Vice

Max’s Tokyo Vice Gets Closer to Its Out-of-Reach Potential in Season Two | TV/Streaming

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The show’s second season begins immediately where the first left off, with Jake showing his mentor Hiroto (an always enigmatic Ken Watanabe) a video of Onyx club hostess Polina (Ella Rumpf) being murdered by a member of the Tozawa clan. Instantly, we’re pushed back into this world without a moment to breathe, along with its … Read more

Michael Mann’s Miami Vice Is Actually Awesome

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Expectations were high when I first saw Michael Mann‘s big-screen adaptation of Miami Vice. The advertising looked like Heat meshed with Collateral, and everyone prepared themselves for another classic crime thriller featuring badass characters acting tough in intense shootouts with formidable villains. At first, the film went according to plan. Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Tubbs … Read more