Taxi 2 (2000)

Director:

Gérard Krawczyk

Writer:

Luc Besson (writer)

Release Date:

6 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Le 29 mars, il passe la seconde.

Plot:

The Japanese ambassaor is visiting Marseilles to view the city police's anti-gang tactics. During the visit...

Plot Keywords:

Taxi | Yakuza | Taxi Driver | Rescue | Marseille

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Samy Naceri	...	Daniel Morales
Frédéric Diefenthal	...	Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec
Marion Cotillard	...	Lilly Bertineau
Emma Wiklund	...	Petra (as Emma Sjöberg)
Bernard Farcy	...	Commissaire Gibert
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Général Edmond Bertineau
Frédérique Tirmont	...	Mother (as Frederique Tirmont)
Marc Faure	...	French Minister
Hirata Haruhiko	...	Japanese Minister
Tsuyu Shimizu	...	Yuli (as Tsuyu)
Ko Suzuki	...	Katano
Yoshi Oida	...	Yuke Tsumoto
Kentaro	...	Yakuza
Hiro Uchiyama	...	Master Hypnotist (as Hira Uchiyama)
Onochi Seietsu	...	Master Hypnotist

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Japanese | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) | Ireland:12 | Belgium:KT | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:16 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company:

ARP Sélection

Trivia:

August 17, 1999 cameraman Alain Dutartre was killed when a car driven by a stuntman overshot a jump over tanks and struck him also injuring Jean-Michel Bar.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The Mitsubishi cars used by the bad guys have Japanese license plates and were presumably imported from Japan. However these are the cars with the steering wheel on the left, not on the right, as the imported Japanese car should have.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Daniel Morales: Ninja!

Movie Connections:

References Rocky (1976)

Watch out! Warned you! Me do police brutality!

I just felt like mindless entertainment yesterday and this fills the bill nicely. Luc Besson follows up his successful Taxi with taxi 2, and a new director Gérard Krawczyk (The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc), who he will keep for the next two sequels.

The regulars are back: Samy Naceri as Daniel, Frédéric Diefenthal as Émilien, Marion Cotillard as Lilly, and Emma Wiklund as Petra. Jean-Christophe Bouvet (Marie Antoinette) joins the cast as a General and Lilly's father.

A family meeting with Lilly's parents is interrupted as Daniel once again is thrust into the savior role and works with Emilien to save the Japanese ambassador, who is inspecting a new police vehicle and anti-gang tactics. Of course, the Yakuza is involved, as they do not want these things in Japan.

The usual action and laughs with some karate thrown in. Petra dazzles us with her moves sans underwear, along with Japanese beauty Tsuyu Shimizu.

This film sees Emilien make the moves towards Petra, while Daniel's love life with Lilly is constantly interrupted.

Good clean fun as only the French can do.