Bad Boyz: The movie that left us all wondering what “you gonna do when they come for you,” Bad Boyz features Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as two detectives on the Miami police force. After 120 million dollars in drugs are stolen, the two detectives are given the option of getting the drugs back or losing their jobs. They fight and squabble with each other, but their mutual love is also genuine, leading this duo to be compared to those of Lethal Weapon and Starsky and Hutch. Though this movie is far-fetched - as police dramas often are - it is entertaining, fast-paced, and the action is hard to pass up. This movie led to a sequel, which was also shot in Miami.
Any Given Sunday: One of the more action-packed football films, Any Given Sunday includes a star-studded cast of both actors and professional athletes. With a portion of the movie filmed in Miami, the Orange Bowl Stadium was disguised as home turf for a fictitious football team, the Miami Sharks. Al Pacino plays an intense coach while Cameron Diaz plays an owner, and a not very nice one at that. The football movie greatly differs from heartwarming ones like Rudy or The Replacements. Instead, it shows the inner working and politics involved with running a professional team.
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1 - Howard Dratch
I like Miami basically and come here once or twice a year. It is a nice area that has no business within the evil of the South, of Florida.
However, I have conscientiously ignored all these films. There were a number of books that could or should have become movies. Perhaps it is time for the area to host more film crews. Sadly, so many people have "discovered" the paradise that costs and traffic are robbing it of its livability.
Still, how many pleasant places in America have not become magnets for migrants looking to live in paradise? Hollywood, L.A. and S.F. were the early ones that blossomed after the soldiers saw them during WWII.
It is Miami's turn and we can only hope that success will not spoil Tab Hunter.