![]() The show is never short on action with regular car chases, shoot outs and fights but it’s more about the characters and we get some truly interesting story lines with episodes regularly ending on a downbeat note. Then we have Michael Talbott and John Diehl as Switek and Zito who provide a lot of laughs but are every bit as good at their jobs as Crockett and Tubbs. ![]() Gina and Crockett have a complicated relationship as she is essentially in love with him but since his divorce he tends to avoid getting too close. In an interview I saw with Olmos he talks about his first day on the show and how it became a running joke that he would rarely look people in the eye I always thought he should have a spin-off with Horatio from CSI: Miami where neither of them look at each other for the entire runtime.Ĭastillo even gets a cool fight scene with a henchman at one point and then gets stabbed (but doesn’t die) in season 2 we even see him smile in season 4!Īlthough the primary focus is on Crockett and Tubbs, I thought Saundra Santiago and Olivia Brown excelled as fellow detectives Gina and Trudy. Many jokes have been made about Edward James Olmos as ultra-serious Lieutenant Martin Castillo who never cracks a smile but he’s a damn good cop and the storyline in the first season where we find out about his past and that he had a wife is awesome. The legendary Abel Ferrera even directs one of the grittiest episodes entitled The Home Invaders which is one of the best of the first season. We also get John Turturro, Ving Rhames, Jimmy Smits, Ed O’Neill and many more in early roles. Miami Vice was a who’s who of soon to be famous stars with season 1 giving us a young Bruce Willis as a wife beating scumbag which to this day remains one of his best roles. Too bad Elvis didn’t make a comeback for the 2006 movie… I love the fact that Crockett has a pet alligator named Elvis it was such a wonderfully bonkers and 80’s thing to do and just showed that Sonny was bit out there making him a more interesting character. Tubbs always dresses to impress and is even smoother with the ladies than Crockett but still manages to be convincing any time he is undercover. Everyone always focuses on him but more love should be given to Philip Michael Thomas who plays his partner Ricardo Tubbs he is every bit as cool but he also adds some humour too. That’s all part of the fun though with Don Johnson‘s Crockett one of the coolest characters to ever grace the small screen. *I go into major spoilers so just in case you want to check the series out for yourself then read no further.*Ĭreated by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann, Miami Vice was at the time grittier than most cop shows but watching it now some moments do cause unintentional mirth as there are scenes which seem to go on forever and are nothing more than music videos never really adding anything to the story. When it first aired I was too young to really understand it but I had seen a few episodes here and there so after all these years I figured it was time to see what all the fuss was about. Review: Miami Vice is one of the all-time great television series it was the coolest show of the 80’s and really defined the era with Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) quickly becoming style icons. Stubble-faced detective Crockett lived in a sailboat guarded by his alligator Elvis. Plot: Resplendent with authentic 1980’s music, fashion and vibe, “Miami Vice” follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida. Crockett and Tubbs are icons of the 80’s and the show still has an amazing sense of style admittedly some episodes go on longer than they need to with too many music montages but really, that’s all part of the enjoyment factor. You’ll be hard pushed to find a television series as cool as Miami Vice with fast cars, hot women and regular explosive action scenes.
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