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

First film in the series without the Marion Cotillard's character.

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Goofs

When Édouard Triboulet sees his brother (around the 01:03 mark), he calls him Fénimore, which is the recent alias he's used in the movie, not his real name: Albert Van den Bosch.

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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

References E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

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Soundtracks

The Magic Ride
Written by Michael "MD" Dunston
Performed by Michael "MD" Dunston

User Reviews

T4XI goes 4 (a ride)

The overall impression here on IMDb is, that this movie is bad (maybe even badder than part 3). But I think this is a vast improvement on part 3. Especially the beginning, where you get all the silly action you were used from the first two parts, woven into a "real event" (a soccer thing).

Again there will be many things that will challenge your brain, but this wasn't any different in the previous movies. What is different, are the car chases (there are fewer shown here). But then again, how many car chases must there be? I think there are enough car chases to be found here. The silly story is good enough and most of all, I felt the same flair as I did, with the original two Taxi movies. And I think it's a good thing, that one character that was present throughout the first three movies, is absent in this one (I guess it was due to the fact, there was no agreement with that person, but it still is better for the movie, because there is more time for other things).

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