Miami Vice - Season Two | 
 enlarge | Directors: Don Johnson, Edward James Olmos, Aaron Lipstadt, Abel Ferrara, Craig Bolotin
Actors: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott, John Diehl
Studio: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 26868
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Region: 1
Discs: 3
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 1122 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.9
MPN: MCAD28827D
ISBN: 1417066261
UPC: 025192882722
EAN: 9781417066261
ASIN: B000BKVKSA
Theatrical Release Date: September 28, 1984
Release Date: December 13, 2005
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Product Description
The pulse & the rhythm of a glamorous resort city is juxtaposed against the steamy haunts of the drug underworld. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/13/2005 Starring: Don Johnson Phillip Michael Thomas Run time: 1122 minutes Rating: Nr
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In its second season, Miami Vice walks that fine line between hip and cool. Hip fades, but cool is timeless. Then, as now, it doesn't get much cooler than this groundbreaking and trendsetting series' promise of a "life of adventure, exciting folks, and exotic locales," to quote one sardonic character. But the compelling stories, cinematic trappings, and lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry between costars Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas elevate Miami Vice from time capsule status. Likewise, the eclectic soundtrack, that would be painfully dated had it been stuck in the '80s, is a mind-blowing shuffle of genres and mainstream, alternative and world artists. "Prodigal Son," the double-length episode that opens the season, features Glenn Frey, U2, the Neville Brothers, Debbie Harry, Brian Ferry, Lou Reed, Traffic, and Phil Collins. Collins himself portrays a con man in one of the season's most entertaining episodes, "Phil the Shill." Not content to just be heard, other musicians who generally eschewed television, appeared on Miami Vice this season, adding to the series' considerable cachet. Among them: Kiss frontman Gene Simmons ("Prodigal Son"); Miles Davis ("Junk Love"); Leonard Cohen ("French Twist"); Ted Nugent ("Definitely Miami"); and Frank Zappa ("Payback"). Miami Vice instantly established itself as an oasis for character actors, many at the beginning of their careers. The second season offers early glimpses of Nathan Lane ("Buddies"), Harvey Fierstein and a pre-Seinfeld Michael Richards as a menacing heavy ("The Fix"), David Strathairn ("Out Where the Buses Don't Run"), Bob Balaban ("Back in the World"), and John Leguizamo ("Sons and Lovers," which also features the unfortunate stunt-casting of Lee Iacocca as a gun-toting parks commissioner). Most of Miami Vice's buzz-generating episodes were in season 1, but season 2 offers several series benchmarks. Two of Johnson's finest hours are "Back in the World" (which he directed) and "Buddies," two episodes that explore Crockett's Vietnam War experience. Thomas got his chance to shine in "Prodigal Son" and "Sons and Lovers," in which Tubbs becomes a target of the vengeful Ivan Calderon. "Bushido" is an always-welcome showcase for Emmy-winner Edward James Olmos as Castillo, who helps shield an associate's Soviet wife and son from the CIA and KGB. "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" boasts an Emmy-worthy performance by guest star Bruce McGill (D-Day in Animal House) as an unhinged former vice cop. Miami Vice stylishly subverted TV cop drama convention, but despite one too many downbeat endings that freeze on a devastated Crockett, it remains exhilarating to re-visit. There are no extras on this three disc-set, but the episodes are enough to make you want to party like it's 1985. --Donald Liebenson
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 Miami Vice Rocks! August 13, 2008
Taheen Lopez (United States- San Diego, CA)
This 1985-86 Season takes me all the way back to memory lane when Don Johnson was a sex symbol and when MIAMI VICE was on NBC every Friday night at 10PM after KNIGHT RIDER at 9PM and when Don Johnson was a sex symbol along with the fact that MIAMI VICE is the show that made Don Johnson a star, especially before his days on NASH BRIDGES.
This is also the season of MIAMI VICE when Crockett(Don Johnson) gets his white Ferrari Testarosa after his black Daytona Ferrari gets blown up, which was certainly a major upgrade for Crockett along with the fact that Crockett's Ferrari was even more upgraded than Robin Master's Ferrari GT on MAGNUM, P.I.
