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 Sésé	...	Planton

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 | local blockbuster | marseille | third part | 

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Taglines:

No speed limits the next 90 min.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The music that the general's driver is listening to, moments before he crashes, is actually Greece's national anthem.

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Goofs

When Daniel and Emilien arrive in Val d'Isere there's a shot of them inside the car. You can see a crew member with a boom mic moving around through the rear window.

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Quotes

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

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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.

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Connections

Followed by Taxi 5 (2018)

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Soundtracks

L'allumage
Performed by Willy Denzey

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!!

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

29 January 2003 (France)

Also Known As:

Taxi 3

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,300,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$288,000, 1 June 2003

Gross USA:

$497,208

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$65,497,208

Company Credits

Production Co:

EuropaCorp, ARP Sélection, Apipoulaï

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1