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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 70463
Released: June 19, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The story centers on a rag-tag team of Reno cops that are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. They're not the best, but that's all we got. Based on the successful Comedy Central TV series.
Description of Reno 911! - Miami:
For Reno 911 fans who believe that Comedy Central's improv-driven mock-reality series could benefit from more unbleeped profanity, uncensored sex scenes, and nudity, the feature-length R-rated Miami will be just the ticket. Perhaps less a movie than it is a Very Special Episode, Miami transplants short-shorts-bedecked Lt. Dangle (Thomas Lennon) and company to Miami for the American Police Convention ("They invited everybody"). No sooner can you say "bio-terrorism" than the hotel is quarantined, and Wahoe County's hapless misfits, shut out when their credentials can't be found, must step in and save the city from "complete chaos." Complete chaos ensues. As with the series, Miami unfolds in a series of hit and miss bits. The funniest are those that hew closest to the Cops template, such as an early "814" call that does not, as the officers believe, decode as armed intruder, but actually involves a loose chicken, and an encounter with a taunting good ol' boy who, when faced with an alligator in a swimming pool, boldly goes where officers Jones (Cedric Yarbrough) and Garcia (Carlos Alazraqui) fear to tread.
Happily, as was not the case with Borat, no innocent or unsuspecting citizens were emotionally harmed during the making of this movie. All of the jokes and humiliations are at the Reno squad's expense. Miami benefits from some subtle (and not so subtle) stunt casting, including Patton Oswalt (The King of Queens) in a small but pivotal role as the deputy assistant mayor, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's hilarious, albeit short-lived cameo as a gung-ho bomb squad leader. It is a tribute to the crack ensemble that Reno's intimately etched characters do not need much of an introduction, and can be appreciated by those who have not seen the show. But longtime viewers are issued this warning that Miami crosses with even more impunity the thin blue line of good taste. A Rear Window homage in which we view each officer indulging in some alone time in their fleabag motel rooms may not be as bad as Borat's wrestling match, but really, there ought to be a law! --Donald Liebenson
Reno 911!: Miami Extras
View a clip of the team attempting to best Miami's 9-1-1 call center. |
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Stills from Reno 911!: Miami Reno 911! - Miami Reviews:
Pretty Good, Actually 
2009-09-14 - I must confess I have only a limited knowledge of the original show "Reno 911!" Actually, I have never seen it. Not a single episode. I knew the original TV series was Comedy Central's parody of "COPS" and that's all I knew before watching "Reno 911!: Miami." So read my review as such, written by a first-time viewer of the series.
What surprised me is that I enjoyed the film. The film is not perfect and its 84 minute running time is still too long, but I liked it. The story starts promisingly with the Reno Sheriff's Department officers and their mission to resolve a nuclear bomb situation (with a cameo from Danny DeVito, who is also a co-executive producer). The goofy scene is followed by another mission of them, which is even goofier - an emergency call to catch a runaway chicken on the road.
Then the entire officers are "invited" to the national police convention held in Miami Beach. After staying at the town's motel (shot in "Rear Window" style), they learn that because of the terrorist attack, the convention center is quarantined and everyone inside, including the police officers, cannot leave the facilities. This means the bumbling officers from Reno Sheriffs Department must respond the calls from the civilians and patrol the streets of the town.
As far as humor goes, the film is at its best in the earlier part. Though he appears only briefly (about three minutes, I think), Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a SWAT agent is hilarious. As the film goes on, however, from somewhere around "the croc in the swimming pool" or "the beached whale" the jokes start to be repetitious. Paul Rudd is very funny as a "Cuban" drug lord (a "Scarface" parody), but the film's weak conclusion needs better material.
As a stand-alone comedy "Reno 911!: Miami" is largely forgettable, but is still good enough to get us interested in the original TV series, which I believe is much better
If you love the series 
2009-05-24 - If you love the series as I do, then this small set is a good addition to your video library. Unlike some sets, such as South Park or most movies, the sets do not make you see the egotistical producers or some advertisement for coming attractions. You can jump right to the show that you like, or see them in order.
Maybe It Was Just Too Long ?
2009-03-20 - Reno 911 , the series cracked me up, I thought it was hysterical and I have it on DVD. 911 Miami ..... while I liked it, I didn't love it. The plot ( such as it was ) I thought was hard to follow. I think the film could have benifitted maybe by some better editing and perhaps it was too long.
Not as funny as The Tv show...
2009-03-02 - Not bad really, Very funny, Of course it could have been better, It could have been like the TV Show, But it wasn't. Still Good Laugh, and funny shock moments.
Good movie.
2008-10-18 - The first Reno 911 movie, and I found it entertaining and funny. Not as funny as the episodes on TV but still gave me a few laughs.
