Taxi 2 (2000)

Director:

Gérard Krawczyk

Writer:

Luc Besson

Release Date:

6 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Le 29 mars, il passe la seconde.

Plot:

Police inspector Emilien and his taxi-driver pal Daniel are back, this time on the tail of a group of Japanese yakuza.

Plot Keywords:

Marseille | Police | Yakuza | Rescue | Taxi

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
Haruhiko Hirata	...	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
Edouard Montoute	...	Alain
François Cottrelle	...	Plainclothes Cop at Airport
Tewhik Behar	...	Djamel
Jean-Louis Schlesser	...	Jean-Louis
Henri Magne	...	Co-Pilot
Michel Muller	...	Pregnant Woman's Husband
Miren Pradier	...	Pregnant Woman
Richard Guedj	...	Doctor
Jean-Luc Borras	...	Bookseller
Sébastien Thiery	...	Driving Instructor (as Sebastian Thiery)
Cyril Raffaelli	...	Karate Instructor (as Cyril Quenel Raffaeli)
François Nguyen	...	Belote Player
Louis-Marie Nyee	...	Belote Player
David Moulin	...	Belote Player
Jean-Luc Mehler	...	Old Cop at Radar (as Jean-Luc Mehlem)
Jean-François Regazzi	...	Deputy Chief at Radar
Dominique Chevalier	...	Traffic Controller (as Dominique Chevallier)
Franck Maigne	...	Assistant Traffic Controller
Hiroyuki Yanagisawa	...	Japanese Ambassador
Emile Gerard	...	Lt. Colonel Bertrand
Nicky Naudé	...	Swimming Man
Shirley Bousquet	...	Swimming Woman
Jean-Claude Houbart	...	Green Light Driver
Christophe Gorlier	...	Expert Chief
Maïdi Roth	...	Driving School Student (as Maidi Roth)
Philippe du Janerand	...	Passenger
Eric Challier	...	Cop at Police Station
Jacques Buron	...	Colonel Picard
Stephane Aizac	...	GIGN Soldier
Sébastien Pons	...	Akim (as Sebastian Pons)
Malek Bechar	...	Rachid
Michel Elias	...	Rally Speaker
Pierre Brichese	...	Cop at Police Station
Fedele Papalia	...	Park Keeper
Dorel Carenco	...	Young Girl at Radar
Jui Gui Kwon	...	Yakuza 3
Ken Chung	...	Yakuza 4
Raymond Khamvene	...	Yakuza 5
Jean Lebidan	...	Yakuza 6
Pierre Nguyen	...	Yakuza 7
Châu Belle Dinh	...	Ninja
Williams Belle	...	Ninja
Guylain N'Guba-Boyeke	...	Ninja
Malik Diouf	...	Ninja
Charles Perrière	...	Ninja
Laurent Piemontesi	...	Ninja
Yann Hnautra	...	Ninja
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Luc Besson	...	Boat Owner (uncredited)
Jacques Chirac	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wilfrid Grenier	...	Cop (uncredited)
Daniel Herzog	...	Lionel Jospin (voice) (uncredited)
Lionel Jospin	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yves Lecoq	...	Jacques Chirac (voice) (uncredited)
Junko Murakami	...	Passant (uncredited)
Victoria Obermayer	...	Olivia (uncredited)

Directed by
Gérard Krawczyk

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Luc Besson

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	producer
Bernard Grenet	....	executive producer
Laurent Pétin	....	producer
Michèle Pétin	....	producer

