Miami Vice - Golden Triangle (Part 1)
Genre: Crime / Action
Director: Peter Berg
Writer: Roy Horne
Based on the television series
Cast: Josh Holloway, Taye Diggs, Andy Garcia, Brad William Henke, Troy Garity, Halston Sage, Jay Harrington, Jacob Vargas and Nestor Carbonell
Plot: Crockett (Josh Holloway) and Tubbs (Taye Diggs) are undercover, posing as security guards at a hotel where a couple dirty cops are suspected of extorting high-priced prostitutes. While in the lobby, a fight breaks out between a man high on PCP and his girlfriend. Crockett and Tubbs step in to break up the fight, and Crockett manages to calm the man down. As he tries to handcuff the man, the girlfriend attacks them, agitating the man again. Crockett and Tubbs drag the man outside and handcuff him to a railing outside the lobby. Crockett and Tubbs discuss how they are fed up with the detail and are not particularly interested in investigating other police officers. Lt. Castillo (Andy Garcia) reminds them that the dirty cops are not their brothers, they are criminals who should be behind bars. Crockett and Tubbs decide to try a different approach since posing as security guards has yet to yield any results.
Crockett is in disguise as a nerdy tourist at the hotel visiting Miami for the first time. He is hoping to attract the attention of one of the call girls that the dirty cops have been targeting. Sure enough, he soon catches the eye of Candy James (Halston Sage). She offers Crockett her services for $500. Crockett slyly shows her his badge and takes her into custody. At OCB, they find Candy has a long rap sheet full of prostitution charges. They inform her of the officers they are investigating and Candy agrees to help with the investigation in exchange for her record being wiped clean. Castillo agrees to the deal.
Crockett and Tubbs go to work posing as Candy's pimps. That night, Det. Ross (Jay Harrington) and Det. Garcia (Jacob Vargas) tail Candy from the hotel, pulling her over. They demand $1000 a week in exchange for her continued prostitution at the hotel. They pull her out of her car and smack her around to prove they are serious, unaware that she is wearing a wire and everything is being recorded by Crockett and Tubbs, who race toward her loction. By the time they catch up, Ross and Garcia have left. Candy is angry at being left to take a beating. Now that Crockett and Tubbs have the evidence they need, she tears off the wire and tells them she is done. Crockett and Tubbs put out an APB on Ross and Garcia to have them arrested.
On Crockett's boat the next morning, Crockett and Tubbs learn that Ross and Garcia have already been let out of jail, having been released just an hour after their arrest. Crockett is filing Elvis' nails when a man, Albert Szabo (Nestor Carbonell), approaches the boat offering a business opportunity for Crockett and Tubbs. He tells them that he knows they are running prostitutes at the hotel and ask if they'd be interested in helping him rob the hotel's safety deposit boxes. He tells them to find him at the hotel pool if they're interested. Back at OCB, they are able to identify Szabo, but are confused when his rap sheet lists just about felony in the book except robbery. Castillo instructs Crockett and Tubbs to go along with the play for the time being. Back at the hotel, Crockett is stunned to find Candy hooking at the hotel again. He threatens to have her locked up, but is forced to hold his tongue when Szarbo arrives and takes an interest in Candy. Crockett can do nothing but watch as Candy and Szarbo work out a deal and head upstairs. Later, Candy finds Crockett and Tubbs by the pool and offers to continue helping them, and hands them Szabo's car keys. The three of them go and check out the car, finding robbery equipment and a bill to a sleazy motel. Crockett and Tubbs tell Candy to leave town, but as they leave the parking garage, they are confronted by Szabo and Det. Ross, who accuses them of being snitches since he was busted after he beat Candy. Candy lies to protect Crockett and Tubbs' cover, telling Ross that she turned him in for beating her. When Ross slaps Candy again, Crockett and Tubbs beat Ross down, which convinces Szabo they are the real deal. He offers them a 50/50 split on the robbery, and that he'll have someone check out the security system the next day.
In the morning, Crockett and Tubbs learn that Szabo has gone through with the robbery without them, using sophisticated equipment to break into the hotel vault overnight, opening every safety deposit box in the room. While checking out the vault, they are surprised to find that Szabo has left jewelry and other expensive items behind. In a sleazy motel room, Szabo and an accomplice are going through the score when a masked man busts into his room with a gun. Later, Crockett and Tubbs go to the motel and find Szabo and his accomplice dead, with their bodies having been brutally mutilated.
Back at OCB, Switek (Brad William Henke) and Zito (Troy Garity) mention that Szabo's accomplice was apparently from Thailand. Castillo angrily questions why nobody told him about that sooner. Castillo then goes to the hotel to see the bodies himself. He recognizes the mutilation of the bodies as a warning sign that others don't make the same mistake they did. Crockett and Tubbs are confused by what Castillo means, and he explains that he has seen this kind of mutilation before, during his time in Asia working with the DEA when he was pursuing a major heroin dealer named Lao Li. Castillo suspects that the robbery may have been to recovery specific information regarding Asian heroin trafficking.
