Miami Vice

Based on the legendary 1980s buddy-cop TV series—which Michael Mann also produced—the feature film *Miami Vice* chronicles the dangers and dark depths faced by stylish detectives James "Sonny" Crockett (Colin Farrell, taking over from Don Johnson) and Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs (Jamie Foxx, replacing Philip Michael Thomas) as they go undercover in Florida to track down a massive, Caribbean-wide drug ring. In the process, the boundaries between personal and professional ethics blur in a manner that is as compelling as it is visually striking. Mann replaces the iconic, cool New Wave aesthetic of the eighties with an original blend of hard-boiled hyper-stylization and hyper-realism, action and atmospheric romance. It stands as one of the key crime films of the 2000s, featuring a hypnotic soundtrack that includes music by Mogwai, Moby, and Nina Simone.