I personally liked most of the movie. Aside from a few modernizations
that were neccessary to make the updated version believable, I thought
they stayed true to the general natures of the major characters. I
originally questioned the casting of Farrell as Crockett, but he pulled
it off nicely. The only casting that I really disliked was Castillo...
nobody but Olmos could own that role, so they should have simply
created a new Lieutenant for the unit. It would have been interesting
to see further development of the characters of the new Zwytek and Zito.

The only part of it I felt was done badly was the raid on the mobile
home. Today, even on short notice, that would have been carried out by
the Metro-Dade SWAT team, especially with a cop being held hostage.

Actually, the one thing that REALLY ticked me off was the bad cover
version of "In the Air Tonight" that accompanied the arrival of the
characters at the climactic showdown. The original Phil Collins version
would have sounded much better, and been equally effective in setting
the mood. And while we're talking about soundtrack, at least a musical
nod to Jan Hammer at some point in the movie would have been a nice
gesture.

All in all, though, I liked it.

~Dale