Taxi 3 (2003)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Gérard Krawczyk

Writer:

Luc Besson (writer)

Release Date:

29 January 2003 (Belgium)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

No speed limits the next 90 min.

Plot:

A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up...

Plot Keywords:

Taxi Driver | Taxi | Marseille | Speed Control | Police Officer

Cast

Samy Naceri	...	Daniel Morales
Frédéric Diefenthal	...	Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec
Bernard Farcy	...	Commissaire Gibert
Ling Bai	...	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)

Runtime:

84 min | Spain:90 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) | Netherlands:AL | Denmark:7 | France:U | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company:

Europa Corp.

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: 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.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

References Wasabi (2001)

Do you know how to ski?

The silliness continues with Besson and Krawczyk and the usual gang with the addition of a couple of new faces.

In an opening number that is a parody of James Bond titles, Sylvester Stallone is featured. They go a credible job of presenting the Bond music and girls in this tribute.

Another addition to the cast is the incredible beautiful Bai Ling (Anna and the King, The Lost Empire), who is ostensible writing a story on the police department and has tongues hanging all over the department.

This time they are looking for the Santa Claus gang, who taunt the police by telling them when they will strike. While this is going on Émilien fails to realize that his wife Petra is pregnant and Daniel is so busy with his cars, that he doesn't have time to spend with Lilly again, who is also pregnant. That is just too hard to believe! Despite references to Bond, and a story taken somewhat from Lethal Weapon 4, it is another funny romp, this time through the streets of Paris, and over the mountains to Switzerland.

I can't wait to see what they come up with in Taxi 4.