Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play One of the most popular television shows of the 1980s MIAMI VICE helped define the fashion & music of the period while simultaneously maintaining a high quality police drama standard The show is famous for its pastel colours & bright south Florida settings which serve to counteract the sleaze its main characters often had to deal with Sonny & Rico are two cops who work undercover for the Miami Police Department They must balance their myriad personal problems with the difficulty of being undercover in some of Miami&s most rotten criminal businesses Luckily upbeat 80s music & their own personal sense of cool help MIAMI VICE made a star out of Don Johnson who eventually won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Sonny & supporting star Edward James Olmos (as a police captain) won both a Golden Globe & an Emmy MIAMI VICE is a fascinating cultural document of the 1980s as well as an effective & exciting cop show