Miami Vice - Season Three
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Movie Reviews of Miami Vice - Season Three
Movie Review: Oh the 80's!
Summary: 5 Stars
"The secret to success, whether it's women or money, is knowing when to quit. I oughta know: I'm divorced and broke." -Sunny Crocket. Enough said!Movie Review: It's Coming
Summary: 5 Stars
OOHHH March 20th there will be no greater release on this day! and, two seasons all at once! Where to begin! I'd give it a 100 rating if I couldMovie Review: Miami Vice Season Three
Summary: 5 Stars
No problems with this product...Its funny to see all the stars that were just beginning in the 80s that are now big time starsMovie Review: Miami Vice Season 3
Summary: 5 Stars
A dumb question but how are people reviewing if its not released until March 20? HelpMovie Review: Neon Shadows in the Darker Season
Summary: 4 Stars
The third season of Miami Vice appeared during the fall of 1986 in a new time slot, which apparently caused a dip in the ratings due to direct competition with Dallas. However, the show had gained a head of steam by that point.
The show seems to take a darker turn in this season, in the style and subject matter departments. Many endings add a cynical twist as the duo deal with contemporary events like US activity in Nicaragua, the burgeoning fascination with criminal psychology, the rise of synthetic street drugs, and even terrorism. Corruption abounds as they enter a prison to expose and shut down a criminal operation run by the warden himself, or watch one of their own break down from blackmail. The vice squad even loses a member in a memorable two-parter. There are a lot of gun battles, too, with Crockett blowing away a slew of bad guys with his trusty pistol, which always sounded like the Dirty Harry gun. How many times did he have to go in front of the 'shooting board'? It should be every single episode---these guys are involved in more shootings than entire metro departments.
As others have noted, the look of the show changed, too, from the pastels of 1984 to darker hues to match the subject matter. And the haircuts have changed with Crockett sporting a very '86 spiky 'do. And yes, the 'fake' Ferrari Daytona Spyder is blown to smithereens in the great season opener (by an ultra-sleazy gun dealer played by Jeff Fahey) and replaced by the white Testarossa.
And the guest appearances...has any other show had so many then-famous and soon-to-be-famous people appear? Doubtful. Among the familiar faces this time around are Liam Neeson, Lou Diamond Philips, Viggo Mortensen, Benecio Del Toro, John Glover, Sonny Landham (round about the time he appeared as Billy in Predator ), Lawrence Fishburne, the late John Matuszak of Raiders fame, Annette Benning, Vincent D'Onofrio, Wesley Snipes, Bill Paxton, G. Gordon Liddy (again), Bob Balaban (also again), Ron Perlman, Charles S. Dutton, Willie Nelson, and the guy who played the principal in the Breakfast Club. And...in one single episode you have Melanie Griffith, Vanity, Captain Lou Albano, and George Takei(!)
Highly recommended. This was a very good show that hit perhaps its best stride during the third season. There are very few weak episodes, and some very classic ones. Shadow In The Dark is like Manhunter-lite and appeared that same year by Michael Mann. Stone's War dealt with current events of the day in Nicaragua. Walk Alone featured Tubbs going overcover in prison, and getting bailed out by rear-whooping Castillo. This really was 'TV Noir', with Hollywood-level production values on a TV show. Though often remembered only for the style (white jackets, rolled up sleeves, Ray Bans), Miami Vice also gave us a lot of cop-show clichés that writers still can't escape from. As always, Jan Hammer's music is a perfect supplement, particularly when he does that ominous chord when something bad happens (Baaaaaaaarrrr---rrrourrrr...you get the point). One of the reasons the show took so long to appear on DVD is because all of the rights clearing for the (many, many) songs used...they're all here and intact.