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  • Something in the Air. An ode to two Miami knights in designer armor.

    08/16/2006 11:13:39 AM PDT · by .cnI redruM · 4 replies · 563+ views
    NRO ^ | August 16, 2006, 4:42 a.m. | By Andrew Stuttaford
    Michael Mann’s somewhat disappointing new movie may be called Miami Vice and the names of some of its characters may trigger recollections of explosions, pastel, linen suits, stubble, wisecracks, gunplay, and music-video brio, but it has little to do with the ground-breaking television series of 20 years ago. And no, the tawdry remake of Phil Collins’s Michelob anthem that accompanies the film’s closing credits won’t fool anyone that using the old title is anything other than an attempt to cash in on a legendary brand. This movie is Miami Vice in name only. Accept no imitations. For the real thing,...