The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees ...
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Harold
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Albert Hockenberry
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The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause. Written by Josh Pasnak <chainsaw@intouch.bc.ca>
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story continued during end credits | falling into a swimming pool | eye patch | break door in | candle |Taglines:
When these guys hit the streets, guess what hits the fan. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 December 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Capitol Cab See more »Filming Locations:
Washington Dulles International Airport - 45020 Aviation Drive, Sterling, Virginia, USA See more »Company Credits
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It's pretty old, but there are no opinions on this movie, so I thought I would write one.
I remember seeing this at the theater. Of course, I was in college when it came out and my life was quite different than now, but I still love this movie.
The plot line is that Albert's dad has died and he is coming to visit one of his dad's Vietnam War friends, Harold. Harold owns D. C. Cab company, the worst cab company in D. C. The cabbies are rude, schemers who don't care about being cabbies (who would? :)). Albert tries to bring them all together to no avail. When a kidnapping takes place, the cabbies not only rally around each other, but gain pride in the company. Probably sounds boring, but I think it is hilarious.
The acting in this movie is cheesy, but if you take it for what it is, a b-grade comedy, I think you will like it. This movie is along the Adam Sandler-line movies. Some people love movies like that (I do as the norm) and some don't. If you think Adam is silly, skip this one.
Another thing I like about this movie is it has a lot of quotable, funny lines - like when Tyrone (one of the cabbies) is talking to Albert and says "My father was so crazy, he thought he was Jesus. So they sent him to the nut house. When he got out, he didn't think he was Jesus anymore, he thought he was God. That made me Jesus."
I love Adam Baldwin in this movie. He plays a hokey, naive guy, but he does it well. Mr. T. plays...well, Mr. T. but he comes off as likable as well. Max Gail turns in a good performance and even Bill Maher is in this (his first performance in a movie)!
The movie is predictable - good wins out over evil, people get over their differences, but darn it, I kinda miss that in movies today! Movies are so politically correct now and show both sides and often, evil wins out. This is like a romance novel - not great reading, but you enjoy it anyhow.
I marked this not suitable for children for two reasons - language (hey, they are cabbies!) and some nudity that is a little too much for kids. It is a brief part of the movie (they are in a nudie bar), but pretty explicit.
Oh, I should also mention that this was kinda hard for me to find in VHS. I had to purchase it off eBay.