Taxi 3 (2003)

Out to stop a new gang disguised as Santa Claus, Emilien and Daniel must also handle major changes in their personal relationships.

Director:

Gérard Krawczyk

Writer:

Luc Besson (scenario)

Stars:

Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Bernard Farcy

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Samy Naceri	...	Daniel Morales
Frédéric Diefenthal	...	Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec
Bernard Farcy	...	Commissaire Gibert
Bai Ling	...	Qiu
Emma Wiklund	...	Petra (as Emma Sjöberg)
Marion Cotillard	...	Lilly Bertineau
Edouard Montoute	...	Alain
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Général Edmond Bertineau
Léon-Pierre Mondini	...	Policier
Bernard Llopis	...	Policier
Jean-Louis Schlesser	...	Policier
Jean-Pierre Mas	...	Policier
Michel Neugarten	...	Policier
Patrice Abbou	...	Rachid
Claude Sese	...	Planton (as Claude Sesé)

Storyline

A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, detective Emilien's wife has just announced that she's pregnant, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again with a reporter there to record it all, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.

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Plot Keywords:

taxi | taxi driver | sequel | car in pool | policeman | 

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Taglines:

No speed limits the next 90 min.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Europa Corp Official site [Netherlands]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

29 January 2003 (France)

Also Known As:

Taksi 3

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

€14,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$269,526 (Japan) (30 May 2003)

Gross:

$1,777,719 (Japan) (30 May 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

EuropaCorp, ARP Sélection, Apipoulaï

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sylvester Stallone, who appears in a cameo at the beginning of the movie, is dubbed for the French version.

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Goofs

When the police car plunges into the pool, there are four people in it. However in the slow-motion shot from the side of the car you can clearly see that the stunt driver is alone.

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Quotes

Emilien: Do you know how to ski?
Daniel: No, I know how to drive.

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Connections

Featured in Le making of 'Taxi 3' (2003)

User Reviews

I like this movie

If you like Taxi 1 and Taxi 2, you must see Taxi 3. It isn't a perfect movie but is still funny and has good Taxi stunt scenes (speed, pursuit, braking e.t.c) like Taxi 1 and 2. The cops (police) can't drive!! (they always crash their cars and this is very funny).

It's too bad the movie is too short, but is entertaining almost all the time. I would prefer the bad guys drive cars like the Mercedes(Taxi 1) or the black Lancer Evos (Taxi 2)instead of skates. This movie never arrived to México so I watched on TV. Yes, I think Taxi 1 and 2 are better, but again, this movie (Taxi 3) is still funny. Very good actors and actress

Taxi 4 I haven't seen yet!!