This is also the season when Don Johnson made his hit song "Heartbeat" on the radio in the Summer of 1986, just before MIAMI VICE hit it's 3rd Season on NBC.
Additionally, Miami Vice was also kind of like a night time soap opera in a way, just like ER, CHICAGO HOPE, NYPD BLUE, HILLS STREET BLUES, MELROSE PLACE, BEVERLY HILLS 90210, DAWSON'S CREEK, etc. all were, since they'd sometimes show signs, details, and hints of concluding the previous episodes, even though they wouldn't provide scenes from the previous episodes, unless of course the episode was a 2-part episode.
This season also takes me all the way back to memory lane when NBC's motto was "NBC: Let's All Be There".
Miami Vice Season 2 April 28, 2008
GD (ny usa)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are a Miami Vice Fan you will love it. the thing I don't like is the Two(2) sided disc. The discs seem thiner then usual but the movie quality is good. Compared to other sets that I have purchased in the past which contained heavier one sided picture discs, the Miami Vice box sets (1 & 2 anyway) seem of cheaper quality. Because of this I question the price on these items. As I said before in other box sets I have purchased of better quality materials, The price is in the same ball park. Alas I shall buy them because I do like the series.
 Friday night without the commercials March 20, 2008
N. P. Stathoulopoulos (Brooklyn, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Complete collection of the second season of Miami Vice (1985-1986), indexed on three DVDs. Apparently, the musical rights to the many songs held up release of MV DVDs for a while, but they've all been cleared and the shows are fully intact.
The tone is similar to the first season, with its balance of light, sometimes humorous interaction among the cops and low-rent criminals, to dark and gritty, with the focus on corruption, greed, hypocrisy and general cynicism. Indeed, many enduring cliches of these cynical times got their start on Vice. We have Colombian drug dealers obsessed with revenge, we have evil yuppie pirates who rob and kill for the thrill ("trust fund babies want to have fun"), there's the ex-cop who went insane trying to capture a gangster, there's the father-son sports duo struggling with their relationship and a murder, we have Castillo's mysterious past as a 'company' (CIA) man, etc. While MV's reputation is largely grounded in its style and flare, the overall tone of the show and the subject matter was an important factor and consistent with Mann's work involving cops and robbers. After the first, this is definitely the next best season in terms of being fresh.
While Crockett and Tubbs are involved in more shootouts per season than probably the entire vice squad handled over a few years, and while it's hard to explain how there aren't 1,000 people who now know our heroes' undercover identities, and while Miami's crime rate is genuinely disturbing, the show is still eminently enjoyable as an 80s noir series with many of Michael Mann's signature touches. Sinister occurrences are punctuated with a deep Jan Hammer synch cue, Crockett has a straight face wearing turquoise, pink, and white ensembles, and the criminals have perms. You can buy this set or splurge on the entire five-season DVD box, which only appeared after the seasons were trickled out over two years.
 Miami Vice - Season 2 November 7, 2007
Patrick Wall (Waterford, Wateford Ireland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Season 2 picks up from where season 1 left off - with continuation storylines as well. The excellent opener, "The prodigal son", for example requires you to have seen "Rites of passage" is order to know who Valerie is. Other episodes continue the war between Tubbs and the Calderone family and require you already have watched 4 episodes from season 1. The voodoo episodes like "Tale of the goat" and "Whatever works" are excellent and go places where season 1 didn't. The only episodes here that weren't so hot were "Florence, Italy" and "Little Miss Dangerous", which were back to back. As with season 4, these silly episodes mar what is otherwise an impeccable season.
The Style and The Fury - Season 2 August 9, 2007
J. Hopkins
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the most amazing television shows in it's best season. That should be enough to explain why you need to own this now! Let others give you the episode by episode breakdown. Take it from someone who went out later on Fridays all the time this series was on - it looks way better now on the plasma!
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