Crockett, Tubbs and Castillo scout every Thai and Asian restaurant in the area looking for recent immigrants. At the last Thai restaurant they visit, they find and flush out the assassin. They chase him out a back door. Castillo chases him down and faces him in an alley. Crockett and Tubbs watch, stunned, as Castillo defeats the assassin in a brutal martial arts fight. Before they can arrest him though, the assassin commits suicide by swallowing his own tongue. At OCB, Castillo theorizes that Lao Li is moving his operation to Miami. His fears are confirmed when Castillo receives a package from Lao Li containing a picture of his long-lost wife.
Crockett is in disguise as a nerdy tourist at the hotel visiting Miami for the first time. He is hoping to attract the attention of one of the call girls that the dirty cops have been targeting. Sure enough, he soon catches the eye of Candy James (Halston Sage). She offers Crockett her services for $500. Crockett slyly shows her his badge and takes her into custody. At OCB, they find Candy has a long rap sheet full of prostitution charges. They inform her of the officers they are investigating and Candy agrees to help with the investigation in exchange for her record being wiped clean. Castillo agrees to the deal.
Crockett and Tubbs go to work posing as Candy's pimps. That night, Det. Ross (Jay Harrington) and Det. Garcia (Jacob Vargas) tail Candy from the hotel, pulling her over. They demand $1000 a week in exchange for her continued prostitution at the hotel. They pull her out of her car and smack her around to prove they are serious, unaware that she is wearing a wire and everything is being recorded by Crockett and Tubbs, who race toward her loction. By the time they catch up, Ross and Garcia have left. Candy is angry at being left to take a beating. Now that Crockett and Tubbs have the evidence they need, she tears off the wire and tells them she is done. Crockett and Tubbs put out an APB on Ross and Garcia to have them arrested.
On Crockett's boat the next morning, Crockett and Tubbs learn that Ross and Garcia have already been let out of jail, having been released just an hour after their arrest. Crockett is filing Elvis' nails when a man, Albert Szabo (Nestor Carbonell), approaches the boat offering a business opportunity for Crockett and Tubbs. He tells them that he knows they are running prostitutes at the hotel and ask if they'd be interested in helping him rob the hotel's safety deposit boxes. He tells them to find him at the hotel pool if they're interested. Back at OCB, they are able to identify Szabo, but are confused when his rap sheet lists just about felony in the book except robbery. Castillo instructs Crockett and Tubbs to go along with the play for the time being. Back at the hotel, Crockett is stunned to find Candy hooking at the hotel again. He threatens to have her locked up, but is forced to hold his tongue when Szarbo arrives and takes an interest in Candy. Crockett can do nothing but watch as Candy and Szarbo work out a deal and head upstairs. Later, Candy finds Crockett and Tubbs by the pool and offers to continue helping them, and hands them Szabo's car keys. The three of them go and check out the car, finding robbery equipment and a bill to a sleazy motel. Crockett and Tubbs tell Candy to leave town, but as they leave the parking garage, they are confronted by Szabo and Det. Ross, who accuses them of being snitches since he was busted after he beat Candy. Candy lies to protect Crockett and Tubbs' cover, telling Ross that she turned him in for beating her. When Ross slaps Candy again, Crockett and Tubbs beat Ross down, which convinces Szabo they are the real deal. He offers them a 50/50 split on the robbery, and that he'll have someone check out the security system the next day.
In the morning, Crockett and Tubbs learn that Szabo has gone through with the robbery without them, using sophisticated equipment to break into the hotel vault overnight, opening every safety deposit box in the room. While checking out the vault, they are surprised to find that Szabo has left jewelry and other expensive items behind. In a sleazy motel room, Szabo and an accomplice are going through the score when a masked man busts into his room with a gun. Later, Crockett and Tubbs go to the motel and find Szabo and his accomplice dead, with their bodies having been brutally mutilated.
Back at OCB, Switek (Brad William Henke) and Zito (Troy Garity) mention that Szabo's accomplice was apparently from Thailand. Castillo angrily questions why nobody told him about that sooner. Castillo then goes to the hotel to see the bodies himself. He recognizes the mutilation of the bodies as a warning sign that others don't make the same mistake they did. Crockett and Tubbs are confused by what Castillo means, and he explains that he has seen this kind of mutilation before, during his time in Asia working with the DEA when he was pursuing a major heroin dealer named Lao Li. Castillo suspects that the robbery may have been to recovery specific information regarding Asian heroin trafficking.
Crockett, Tubbs and Castillo scout every Thai and Asian restaurant in the area looking for recent immigrants. At the last Thai restaurant they visit, they find and flush out the assassin. They chase him out a back door. Castillo chases him down and faces him in an alley. Crockett and Tubbs watch, stunned, as Castillo defeats the assassin in a brutal martial arts fight. Before they can arrest him though, the assassin commits suicide by swallowing his own tongue. At OCB, Castillo theorizes that Lao Li is moving his operation to Miami. His fears are confirmed when Castillo receives a package from Lao Li containing a picture of his long-lost wife.
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