Original Music by
Al Khemya

Cinematography by
Gérard Sterin

Film Editing by
Thierry Hoss

Casting by
Swan Pham

Production Design by
Jean-Jacques Gernolle

Art Direction by
Franck Schwarz

Set Decoration by
Catherine Werner Schmit

Costume Design by
Martine Rapin

Makeup Department
Myriam Hottois	....	key makeup artist
Geraldine Kechichian	....	makeup artist
Christine Vizier	....	key hair stylist
Frédéric Zaid	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Max Besnard	....	unit manager trainee
Mélik Bénard	....	unit manager
Olivier Coquillon	....	unit manager
David Deshayes	....	unit manager
Guillaume Farny	....	unit production manager
Cédric Fréni	....	assistant unit manager
Marc Guidetti	....	unit production manager
Thierry Guilmard	....	production manager
Elisabeth Guthmann	....	unit manager trainee
Didier Hoarau	....	unit production manager
Patrick Le Goc	....	unit manager
Franck Lebreton	....	unit production manager
Patrick Pourcier	....	unit manager runner
Stéphan Ripoll	....	unit manager
Julien Sanson	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andrea Fontana	....	assistant director
Stéphane Gluck	....	assistant director
Robert Kechichian	....	second unit director
Jordane LaFourcade	....	assistant director
Philippe Letode	....	assistant director
Arnaud Mathey-Dreyfus	....	additional assistant director
Andreas Meszaros	....	assistant director
Christine Pierrard	....	assistant director
Lionel Sigwald	....	assistant director
Fabien Vergez	....	assistant director

Art Department
Fabienne Guillot	....	prop buyer
Jacky Hardouin	....	carpenter
Stéphane Richaud	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Jérôme Aghion	....	sound
Hervé Buirette	....	sound
Anne Delacour	....	dialogue editor
Pierre Excoffier	....	sound
François Groult	....	sound
François-Joseph Hors	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Jérôme Lévy	....	foley artist
Samuel Potin	....	sound editor
Olivier Varenne	....	boom operator
Ken Yasumoto	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Jean-Claude Dauphinot	....	special effects technician
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects technician
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor
Jérome Miel	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Stephanie Aubriot	....	digital artist
Stephanie Boutinaud	....	digital effects artist
Andre Brizard	....	digital compositor
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects supervisor
Séverine De Wever	....	production coordinator
Thierry Delobel	....	digital compositor
Stephane Dittoo	....	digital effects artist
François Dupuy	....	I/O technician
Afif Heukeshoven	....	digital artist
Chia-Chi Hu	....	digital compositor
Bruno Le Provost	....	3D supervisor
Jeremie Leroux	....	compositing supervisor
Gaston Marcotti	....	digital artist
Olivier Poujaud	....	sequence supervisor
Jean-Paul Rovela	....	digital artist
Antoine Simkine	....	visual effects executive producer: Duboi
Daniel Trujillo	....	digital artist
Veronique Zylberfain	....	matte painting artist
Rip Hampton O'Neil	....	director of reseach and development: DuboiColor (uncredited)

Stunts
Jean-Louis Airola	....	stunts
Virginie Arnaud	....	stunts
Francis Bataille	....	stunt driver
Gilbert Bataille	....	stunt driver
Jean-Marc Bellu	....	stunts
William Beltoise	....	stunt driver
Affif Ben Badra	....	stunts
Eric Besancenot	....	stunt driver
Christian Bonnichon	....	stunt rigger
Michel Bouis	....	stunts
Agnès Brun	....	stunts
Jörgtom Buttelmann	....	stunts
William Cagnard	....	stunts
Ken Chung	....	stunts
Gaëlle Cohen	....	stunts
Gilles Conseil	....	stunts
Jo Cote	....	stunt driver
Yannick Derrien	....	stunts
Yan Dron	....	stunts
Thierry Fournier	....	stunt driver
Max Garnier	....	stunt driver
Alain Gaudiard	....	stunts
Alain Guerillot	....	stunts
Pascal Guégan	....	stunts
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator
Marc Hoang	....	stunts
Karim Hocini	....	stunts
Michel Julienne	....	stunt driver
Rémy Julienne	....	stunt driving coordinator
Didier Justice	....	stunt driver
Pascal Lavanchy	....	stunt driver (as Pascal Lavanchi)
Brigitte Magnin	....	stunt driver
Cyrille Mahieu	....	stunt driver
Florent Mismetti	....	stunts
David Moulin	....	stunts
Patrick Médioni	....	stunts
François Nguyen	....	stunts (as Francois Nguien)
Louis-Marie Nyee	....	stunts (as Louis-Marie Niee)
Franck Perroud	....	stunt driver
Cyril Raffaelli	....	stunts (as Cyril Quenel-Raffaelli)
Leslie Rain	....	stunts (as Leslie Raine)
Catherine Robert	....	stunts
Christophe Roblin	....	stunt driver
Francis Terzian	....	stunts
Christophe Vaison	....	stunt driver
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Boris Abaza	....	assistant camera
Thierry Baucheron	....	gaffer
David Campbell	....	crane operator: Technocrane
Eric Dupressoir	....	grip
Alain Dutartre	....	focus puller
David Frak-Lauer	....	assistant camera
Jan Gagnaire	....	grip
Vincent Gallot	....	assistant camera
Laurent Martin	....	grip
Pierre Morel	....	Steadicam operator
Sebastien Pentecouteau	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Laurent Tangy	....	assistant camera
Marie-Laure Prost	....	focus puller (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Sophie Delecourt	....	assistant editor
Laure Meynet	....	apprentice editor
Christine Lucas Navarro	....	assistant to editor

