Film Details: Taxi [1998] [Uncut Taiwan Scholar Version] DVD | Dir.: Gerard Pires | Cast: Samy Naceri, Frederic Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Manuela Gourary, Emma Sjoberg, Bernard Farcy, Georges Neri, Guy Quang, Maurice Murcia, Sabine Bail, Dan Herzberg, Sebastien Thiery, Eric Berenger
URGENT NOTE: Although a shorter running time than the Korean version is listed on the back of this DVD, we believe this version to be the uncut version of the film. The shorter running time is most likely due to a PAL master. We have manually verified it to contain the nude scene of Daniel's girlfriend that is cut from the Korean version.
This movie achieved all of its goals with aplomb: the action, direction, and pacing are fun, fresh, and engaging; the comedy is exactly that; and the acting and characters are endearing and appealing. This is one you'll come back to time and again for a great time!
In Marseilles (France), Daniel, an ex-pizza delivery boy who holds the town record for speediest deliveries, changes jobs and becomes a taxi driver. An F1 racer at heart, Daniel regularly drives his fares at 135mph through 30mph zones, and boasts that they never vomit while inside his cab...only once they exit. He doesn't drive a small yellow go-cart either, at the flip of a switch his car can transform from street-legal to street-menace: hidden spoilers emerge, the wheels move out, and the steering wheel gets replaced.
Caught by the police for one of his trademark speed infractions, Daniel agrees to help Emilien, a loser inspector on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his job.
What follows is a film that is surprisingly engaging, funny, and exciting. The action sequences are adeptly filmed and paced, the comedic scenes are well done and rarely sappy, and the storyline--though admittedly thin--is always taken care of and progresses nicely throughout the film. This is easily one of the top action-comedy films we've ever carried, and offers an incredibly good time.
IIA - "Some Content May Be Inappropriate For Children" (roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "PG-13") Films rated Category IIA may contain mild violence such as martial arts, mild nudity that is not sexually oriented, mild explicit language and some mild adult situations.
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