Benicio Del Toro on Miami Vice
Just watched an appalling episode of Miami Vice on the Men and Motors channel. The dialogue was awful and Tubbs’ acting was so poor. Don Johnson actually gave an alright performance for once, maybe it was him that made the show so successful. Its amazing at how much TV has changed in the 15 or so years since this was made. Miami Vice makes The Bill look revolutionary.
Oh, and there was Benicio Del Toro’s (star of Usual Suspects, Traffic, Sin City, 21 Grams etc..) first ever screen performance.
They show ‘Magnum’ too don’t they?
Yeah, Magnum has begun on there too. I only watched it by accident, honestly.
When Miami Vice first came out, it was a huge deal. The cocaine industry operating in and out of Miami was just being exposed, so this was cutting edge stuff. To watch it now, I cringe thinking how many Friday nights I spent watching this!