Music Department
Didier Lozahic	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	....	race car driver
Jutta Kleinschmidt	....	race car driver (as Jutta Kleinschmit)
Gerard Larrousse	....	race car driver
Michel Neugarten	....	race car driver
Xavier Pompidou	....	race car driver
Jean Ragnotti	....	race car driver (as Jean Ragnotte)
Jean-Louis Schlesser	....	race car driver
Raymond Touroul	....	race car driver (as Raymond Touroule)

Other crew
Alexandre Bon	....	assistant helicopter pilot
Vincent Dragusseau	....	making-of
Romuald Drault	....	production accountant
Françoise Le Goff	....	production assistant
Maggie Perlado	....	script supervisor (as Maggie Perlado Ribao)
Charlet Recors	....	helicopter pilot
Virginie Silla	....	production coordinator
Katia Sourzac	....	production secretary
Vincent Stevenel	....	assistant production accountant
Daniel Herzog	....	voice dubbing: Lionel Jospin (uncredited)
Yves Lecoq	....	voice dubbing: Jacques Chirac (uncredited)

Production Companies

• ARP Sélection
• Canal+
• Leeloo Productions
• TF1 Films Production

Distributors

• ARP Sélection (2000) (France) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• DVD Group (2000) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Herald Film Company (2000) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2000) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Tobis StudioCanal (2000) (Germany) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Atlantic Film (2010) (Finland) (DVD)
• Cecchi Gori Home Video (2001) (Italy) (DVD)
• Movie Plus (2004) (Japan) (TV)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
• TF1 Vidéo (200?) (France) (VHS)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2001) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Duboi

Also Known As:

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 | Italy:T | 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:

Continuity: The bullet-proof Peugeot has black tinted windows in the aircraft hanger except when the airbags go off - you can see the driver squashed inside the car.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Daniel Morales:Ninja!

Movie Connections:

References "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" (1989)

Better than the first

Yes, I found this sequel superior to the original. Action-wise they're on about the same level, but the comedy is much sharper here. The opening sequence alone, involving a woman giving birth right on the back seat of Daniel's taxi and his girlfriend on the phone mistaking the whole thing for something else entirely, is funnier than anything in the first film. There are good lines....

- "Petra, I didn't know you can speak Japanese"

- "It's on my file, sir. Right after my measurements"

- "Ah, I must have stopped reading at that point!"

...and even some elements of political satire. The energy level goes down a bit somewhere in the middle, but bounces back up in the last 20 minutes. Emma Sjöberg gets a more active part this time around, and there are some incredible martial arts moves performed by her, Tsuyu Shimizu, and a masked ninja. Daniel's taxi has increased capabilities, which include flying (!) and require the assistance of special effects, but the crashes (and the fast driving) still look smashingly real. There are also certain gags (how Emilien finally gets his driver's license, for example) that work much better if you know the original, so make sure to watch that one first. (**1/2)