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As someone who can say "I've never seen a single episode of Miami Vice on television. Not even reruns.", I looked at this movie version as just a another movie. To me it was long, boring, plodding, and overall uninteresting. The writing in spots was just plain terrible ("Whats the ask?!" who talks like that, really? It sounds corny and contrived). No chemistry between characters: Gong Li (or Li Gong as she is credited) was visibly uncomfortable in her love scenes so they were not believable. Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell were in different movies. That's how much on screen chemistry they had. When the movie ended I did not care about a single character except for the main villain. I wanted the villain to get what was due. I will never watch this movie again. Not out of protest, it's just a bad movie.

A nice and pleasant comedy for children or adults to enjoy. A story of a man from sunny Miami in search of his biological past after learning he has been adopted. His search takes him out of his element and to Alaska where he meets a woman named Barb (who is THE hottest thing in Alaska...) who helps him in his quest.

On a personal note: after meeting Barb, I would have forgotten all about trying to find my parents...

Very thought provoking movie I still think about several days after viewing it. The sexualy hyperactive role need not have been developed. I'm certain if these events were true, there would be some who behave as he did, but he could have simply told everyone what he had been doing with his last days and more time could have been devoted to the other characters. I LIKED THE FACT WE ARE NOT TOLD WHAT IS GOING TO KILL THE EARTH. It is not vital to the story and everyone is resigned to the fact they are going to die. There is no "Why me/us?", "Why is God doing this?" or "Surely there must be something we can do to save us..." Nope. There is no why. Only when, where, and with whom.