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Taxi (I) (2004) 4.2
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4.2/10 from 22,600 users
Metascore: 27/100
Reviews: 172 user | 83 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers. Director:Tim Story |
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| Jimmy Fallon | ... | ||
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| Jennifer Esposito | ... | ||
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Belle Williams is a speed demon. Flying through the streets of New York in her tricked-out taxi, she's earned a rep as New York's fastest cabbie. But driving a hack is only a pit stop for her real dream: Belle wants to be a race car champion. And she's well on her way--until she's derailed by overeager cop Andy Washburn, whose undercover skills are matched only by his total ineptitude behind the wheel. Washburn, whose lack of vehicular skills has landed him in the precinct doghouse, is hot on the heels of a gang of beautiful Brazilian bank robbers, led by Vanessa, their cold, calculating--and leggy--leader. To nab the evasive crooks, drivers license-less Washburn convinces Belle to team up with him to pursue Vanessa and crew. Belle has carte blanche to drive at any speed and break any law. The car-less cop and speed-demon cabbie--New York's unlikeliest partners-- begin a high-speed game of cat and mouse with the robbers. That is, if Belle and Washburn don't end up killing each other ... Written by Sujit R. Varma
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Take a Ride on the Wild Side. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for language, sensuality and brief violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
8 October 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
New York Taxi See more »Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$130,592 (South Africa) (14 January 2005)Gross:
$36,609,966 (USA) (18 February 2005)Company Credits
Production Co:
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, EuropaCorp, Robert Simonds Productions See more »
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Runtime:
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2.35 : 1
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Washburn: Girl first!
Belle: [to Vanessa] No, girl first!
Vanessa: No! We'll switch at the same time!
Washburn: On three. One...
Belle: [to Vanessa] One...
Washburn: Two...
Belle: [to Vanessa] Two...
Belle: THREE!
[Washburn pulls Lt. Robbins in the cab]
[...]
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Written by Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ernie Isley,
Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper
Performed by The Isley Brothers
Courtesy of Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Almost all shots in which you see the taxi or other cars in the street, or car stunts performed in the streets, were really filmed in Los Angeles, not New York. See more »Goofs
In the opening sequence with the bicycle, palm trees are visible. The movie is set in New York City. See more »Quotes
Vanessa: Gimmie the cash! No more games!Washburn: Girl first!
Belle: [to Vanessa] No, girl first!
Vanessa: No! We'll switch at the same time!
Washburn: On three. One...
Belle: [to Vanessa] One...
Washburn: Two...
Belle: [to Vanessa] Two...
Belle: THREE!
[Washburn pulls Lt. Robbins in the cab]
[...]
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Crazy Credits
Outtakes are shown during the closing credits See more »Soundtracks
"Fight the Power"Written by Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ernie Isley,
Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper
Performed by The Isley Brothers
Courtesy of Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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This is the American version of the French Taxi films and it suffers in comparison.
I'm not kidding when I say that this a remake of the three French films since although the film is mainly a poor remake of the the first film, it lifts sequences from the second and third films.
Its a mess, a real mess. I'm a huge huge fan of the French films, and for me there was no real point in my seeing this since anything that worked came from the originals.
Why did they bother? They changed the sex of the lead (though the Queen is excellent), combined others and rewrote the cops mother to the point of stupidness. They lost any sense of timing and connection...they should have started from the ground up.
Its not the painfully awful film that some reviews made it out to be, but it is a waste of time. If you can find the originals and watch those. That should take you the better part of 5 hours and in the end you will not feel as though you've wasted your life.
3 out of 10.