mrvanin

Not a lot more to say than what I wrote as the title of this review. People who like Defoe's basic storyline, or who appreciate a good survival story, will be dissappointed by the uninspired script and the clumsy way this version is executed.

Quite dull and unimaginative, Aidan Quinn had nothing to inject into the unlikeable and rather vacuous character exhibited by No-First-Name Crusoe. The attempt to add some emotional content by including a dog was utterly pointless. The "man Friday" from the original novel remained nameless after his first appearance, but learned an English song with laughable accuracy and somehow constructed a classic African accent in which to sing it, totally uncomprehending what the basic lyrics meant! Who knows what the purpose of that scene was! A previous, brief encounter with another black character was virtually inconsequential.

This story could have be told in two minutes and the ending was particularly dull and pointless. Three and a half stars for the scenery, half a star for the acting and story.

I watched this on YouTube. I fell asleep after an hour and woke up in time to see the last five minutes. I turns out that there were no surprises and I had wasted an hour of missed sleep.

Predictable, pointless, poorly done, pathetic. If the lead had provided some eye-candy, or if any of the characters were interesting, or if the entire story wasn't a concentrated collection of plot-holes, the film would have some saving feature to bring it up to a rating of 2 (rubbish that I could still watch). But it hasn't, so here we are!

This movie is distinguishable from a pile of doggie-doo. That about says it all.

I sought out this specific episode after listening to "Crockett's Theme"; I searched for "Best Miami Vice Episode" - and this is the one that was rated highest.

Well, I have to say I was mightily disappointed! Rated as best, my own perception was 2/10. This is a rating I give when I find a movie or TV episode as poor as possible - but that I'm still willing to watch to the end.

Obviously, Bruce McGill as the crazy ex-cop, is a major feature. I thought his attempts were ludicrously hammed. Maybe this was from poor directing, but he seems to have had a lot of say in how to exhibit his character's insanity. It was really poorly done.

The storyline is rather dull - so I can't understand the superlatives that have been written about this episode. I suspect it was sheer emotion that viewers felt after listening to the portion of "Brothers in Arms' that was overdubbed toward the end. That doesn't save the episode, in my opinion.