I can't believe anyone who really like the show, would hate the movie, the shows best and earliest moments are classic Mann. It's dark, and brooding, nihlistic...almost every episode ended with some nod to to the ongoing helplessness of the drug war, and their devastated personal lives.....the one exception to the darkness was their friendship, which is exactly how the movie played....Yeah, there are some bad lines, yeah the love story doesn't quite work....but it works enough. That was classic Crockett, always the wrong women, wrong time, wrong life, and always ended by the closing credits. The direction, music, overall look and feel of the movie is incredible.....Loved 'Miami Vice', Mann is unrivaled at crime/drama thrillers...