Joe Carnahan directs Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and Sharlto Copley in this big budget remake of the goofy 80s TV show that launched a million lunchboxes.

Not sure why this doesn’t gel quite so well. The set pieces might rely on CGI a little too obviously but they are ambitious and bombastic. They try to fly a tank!!!The best sequence has the names of a million producers playing over it. Boo! None of the key actors would be my first draft choice, yet no one shits the bed, Cooper is probably in peak form even though I’m not a huge fan. Could have been so much more, probably deserved a sequel? A 90 minute sequel?

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Perfect Double Bill: Miami Vice (2006)

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