Taxi 4 (2007)

Daniel, the driver of a very special taxi in Marseille, gets a famous soccer player to the stadium in time and later helps his clumsy police friend Émilien catch the dangerous Belgian after he escaped on Émilien's guard.

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
Emma Wiklund	...	Petra (as Emma Sjöberg-Wiklund)
Edouard Montoute	...	Alain
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Général Edmond Bertineau
Jean-Luc Couchard	...	Le Belge
François Damiens	...	Serge
Mourade Zeguendi	...	Sukk
Driss Spinosa	...	Léo
Mermoz Melchior	...	Maxime
Frédérique Tirmont	...	La Générale
Djibril Cissé	...	Self (as Djibril Cisse)
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor	...	Self - Le présentateur du JT
Johnson Douyard	...	Marley

Storyline

Unlucky, clumsy, charming Marseille PD detective Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec must assist worse-than-Clouseau commissioner Gibert guarding a Belgian criminal reputed as dangerous as - and caged like Hannibal Lector. Émilien's cool friend, taxi driver Daniel Morales, initially only agrees to babysit both their buddy-sons, as Émilien's wife Petra is away on top-secret mission. But soon the Belgian escapes, and while chasing him the mates stumble on a bank robbery and a drug king's palatial villa, where the grand finale reeks havoc.

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Plot Keywords:

taxi driver | taxi | bank robbery | prank | pool party | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Family

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

On 26min 48sec of a Director's cut the kids open the drawer with computer games. The games are Rollercoaster Tycoon, Test Drive, and Arthur and the Invisibles: The Game (original: Arthur et les Minimoys), based on an animated movie directed by Luc Besson (who is the writer of the Taxi series).

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Goofs

Pre-made cracks can be seen in the glass before Alain breaks it with the fly swatter.

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Quotes

Daniel Morales: Émilien, if you're so intelligent, tell me.
Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: What ?
Daniel Morales: This dude just entered his food truck with a tuxedo, and moreover, with a fast-food drive-in bag. Why would he do that ?
Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: Dunno, maybe their fries are better than his.
Daniel Morales: [sigh] ... You always have an answer for everything, don't ya ?
Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: Yup, that's why i'm in the Police !

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Connections

Followed by Taxi 5 (2018)

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Soundtracks

Jalousie
Written by Jacob Gade
Performed by Xavier Cugat

User Reviews

Little high speed action but still very funny

After a prologue where taxi driver Daniel helps football star Djibril Cissé get to the stadium just in time for his first match in Marseilles we get to the main story. A Belgian criminal, known as 'Le Belge' is to be held in Marseilles as he changes plane on the way to his trial in the Congo. Not surprisingly things go very wrong. Le Belge manages to persuade policeman Emilien that he is actually an attaché at the Belgian embassy and that the real criminal escaped before boarding the plane to Marseilles. Once released he takes Daniel's taxi to freedom. Emilien is sacked but with Daniel's help he works to recapture Le Belge with the help of Daniel.

It must be said that for a 'Taxi' film this is somewhat lacking in the series' trademark high-speed action; thankfully it is still hilarious... of course humour is subjective but I enjoyed it so much I laughed till it was hard to read the subtitles! The humour was delightfully silly; a police chief shooting himself with a tranquiliser; a criminal in a leather gimp suit and a protagonist fails to recognise his wife just because she was wearing a wig. The cast does a solid job with most of the regulars returning, although Marion Cotillard is no longer present. Overall I'd recommend this to fans of madcap comedy; just don't expect the high speed hijinks of the previous films.

These comments are based on watching the series in French with English subtitles.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

14 February 2007 (France)

Also Known As:

Taxi 4

Filming Locations:

France

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$65,125,001

Company Credits

Production Co:

EuropaCorp, ARP Sélection, TF1 Films Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1