In the 1980’s I used to watch Miami Vice every week on TV. You can say I was a fan of the series. I also watched the re-runs a couple of years ago. So when I heard Michael Mann was doing a remake for the cinema, I was very enthusiastic! So yesterday I went to see it. Unfortunately the movie isn’t as good as the series, but if you like fast boats, cars, beautiful women and crime stories, you will probably have a great two hours.
What really made it worth while for me was the sudden appearance of this Asian woman, which I immediately recognized as Gong Li. Then I thought, NO! This canβt be her; she just looks too young to be Gong Li! Well, it was her alright! As you can imagine, Gong Li as lead female role in this favourite series of mine, really got me all excited. She did a great job as drug dealer-boss and Sonny’s love interest. Why did nobody tell me she was in the movie?!Nice soundtrack also, but too bad they didn’t hire Jan Hammer. And thank God there is not an R&B soundtrack like a lot of these movies have nowadays. Go see it! (Just ignore the 6.1 it gets at IMDB.com ;-))
Just for the record; Gong Li was born 31 December 1965 in Shenyang, China. So that makes her 40 years old. Well, she looks like 30 to me.
We have featured Gong Li before at Asian-Sirens here and here.
Official Miami Vice site. (Trailers, clips, photos and great wallpapers!)
