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| Samy Naceri | ... | Daniel Morales | |
| Frédéric Diefenthal | ... | Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec | |
| Marion Cotillard | ... | Lilly Bertineau | |
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Manuela Gourary | ... | Camille Coutant-Kerbalec |
| Emma Wiklund | ... | Petra (as Emma Sjöberg) | |
| Bernard Farcy | ... | Commissaire Gibert | |
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Georges Neri | ... | Joe |
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Guy Quang | ... | Pizza Joe Motorcyclist |
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Maurice Murcia | ... | Pensioned Taxi Driver |
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Sabine Bail | ... | Femme Préfecture |
| Dan Herzberg | ... | Paulo | |
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Sébastien Thiery | ... | Driving Instructor |
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Eric Bérenger | ... | Butcher (as Eric Berenger) |
| Philippe du Janerand | ... | Passenger to Airport | |
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Christophe Fesquet | ... | Flic Radar #1 |
In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job. Written by Cyril Morcrette <cyril@ceci.mit.edu>
This is a very Gallic film indeed, but as a fan of French cinema - and of the French in general - I have to say that I enjoyed this film very much indeed. The plot is, I admit, weak in places. That doesn't matter though - this film isn't about cerebral entertainment, it's about car chases and jokes, and humour is something the French do very well. The car chases are spectacular - and far better, for my money, than the car chases featured in Gone in 60 Seconds, The Matrix Reloaded or The Fast and the Furious. Hollywood could do a lot worse than look over the Atlantic to see how car movies are made. Unfortunately, it now seems that they have but I didn't mean that they should copy the French, they need original ideas, but they also need to imitate the French flair. The jokes come thick and fast, and had me howling with laughter - it takes a lot of humour for me to forgive an absence of plot - this film has it in spades. So there you have it. Ignore the American rip off. Watch the original. You won't regret it.