The buddy cop formula is timeless. If you have one guy who works by the book and another who plays by his own rules, their hijinks will inevitably be riveting regardless of whether they’re solving crimes in the distant past or the far-off future. But while some of our most iconic buddy cop duos get updated to suit the times, other stories are forever tied to their setting, and attempting to update them would just feel wrong.
That’s certainly the case for Miami Vice, which, even in the contemporary 2006 movie directed by Michael Mann, still dripped with its initial setting. Now, another movie adaptation with an all-star cast will bring the story back to its natural habitat.
