Lots of fun , laughs and car races , displaying nonstop action in Marseille , including chases , tongue-in-cheek and lots of humor . This hilarious film from Taxi series includes a lot of unlucky, clumsy, charming characters , it delivers a funny work , its knack of getting the most out of the quirkie roles and situations without ever going over the top makes for some very big laughs . This one deals with Daniel Morales (Sami Naceri) , the driver of a very special taxi in Marseille, gets a famous soccer player to the stadium in time and after that , he helps his clumsy police friend Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec (Frédéric Diefenthal) catch the nasty Belgian after he escaped on Émilien's guard. But soon the Belgian getaways , and while pursuing him the mates stumble on a bank robbery and a drug king's palatial villa, where the grand finale reeks wreak havoc in Brian De Palma's Scarface style . And teaming up with a botcher group of underdog municipal policemen commanded by stiff Commissaire Gibert (Bernard Farcy) in ¨Police Academy¨ style. The sympathetic cop and his companion and their super-taxi go into action . Out to stop the thief gang . No speed limits the next 90 min.
Diverting and moving French action comedy in which the bungling ordinary squad takes on a dangerous mobster and his hoodlums , including the ordinary actors as Samy Naceri , Frédéric Diefenthal , Bernard Farcy , Emma Wiklund , Edouard Montoute , all of them giving sympathetic interpretations. The jokes come as thick and fast , hit and miss as usual and it is done in good spirit if not always in good taste . So-so entry to the nice series with accent on sight gags , and humour that stems from the diverting roles established in other movies . The agreeable cast formed by the motley group of misfits giving fun interpretation while creating confusion , laughs and mayhem . This thrilling as well as humorous motion picture blends action packed , car chases , comedy , shootouts , rip-roaring and turns out to be pretty amusing . The movie is developed in Marseille , as usual , being extremely bemusing , hilarious and really disconcerting.
The film displays action , comedy , intrigue , tongue-in-check and results to be entertaining enough, though predictable . The premise is simple and plain , as a misfit , botcher but likable team reunited to undertake dangerous missions . There are chases galore in breathtaking velocity and with impressive finale race cars , causing wreak havoc and destruction , being realized by magnificent stunts and including excellent visual effects . From start to finish the action pace is fast-moving , as it provides fast and furious entertainment with spectacular scenes . It's a run-of-the mill action-comedy film but from the initial scenes to final entertainment and amusement is unstopped . The laughters and chuckles are varied and giggles are based about diverse characters and differences of the protagonists , but they're the unlikeliest pals . The film is thrilling and humorous at times but is also ridiculous and embarrassing . However, sometimes is fresh and diverting and on a couple of memorable occasions , it's frankly delicious .
Lively and atmospheric musical score adjusted to the action composed by means of synthesizer . Glamorous and colorful cinematography by cameraman Pierrre Morel .This French buddy-cop movie was lavishly produced by great producer and director Luc Besson and regularly directed by Gérard Krawczyk . The funny Taxi series ordinarily played by a foul-mouthed Cabbie : Sami Narcery joining forces with a bungler police inspector , a loser named Emilien : Frederic Diefenthal, along with Bernard Farcy , Marion Cotillard . The original titled Taxi (1998) by Gerard Pires was followed by four sequels : Taxi 2 (2000) , Taxi 3 (2003) y Taxi 4 (2007) and Taxi 5 (2018) with Franck Gastambide , Salvatore Esposito , Edouard Montoute , Alain Trésor, Anouar Toubali ; most of them directed by Gerard Krawczyc and same actors and an American version Taxi (2004) by Tim Story with Queen Lafitah , Jimmy Fallon . The flick will appeal to adrenaline lovers and those young people looking for amusement and strong emotions . It's a must see for the cars buffs and Taxi series enthusiasts .
Diverting and moving French action comedy in which the bungling ordinary squad takes on a dangerous mobster and his hoodlums , including the ordinary actors as Samy Naceri , Frédéric Diefenthal , Bernard Farcy , Emma Wiklund , Edouard Montoute , all of them giving sympathetic interpretations. The jokes come as thick and fast , hit and miss as usual and it is done in good spirit if not always in good taste . So-so entry to the nice series with accent on sight gags , and humour that stems from the diverting roles established in other movies . The agreeable cast formed by the motley group of misfits giving fun interpretation while creating confusion , laughs and mayhem . This thrilling as well as humorous motion picture blends action packed , car chases , comedy , shootouts , rip-roaring and turns out to be pretty amusing . The movie is developed in Marseille , as usual , being extremely bemusing , hilarious and really disconcerting.
The film displays action , comedy , intrigue , tongue-in-check and results to be entertaining enough, though predictable . The premise is simple and plain , as a misfit , botcher but likable team reunited to undertake dangerous missions . There are chases galore in breathtaking velocity and with impressive finale race cars , causing wreak havoc and destruction , being realized by magnificent stunts and including excellent visual effects . From start to finish the action pace is fast-moving , as it provides fast and furious entertainment with spectacular scenes . It's a run-of-the mill action-comedy film but from the initial scenes to final entertainment and amusement is unstopped . The laughters and chuckles are varied and giggles are based about diverse characters and differences of the protagonists , but they're the unlikeliest pals . The film is thrilling and humorous at times but is also ridiculous and embarrassing . However, sometimes is fresh and diverting and on a couple of memorable occasions , it's frankly delicious .
Lively and atmospheric musical score adjusted to the action composed by means of synthesizer . Glamorous and colorful cinematography by cameraman Pierrre Morel .This French buddy-cop movie was lavishly produced by great producer and director Luc Besson and regularly directed by Gérard Krawczyk . The funny Taxi series ordinarily played by a foul-mouthed Cabbie : Sami Narcery joining forces with a bungler police inspector , a loser named Emilien : Frederic Diefenthal, along with Bernard Farcy , Marion Cotillard . The original titled Taxi (1998) by Gerard Pires was followed by four sequels : Taxi 2 (2000) , Taxi 3 (2003) y Taxi 4 (2007) and Taxi 5 (2018) with Franck Gastambide , Salvatore Esposito , Edouard Montoute , Alain Trésor, Anouar Toubali ; most of them directed by Gerard Krawczyc and same actors and an American version Taxi (2004) by Tim Story with Queen Lafitah , Jimmy Fallon . The flick will appeal to adrenaline lovers and those young people looking for amusement and strong emotions . It's a must see for the cars buffs and Taxi series enthusiasts .