bible study my brother and I would watch it. Once it was over we would rub the screen down to remove the static, unplug the television and run upstairs to our beds [Yes, they checked the screen for static] just giving us enough time before their return home.

I get nervous when I hear about another TV to film adaptation. However, I think that Michael Mann, Colin Farrel and Jamie Foxx are on to something special here. What appears to be a complete re-visioning of his former television series Mann's new Miami Vice appears to have a darker more sinister edge to it. Not lacking in style at all it is clearly reminiscant of Collateral in look and feel. I am clearly impressed by what I am seeing in this trailer. What could have been lumped together with another Miami based buddy cop franchise, Michael Mann and his project is looking to set itself apart from the rest as a gritty crime drama sans the schmaltz of 80s prime time. Here is the synopsis from the official website.

The cocaine cowboys of the ’80s are gone, but Miami’s Casablanca allure, the undercover cops and the attitudes of Michael Mann’s culturally influential television series have been enhanced by time in the feature film version of Miami Vice.

Miami Vice, as a large-scale feature film, liberates what is adult, dangerous and alluring about working deeply undercover…especially when Crockett and Tubbs go to where their badges don’t count…

Unfortunately, you have to get through a lot of crap on the Bacardi web-site too only see in Flash embedded. Not great for seeing the visuals and load time is a pain in the tookus but it is well worth the wait. Miami Vice just moved up a couple spots on my viewing list.

Wade through the crap at Bacardilive.com to see the Flash Embedded trailer.

via Dark Horizons