Miami Vice - Swamp Country
Genre: Crime / Action
Director: Peter Berg
Writer: Roy Horne
Based on the television series
Cast: Josh Holloway, Taye Diggs, Katrina Law, Brad William Henke, Troy Garity, Marco Rodriguez, Callum Turner, Shalim Ortiz, Brent Werzner, Devin Ratray, Abby Miller
Plot: Sonny Crockett (Josh Holloway) and Ricardo Tubbs (Taye Diggs) are in a rundown Miami hotel protecting Joey Bramlet (Callum Turner), a key witness in an upcoming trial. Finally, their fellow OCB officers Stan Switek (Brad William Henke) and Larry Zito (Troy Garity) arrive to relieve them.
In court, Tubbs testifies against Ruiz, telling the jury how Bramlet led them to the dealer. The jude recesses the trial until Monday morning. Crockett and Tubbs are both certain that Bramlet's testimony on Monday will put Ruiz away for life. Back at the hotel that night, Switek and Zito start bickering about what to watch on TV. Bramlet slips out the door and escapes.
At OCB, Lt. Lou Rodriguez (Marco Rodriguez) berates Switek and Zito for losing their key witness. He then tasks Crockett and Tubbs with tracking Bramlet down and bringing him back by Monday, or else Ruiz will most likely be released. They head over to Bramlet's favorite bar, and the bartender tells them that Bramlet was there a couple hours ago and that he said he was heading back home to the Everglades.
Crockett and Tubbs arrive in Bramlet's home town, Okeechobee, Florida, and Tubbs is shocked to find signs of high-level drug trafficking in such a rural town. Crockett tells him that he heard the DEA has put undercover agents in town a couple times before, but the agents never came back. At a bar they meet a couple of locals, Floyd (Brent Werzner) and Billy (Devin Ratray), who buy them a round of beers. Tubbs finds this suspicious since it is obvious to him that they appear to be white supremacists. Crockett asks them if they know where they can find Bramlet, and the two men offer to drive them over to his place. They drive out into the swamps, where Floyd and Billy beat Crockett and Tubbs and drive off, stranding the two vice cops in the swamps.
Lost in the Everglades, Crockett and Tubbs start walking back towards civilization, but end up running into a group of armed men who take the two prisoner, taking them to a woman, Cassidy (Abby Miller), who reveals that she knows who they really are. She then takes them by to boat to an old house in the swamps where they encounter more armed men, along with Bramlet, who tells them that Cassidy is his wife, and that Ruiz's men have taken their young daughter and threatening to kill her if he takes the stand and testifies against Ruiz. Floyd and Billy are working with Ruiz and have their daughter in a house near town. The house is guarded by twenty Colombians armed with assault rifles. Bramlet tells them that he can only muster six men, but asks Crockett and Tubbs to help him save his daughter. Crockett insists the odds are impossible, but Bramlet reveals that Ruiz has a shipment coming in the following night, meaning that at least half of Ruiz's men will be away from the house dealing with the shipment. Crockett is still not particularly convinced, but he and Tubbs agree to at least check the house out.
That night, Cassidy tells Crockett and Tubbs about how their families used to run liquor during Prohibition, before switching over to marijuana smuggling to support their families. When Ruiz moved to the area, he began forcing the marijuana operations to work for him to smuggle cocaine, killing anyone who tried to work their own operations.
In court, Tubbs testifies against Ruiz, telling the jury how Bramlet led them to the dealer. The jude recesses the trial until Monday morning. Crockett and Tubbs are both certain that Bramlet's testimony on Monday will put Ruiz away for life. Back at the hotel that night, Switek and Zito start bickering about what to watch on TV. Bramlet slips out the door and escapes.
At OCB, Lt. Lou Rodriguez (Marco Rodriguez) berates Switek and Zito for losing their key witness. He then tasks Crockett and Tubbs with tracking Bramlet down and bringing him back by Monday, or else Ruiz will most likely be released. They head over to Bramlet's favorite bar, and the bartender tells them that Bramlet was there a couple hours ago and that he said he was heading back home to the Everglades.
