Taxi
In Marseilles, a skilled pizza courier named Daniel who rides a scooter sees his ambitions realized as he earns a taxi license. After a major speeding violation brings him to the attention of the police, he partners with Emilien, an inept inspector who can't drive, to pursue a gang of German bank robbers, hoping this mission preserves his license and his dream job.
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Gérard Pirès
Gerard Diefenthal
Stéphane Gluck
Bruno Resnais
Sophie Lifshitz
Michèle Andreucci
Fabien Vergez
Sophie Davin
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“Daniel” (Samy Naceri) is a record-breaking pizza delivery man in Marseille who is on the cusp of attaining his two greatest wishes. Sex with his pal “Lily” (Marion Cotillard) and his licence to drive a taxi. Then his phone reminds him that to achieve the latter he will have to, temporarily he hopes, forgo the former and get to the licensing centre. By way of some celebratory foolishness, though, he doesn’t have it long as he drives his cab like he rides his bike, and the local constabulary aren’t so impressed. Luckily, it’s the pretty hapless “Émilien” (Frédéric Diefenthal) who apprehends him and he has bigger fish to fry with some elusive bank robbers. He reckons he can use his new friend’s driving skills and intimate knowledge of the city to help him track the criminals down (he can’t actually drive!) and so now an unlikely pairing is born. Luc Besson has crafted an entertaining movie here that is a spoof of just about every cop/buddy-cum-heist film you’ve ever seen and for the most part it works. There is plenty of action on the streets, but there’s also some good fun to be had as the bromance develops and it soon becomes clear that “Daniel” would make a far better gendarme than “Émilien” ever would. Add to the mix the latter man’s frustrated affection for his colleague “Petra” (Emma Wiklund) and his ineptness seems to know few bounds. Both Naceri and Diefenthal work well together presenting an engaging, borderline slapstick, comedy that ends with an enjoyably high-octane homage to the “Italian Job” (1969) before scenes that might hint sequel! I enjoyed this.
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The directors of Taxi are Gérard Pirès, Gerard Diefenthal, Stéphane Gluck, Bruno Resnais, Sophie Lifshitz, Michèle Andreucci, Fabien Vergez, and Sophie Davin.
The cast of Taxi includes Samy Naceri as Daniel Morales, Richard Sammel as German Gangster #1, Denis Braccini as Chef Pompier, Marion Cotillard as Lilly Bertineau, Dan Herzberg as Paulo, Frédéric Diefenthal as Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec, Bernard Destouches as Flic Barrage Valises, Bernard Farcy as Commissaire Gibert, Édouard Montoute as Alain, Manuela Gourary as Camille Coutant-Kerbalec, Catherine Alias as Femme Nettoyeur Banque, Emma Wiklund as Petra, and more.
The duration of Taxi is 1h 26 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Taxi trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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Taxi was released on 08 Apr 1998.
Taxi is listed under Action, Comedy, Crime, and Adventure on Fanbiz.
Taxi has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "“Daniel” (Samy Naceri) is a record-breaking pizza delivery man in Marseille who is on the cusp of attaining his two greatest wishes. Sex with his pal “Lily” (Marion Cotillard) a..."
