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Taxi 3

  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 24m
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5.8/10
47K
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Taxi 3 (2003)
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Out to stop a new gang disguised as Santa Claus, Emilien and Daniel must also handle major changes in their personal relationships.Out to stop a new gang disguised as Santa Claus, Emilien and Daniel must also handle major changes in their personal relationships.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
  • Stars
    • Samy Naceri
    • Frédéric Diefenthal
    • Bernard Farcy
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    47K
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    • Director
      • Gérard Krawczyk
    • Writer
      • Luc Besson
    • Stars
      • Samy Naceri
      • Frédéric Diefenthal
      • Bernard Farcy
    • 44User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Samy Naceri
    Samy Naceri
    • Daniel Morales
    Frédéric Diefenthal
    Frédéric Diefenthal
    • Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec
    Bernard Farcy
    Bernard Farcy
    • Commissaire Gibert
    Bai Ling
    Bai Ling
    • Qiu
    Emma Wiklund
    • Petra
    • (as Emma Sjöberg)
    Marion Cotillard
    Marion Cotillard
    • Lilly Bertineau
    Edouard Montoute
    Edouard Montoute
    • Alain
    Jean-Christophe Bouvet
    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 Sésé
    Claude Sésé
    • Planton
    Cyril Brunet
    • Caissier
    Bernard Destouches
    • Collègue
    • (as Bernard Destouche)
    Philippe Paimblanc
    • Militaire
    • Director
      • Gérard Krawczyk
    • Writer
      • Luc Besson
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    4chanrion_d

    A commercial trip through comic boredom

    Taxi 3 : Here is a film that bears well its name : Yes absolutely it is the THIRD sequel of the same track race between the foreign Wicked bandits and the dumb French police helped by the turbo-charged taxi driver. After 2 attempts, you might expect a bit of "ageing" and maturation of this eye-catching concept, well except the the fun credits at the beginning and the surprise appearance of Mr Stallon himself, there is nothing really new :

    • a simplistic story-line - a demagogue & super-caricatural description of the French police - a crude humor - not so impressive track race - action scenes with barely no action - pityful dialogues - actors who are never really exploited - no surprise happy ending


    Apparently Mr Besson wanted to make a comedy that does not take itself seriously : well if you are not too hard to please concerning the subtlety of the humor you might get a satisfaction but it's not enough to save this farce because the supposed action scenes are nothing more than boring and uninspired. Furthermore, the grotesque is too serious not to be taken seriously. So you are left with the story, but it the carbon copy of the precedents except that the Chinese have replaced the Japanese and the Germans as the shrewd bandits...

    It's a pity that Mr Besson the producer/writer does not have the same standard of excellence as Mr Besson the director. This film could have been a funny piece of popular entertainment but it was too botched up to live up to this title.

    To sum up : a ludicrous popular comedy made of crude gags + no action action scenes in the wake of the worn out Taxi series. (4 out of 10)
    abisio

    The type of comedy I would like Hollywood to do

    The TAXI series (this is obviously the third installment) are highly successful French movies which for mysterious reasons are never distributed in USA (or at least in Miami).

    Created and produced by the legendary and admired (ex-director) Luc Besson (you remember him from masterpieces like The Professional, La Femme Nikita, The Big Blue or The Fifth Element) he managed to create a mix of action and comedy, with some of ingenuous gags, some adults jokes and plenty of action (mostly car stunts) and very mild violence and overall VERY HUMAN.

    TAXI 3 tracks Emilien's (the police officer) obsession to catch a gang disguised as Santa Claus with the help of Daniel (the nuts taxi driver) both trying to overcome their conjugal issues and the pregnancy of their wives. The story is very simple (as is the movie short), so everything rest on the characters (some of them very funny and some not so) and on the impressive stunts which are really very good and a lot more realistic than the computer generated car chases of Bad Boys II.

    As I said before, it is really a pity this funny movies get no distribution here. Of course Hollywood can make things like this. Technically better probably but without the natural grace and believability of this very sympathetic group of actors.
    5funero

    Good bits lost inside a bad movie

    The best thing I can say about this movie is that it made me laugh. Some of the jokes and scenes were easily on level with the first two movies. Add to that healthy chemistry between the two leads and you get all the ingredients needed for a good buddy-cop movie.

    Unfortunately, Besson simply fails to string these bits and pieces into a coherent whole. Bad guys are the repeat from the second part, only without kung-fu and cool cars (pretty stupid decision for a movie targeting car enthusiast), and their plans and actions are complete nonsense. The whole plot seems to be there just as an excuse to throw in a bunch of obvious self-references, lame cameos (Sylvester Stalone as a secret agent?) and extreme sport mix-tapes (Besson's latest fetish, it seems).

    Action scenes are the final nail on the coffin. The Taxi series never had really spectacular car chases (the closest they came was the Paris scene in Taxi II), but they at least HAD some chases. Here, it's all bikes, monster-trucks, roller-skates and skis. Daniel's taxi performs several stunts and grows a few more SF accessories, but it doesn't really have much to work with, given the opposing arsenal.