Crockett and Tubbs arrive in Bramlet's home town, Okeechobee, Florida, and Tubbs is shocked to find signs of high-level drug trafficking in such a rural town. Crockett tells him that he heard the DEA has put undercover agents in town a couple times before, but the agents never came back. At a bar they meet a couple of locals, Floyd (Brent Werzner) and Billy (Devin Ratray), who buy them a round of beers. Tubbs finds this suspicious since it is obvious to him that they appear to be white supremacists. Crockett asks them if they know where they can find Bramlet, and the two men offer to drive them over to his place. They drive out into the swamps, where Floyd and Billy beat Crockett and Tubbs and drive off, stranding the two vice cops in the swamps.
Lost in the Everglades, Crockett and Tubbs start walking back towards civilization, but end up running into a group of armed men who take the two prisoner, taking them to a woman, Cassidy (Abby Miller), who reveals that she knows who they really are. She then takes them by to boat to an old house in the swamps where they encounter more armed men, along with Bramlet, who tells them that Cassidy is his wife, and that Ruiz's men have taken their young daughter and threatening to kill her if he takes the stand and testifies against Ruiz. Floyd and Billy are working with Ruiz and have their daughter in a house near town. The house is guarded by twenty Colombians armed with assault rifles. Bramlet tells them that he can only muster six men, but asks Crockett and Tubbs to help him save his daughter. Crockett insists the odds are impossible, but Bramlet reveals that Ruiz has a shipment coming in the following night, meaning that at least half of Ruiz's men will be away from the house dealing with the shipment. Crockett is still not particularly convinced, but he and Tubbs agree to at least check the house out.
That night, Cassidy tells Crockett and Tubbs about how their families used to run liquor during Prohibition, before switching over to marijuana smuggling to support their families. When Ruiz moved to the area, he began forcing the marijuana operations to work for him to smuggle cocaine, killing anyone who tried to work their own operations.
A seaplane carrying Ruiz's cocaine shipment arrives at dawn. Tubbs takes a couple men with him to hit the shipment to act as a distraction for Bramlet to rescue his daughter with the help of Crockett and a few other men. Tubbs shoots up the crates, while at the same time Crockett launches an attack on the house with Bramlet. While the locals fire upon the guards outside, Crockett sneaks in through a skylight to rescue Bramlet's daughter. He finds her being held at gunpoint by Billy, who threatens to kill her if Crockett so much as blinks. Crockett quickly shoots Billy in the head. Meanwhile, back at the shipment, Tubbs chases down a fleeing Floyd and arrests him. Back at the house, Bramlet and Cassidy give their daughter a hug. Tubbs tells Bramlet that they need to hurry back to Miami so he can testify against Ruiz. Crockett, Tubbs and Bramlet speed off toward Miami.
In court, Ruiz is clearly furious to see that Bramlet has shown up to testify. Ruiz makes a scene in the court room as Bramlet describes Ruiz's operation to the jury. The judge holds Ruiz in contempt of the court and orders the bailiffs to remove him. Crockett, Tubbs and Rodriguez move forward to assist the bailiffs in restraining Ruiz, but Ruiz manages to get his hands on the gun of one of the bailiffs' and starts firing in the direction of the police. He manages to get a shot off before he is killed by Crockett. Just when they believe order has been restored, Crockett and Tubbs notice that Ruiz's shot has hit Rodriguez in the chest. Rodriguez collapses to the floor as Crockett yells for an ambulance.
Crockett sits by Rodriguez's hospital bed. Rodriguez is in critical condition. Fellow OCB officer Gina Calabrese (Katrina Law) shows up to comfort Crockett. He's upset that he wasn't quick enough to shoot Ruiz before he could fire the gun. Gina tells him that he shouldn't blame himself, he should blame Ruiz. Rodriguez begins to crash. Doctors and nurses rush into the room to try to save him. Gina pushes Crockett out of the room.
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