The opening can be treated as the nightclub alone or the longer opening through the highway death; the nightclub is praised despite unexplained violence.
The opening mojito flirtation makes the drink appealing.
The meet-and-greet gone wrong and John Hawks suicide are candidates; the spoken surname is corrected from Harks to Hawks.
Other candidates are the Haiti negotiation, Cuba trip, trailer rescue/explosion, final shootout and actual ending.
A personal vote favors the breathtaking Cuba speedboat trip despite its illogical details.
The trip prompts questions about silent travel, seasickness, clothes, time away and whose house they use.
The boat scene recalls the television Calderon revenge Bahamas montage accompanied by Voices, and is praised as the best movie speedboat scene.
The Havana dancing is compared to the Anchorman flute sequence as an odd inclusion; the extended sex scene also seems long.
The intimacy nevertheless establishes why saving Trudy matters.
The other favorite is the negotiation with the grenade and Jackson Pollock threat.
The boat sequence is compelling enough to postpone dinner.
An estimated 250 miles suggests three or four hours at the discussed speeds, inviting objections about noise, nausea, cold and waves.

Music and cinematography lead, alongside mojitos, the hair and mustache, Cuba and silent driving.

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Mojitos are a major beneficiary, although the mojito conversation has comically little chemistry.
The mid-2000s music and Farrell hair and mustache have come around; modern widescreen presentation serves the photography.
Cuba is an appealing movie destination, with the Fast and Furious franchise cited as another user.
Silent driving recalls the television partners and a pleasure difficult to find in Los Angeles traffic.
Taking cell calls in speeding convertibles strains plausibility, as does talking on the speedboat.
The instrumental ending with the waterfall is praised; its band name is transcribed inconsistently.
The same band is discussed in connection with a football documentary and the Kobe doing work comparison.
Michael Mann is contrasted with Scorsese for using contemporary music; the filmmaker transcribed as Jonathan Demi is also praised.
Numb/Encore went from seeming like a bad commercial mashup to an inspiring athletic hype song.
The song also earns a place on a soccer-trip playlist.
The rock-rap, Moby and Latin-influenced house music now seem appropriate to the film and Miami club culture.
Music and cinematography are the final responses; silent rescue cutaways and the contrast between nighttime and daylight are praised.

Flip phones, mumbling and difficult dialogue, with a qualified defense of Gong Li.

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Flip phones and mumbling are candidates.
A hypothetical marathon interview with Michael Mann is imagined to resolve their questions.
Research is said to indicate that Gongli memorized the English dialogue phonetically.
Her hands, eyes and intensity communicate beyond the words, although more improvisation and emotional presence are wished for.
The romance has unusual chemistry; the opening waitress interaction seems more sexually convincing.
The parking-garage dialogue makes the undercover premise hard to hear, compared with missing the setup in Die Hard.
Both speakers now favor Gongli, praising charisma and intensity while questioning the relationship with the remote bearded boss.

John Hawks and Eddie Marzon are discussed as a split; the exchange contains a provisional concession before the split is offered.

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John Hawks is nominated, with another correction from John Harks; Dom from Entourage is also nominated.
The bald skinhead villain, Trudy and the other female officer Gina Calabrese are considered.
Gina police movement and shooting are praised, contrasting with the television women repeatedly assigned sex-worker cover.
Yarrow, the heavily bearded boss and Eddie Marzon are added; the apartment scene and vertical-integration line support Marzon.
An initial preference favors Marzon for going big in one scene.
A preference favors Hawks; the reply allows Hawks, followed by suggestions to split the award. No confident sole winner is imposed.

Mojo, mojitos, Dom and the cameras are endorsed; Farrell draws Miami Vice versus In Bruges preferences.

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Dom from Entourage and mojitos are introduced as positive cases.
Farrell is considered for a belated apex or Mount Rushmore; one preference is Miami Vice and the other is the title transcribed as in Bruch.
Jamie Fox, Michael Mann and Gongley are rejected as apex cases.
The Mojo speedboat is endorsed, with an imagined future purchase and Hawaii trip.
The Viper cameras receive an apex endorsement.

Yes; numerous roles are suggested, especially Alonzo.

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Trejo could improve many roles, with Crockett, Tubbs, Fujima, Yarrow, Montoya and the sergeant considered.
Alonzo is a strong fit by analogy to Trejo role in Heat; his exclusion is jokingly called insulting.
A Trejo appearance is imagined as enough to make the film a blockbuster.
A falling-out during Heat or a schedule conflict is speculated as an explanation for the absence.

No strong overacting choice; the bearded boss and John Ortiz are considered, but underacting dominates.

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The bearded boss is the only tentative initial overacting candidate, with uncertainty about whether the performance is simply his manner.
John Ortiz is praised but said to overdo Yarrow at times.
The overall view is too much underacting and under-enunciation, leading to a joking alternative award.

Colin Farrell receives two explicit choices.

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The first choice is Colin Farrell.
Michael Mann is considered but rejected in comparison with earlier achievements in The Insider, Heat, Manhunter and The Last of the Mohicans.
A second explicit choice is Farrell, followed by the explanation that the rundown had only one candidate and a renewed apex claim.

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