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 | |
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Jean-Luc Couchard | ... | Le Belge |
François Damiens | ... | Serge | |
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Mourade Zeguendi | ... | Sukk |
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Driss Spinosa | ... | Léo |
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Mermoz Melchior | ... | Maxime |
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Frédérique Tirmont | ... | La Générale |
Djibril Cissé | ... | Self (as Djibril Cisse) | |
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor | ... | Self - Le présentateur du JT | |
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Johnson Douyard | ... | Marley |
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. Written by KGF Vissers
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.