Taxi (1998)

Directed by

Gérard Pirès

Genre

comedy film, action film, buddy film, crime film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

12

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 2,747 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fast taxi driver in Marseille helps a clumsy police inspector catch a group of bank robbers. The driver uses his skills behind the wheel to chase the criminals.

lightheartedfast-pacedfunnyquirkyexcitingmildly tenseplayfulbreezy

What happens

Taxi is a 1998 French buddy cop comedy film starring Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal and Marion Cotillard, written by Luc Besson and directed by Gérard Pirès. The film follows a talented driver working a taxi in Marseille, who reluctantly must help a bumbling police inspector catch a gang of professional bank robbers. It is the first installment in the Taxi film series, which has four sequels: Taxi 2 (2000), Taxi 3 (2003), Taxi 4 (2007), and Taxi 5 (2018). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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