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Miami Vice - Series 5 - Complete [DVD] [1988]
enlarge	Actors: Donald Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos Studio: Universal Pictures UK Category: DVD List Price: ~~£49.99~~ Buy New: £12.40 as of 25/11/2009 03:13 GMT details You Save: £37.59 (75%) New (10) Used (3) from £12.40 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 4 reviews Sales Rank: 8838 Format: PAL Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 6 Running Time: 1008 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5050582501834 ASIN: B000VPYUA0 Theatrical Release Date: 1988 Release Date: December 26, 2007 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Saving you some heartache and pain... May 20, 2008 A. Skarzynski (London) 7 out of 7 found this review helpful OK, so you wade through five long seasons of Miami Vice, enduring the substandard episodes in order to get to the gold-dust (Castillo mumbling enigmatically, yet another of Tubbs' love interests getting blown away within one episode, implausibly coiffured drug dealers holding meetings in derelict warehouses with subtle mood-lighting and smoke machines installed). Then at the end of disc five of the six DVD set you get what appears to be a final episode with a tearjerker farewell for Crockett and Tubbs and a montage of 5 seasons worth of Vice action. br /Then there's disc six? br /Due to some writer's strike at the time, the episodes on the final disc were aired after the season finale? Why the box set doesn't re-order them so the time-line is intact I don't know - observing some unwritten arcane law of TV-to-DVD release protocol perhaps? But do yourself a favour and switch discs 5 and 6 around. br /I was inconsolable for a month when I realised I'd squandered the big finish early and was left with some below par throwaway episodes as my parting memory of MV. In my rage I almost ripped up my signed Edward James Olmos picture. br /Surely the chronology of the story supersedes the order of TV broadcast? Make the switch, you'll thank me. br / The end of the 80's and the decade of Vice November 15, 2009 Sam Hussein (London, UK) After five trendsetting seasons of defining the cultural 80's vibe, Vice was beginning to lose its glamour and had overstayed its welcome by becoming as trendy and outmoded as yesterday's pastel-colored fashions. The mood and feel of the show had shifted away from the pop-electric neon atmosphere of earlier seasons to a darker and edgier tone beginning with the two-part conclusion to the season four cliffhanger "Mirror Image" that ended with Sonny, believing that he is his undercover persona Burnett after suffering total amnesia in a boat explosion, races off in a speedboat after killing an undercover detective. Tubbs has tracked him down somewhere near Tampa where he has been living for months as a hit-man for a powerful crime cartel. The premiere episode "Hostile Takeover" begins with Sonny rising through the ranks of the Carrera's by doing the dirty deeds for the feuding family in an effort to take out the rival El Gato organization. Posing as a Jamaican buyer, Tubbs rendezvous with Sonny in an effort to jar his memory but instead Sonny tries to kill Tubbs when it triggers a memory flashback and he remembers that he is a cop. After the initial Burnett story-arc is concluded in "Redemption in Blood," the remaining episodes seemed to turn somewhat anti-climactic. What could have been an interesting season-long theme that that could have potentially played up Sonny-turned-bad masquerading as his undercover alter-ego Burnett is cut short prematurely and it's hard to believe that Sonny isn't indicted for all of his heinous crimes or at the very least is forced to turn in his badge. There's a few moments with Crockett trying to reconcile his relationship with his son Billy in "To Have and To Hold" and coming to terms with his ex, Caroline, and an amusing light-hearted episode with his con-artist cousin Jack played by David Andrews in "Jack of All Trades" and also Tubbs reuniting with Valerie reprised by Pam Grier in the originally unaired "Too Much, Too Late" that help to wrap up loose ends but overall you can sense that the end of the line was coming and the cast and crew were just riding things out. Don Johnson's wardrobe had gone from stylish slacks and casual loafers to denim bluejeans and cowboy boots and his long shaggy blonde locks made him look like he'd just walked off the set of Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. The absence of composer Jan Hammer is painfully felt and Tim Truman's commendable scoring gives it a very different overall feel compared to previous seasons and redundant plotlines involving South American drug smugglers had finally exhausted themselves but the payoff at the end of the final episode "Freefall" is emotional as the ensemble cast members say their goodbyes and go their seperate ways and almost as suddenly as Miami Vice had come to an end, so too had the fashionable decade of the 1980's. Pure blinding genius for TV February 11, 2008 Brendan O. Clarke (Edinburgh) 4 out of 5 found this review helpful I was scared with the prospect of spending £28 for MV season 5 as i heard it was the worst season of all. Nonsense. This season 5 is the best season as it is not an unbalanced season unlike the others 1-4. It features two poor episodes unlike other MV seasons where you could get between 5 and 8 poor episodes. br / br /We (UK) laughed at Miami Vice years ago. However the joke is on us simply because the best of our TV is crap (case in point = Hotel Babylon) and in the USA they are churning out CSI and the Sopranos, 6 Feet Under etc.....who is the joke on now?? br / br /Anyhoo, Miami Vice 5 starts out with Sonny working on the other side of the Law in the first two episodes (directed by Don Johnson). Crockett assumed he was his drug dealer undercover alterego. br / br /The next episode features Castillo's personal life and showcases his character in the action very well. A few episodes later we come to "Bad timing" with Sonny recovering from his amnesia ordeals only to come up against two of the worst baddies ever in vice. Episodes like "Line of fire", "Borrasca", "To have and to hold", "Miami Squeeze" and "Asian cut" represent straightforward vice at its best. br / br / br /Take all of the episodes, and look at them as one large opus, which through drama, supported by music, fashion, and visuals, exhibited how draining and emotionally effecting the job of fighting crime was on under cover Police officers. This was mainly done with the character of Sonny, who started as a person who thought that right would always prevail, and who through loss of loved ones (through divorce, death, and corruption of the system which he had dedicated his life to) became a tired, emotionally drained, shell of the person that he once was. Rico Tubbs also goes through a simliar negative transformation. br / br / br /The visuals, music, tones, and colors of this show ever so slightly changed each season, as each character was beginning to be effected by the rising wave of crime corruption that was overtaking Miami. Sonny was the focal point of this, but all characters showed its effect. I don't think that the actors were "riding things out"; I think this was all to show how exhausting the job can be! br / br /The absence of composer Jan Hammer is painfully felt and Tim Truman's commendable scoring gives it a very different overall feel compared to previous seasons and redundant plotlines involving South American drug smugglers had finally exhausted themselves but the payoff at the end of the final episode "Freefall" is emotional as the ensemble cast members say their goodbyes and go their seperate ways and almost as suddenly as Miami Vice had come to an end, so too had the fashionable decade of the 1980's. John Lennon said that before Elvis there was nothing. Of course, apart from a lot of teengroups, this was quite accurate. I would dare to say that for almost 20 years after Miami Vice there has been nothing on tv that could equal, let alone surpass it. Episodes of MV 5 "Miracle Man" and "Leap of Faith" are to be avoided. br /This is the best MV season. MV 5 October 20, 2009 H. Burr (UK) Great finish to a awesome series. br /It's lost the real grit from the early series but still holds that iconic entertainment for the MV fan. br / br /It's obvious that you should have gone through the first 4 series to want to buy the 5th - preaching to the converted! br / br /Enjoy.

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