Never had I fallen asleep in the movie theater, until I saw Miami Vice. It's not like the film was terrible; it just wasn't…good. Kind of like Paris Hilton's debut album I guess. The Miami-based story's about two cops going undercover to crack a multi-gazillion drug deal without a scratch, in the meantime pretending to look hot in expensive suits and sunglasses.
The teaser trailer that played over and over again on MTR platforms was what got me to see this film in the first place, though the "No. 1 in US box office" claim was not as appealing for me as the background music. (Yes, Linkin Park tricked me into this one!) And nowhere on the trailer did it mention what would've been my other reason to watch Miami Vice—Gong Li. Her mesmerizing beauty makes up for most things, but speaking English with a Spanish accent was just too much to ask of her. She must've spent long hours rehearsing her lines for them to have come out that stiff, that poor girl. It's a good thing her eyes can talk.
With Colin Farrell looking too old for his age, Gong Li being too old to play his girl (which made the supposedly hot sex scene that much less convincing), and Jamie Foxx just not doing much, the two-and-a-half-hour film was as mind numbing as it was ass numbing. I must have been asleep for some 20 minutes, yet I still saw more than I cared to.
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Thank goodness I didn't watch this movie (Sol wanted to ... but I said no ... and now I don't have to anymore!). Anyways ... I actually watched a cop movie the other day with my friend called "Bon Cop Bad Cop". The movie is about a Quebec police working with a Toronto police trying to solve the case together that is related to hockey. It was actually quite interesting, so if you have a chance ... that's my suggestion! But I'm not sure if it'll be available in HK. Anyways ... just wanted to share~
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