    Overall, the movie has some funny bits (even more if you speak French), but the rest of it was pretty disappointing.
    5slightlymad22

    Stallone Cameo Before Bond Inspired Title Sequence

    Continuing my plan to watch every Sly Stallone movie in his filmography in order, I come to his cameo in Taxi 3.

    Plot In A Paragraph: A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are running riot, and the police are nowhere near catching them. 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 several times with a reporter there to report on it all, Daniel steps in to help out.

    The tile sequence is fun, as its basically a rip off various James Bond titles

    Director Gerard Krawczyk had directed writer Luc Besson's last movie 'Wasabi' starring Jean Reno. Funnily enough, in the street market, you can clearly see behind Émilien in at least two shots a poster for 'Wasabi'

    Stallone briefly pops up for a taxi ride in the first couple of mins.
    6ma-cortes

    Nice and exciting French action comedy in which the usual squad takes on a gang disguised as Santa Claus

    Lots of fun , laughs and car races . This thrilling as well as humorous motion picture blends action packed , car pursuits , comedy , shootouts , rip roaring and turns out to be pretty amusing . Displays nonstop action and is extremely bemusing and hilarious . The movie is developed in Marseille , as usual , there foul-mouthed Cabbie (Sami Narcery) join forces with a bungler police inspector , a loser named Emilien (Frederic Diefenthal) . A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus band are committing robbing , and the police can't keep up . Police Captain Gilbert (Bernard Farcy) is distracted by a Chinese journalist (Bai Ling) writing a story on his group , detective Emilien's sweetheart (Emma Sjöberg as Petra) has just announced that she's pregnant, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis with Lilly Bertineau (Marion Cotillard) who is also pregnant . After a string of errors in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again with a journalist there to record it all , the sympathetic Cabbie Daniel and his super-taxi go into action . Out to stop a new gang disguised as Santa Claus, Emilien and Daniel must also handle major changes in their personal relationships .

    The film displays action , comedy , intrigue , tongue in check and results to be entertaining , though predictable . There are chases galore in breathtaking velocity and with impressive finale race cars , causing wreak havoc and destruction , being realized by magnificent stunts and including excellent visual effects . From the start to the ending the action pace is fast moving , provides fast and furious entertainment with spectacular scenes . It's a run of the mill action-comedy film but from the initial to the final the fast movement and amusement is unstopped . Breathtaking scenes when take place alpine skiing , parachuting images and others in James Bond style . The laughters and chuckles are varied and giggles are based about diverse characters and differences of the protagonists , but they are the unlikeliest pals . The film is thrilling and humorous at times but is also ridiculous and embarrassing . However sometimes is fresh and diverting and on a couple of memorable occasions, it's frankly delicious . Likable and ordinary cast as Frédéric Diefenthal , Emma Wiklund , Bernard Farcy , Marion Cotillard , Sami Narcery ; even though they play a romantic couple that looks the same age, Samy Naceri was born 15 years before Marion Cotillard . Special appearance Sylvester Stallone, who appears in a cameo at the beginning of the movie, is dubbed for the French version . Lively and atmospheric musical score adjusted to the action by DJ Kore and DJ Skalp , composed by means of synthesizer . Glamorous and colorful cinematography by Gerard Sterin .

    This French buddy-cop movie is lavishly produced by great producer and director Luc Besson and professionally directed by Gérard Krawczyk (Wasabi , Fanfan La Tulipe , Heroines) . The original titled Taxi (1998) by Gerard Pires was followed by three sequels : Taxi 2 (2000), Taxi 3 (2003) y Taxi 4 (2007) , most of them directed by Gerard Krawczyc and same actors and an American version with Queen Lafitah , Jimmy Fallon and directed by Tim Story . The flick will appeal to adrenaline lovers and those young people looking for amusing and strong emotions . It's a must see for the cars buffs and Taxi series enthusiasts .

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    • Trivia
      Sylvester Stallone: passenger at the beginning who needs to reach the airport.
    • Goofs
      When Qiu goes and seductively massages Commissaire Gibert in his office, she sticks something on his computer screen and begins extracting data, it is impossible to extract data from sticking any device on a computer screen.
    • Quotes

      Emilien: Do you know how to ski?

      Daniel: No, I know how to drive.

    • Alternate versions
      The 2004 DVD edition in Spain (edited by "TriPictures") is presented on 1.78:1 aspect ratio, only keeping the original 2.35:1 format on the opening and ending credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in Le making of 'Taxi 3' (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      I Shot The Sheriff
      Performed by Bob Marley & The Wailers

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    • Release date
      • January 29, 2003 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Quái Xế Taxi 3
    • Filming locations
      • USA(Sylvester Stallone's shots)
    • Production companies
      • EuropaCorp
      • ARP Sélection
      • Apipoulaï
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    • Budget
      • $1,300,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $497,208
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $288,000
      • Jun 1, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $65,497,208
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • DTS-ES
      • Dolby Digital EX
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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