Guardian Australia · Film

Edgier than the TV series, Michael Mann’s take on Miami Vice is gritty and intoxicating

· By Brogan Morris
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Where the 80s series was all pastels and shoulder pads, the noughties action thriller has flip phones and Linkin Park – a better fit for a less optimistic world

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