Writer director Michael Mann missed by miles on this one. He should know better because he makes good films.He was also involved in the original TV show. So what happened to the colorful, moody, neon, pastel, fashionista, cool attitude of the TV series? It died a sad death.

The story (for what it was) revolves around our familiar character cops Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. They go undercover to bust a drug cartel. That's the story - lock, stock and barrel.

We meet all sorts of unsavory characters. You know they are bad because they have bad hair, bad skin and bad teeth. They also have little style. There is absolutely no character development. There is no depth. There is no South Beach flavor. Mann's Miami Vice focus' on a trailer park near an airport. Huh?

I laughed at times that I am sure were not built for laughs. Somewhere in their contracts I guess that the two main actors called for equal time in the sex and shower scenes. Neither worked for me. (We ate popcorn during those scenes).

The film needed subtitles. There was much muttering and heavy accents. I decided that there was really no script so it didn't matter that I couldn't understand what they were saying half of the time.

Okay, so is there anything good to say about the film? We decided that the positive thought we left the theater with was the fact that the worst bad guys were the white supremacists. I guess that's something, eh?

Acting: Is staring, leering, sneering and muttering acting? If so, then Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx did their jobs. Gong Li was not a good fit as the love interest of Sonny Crockett. There was zero chemistry between them. Everyone else was straight out of central casting.

LOBO HOWLS: 2