Underplayed Gems

Taxi (2004)

Taxi poster
Directed by
Tim Story
Genre
comedy film, action film, screwball comedy film, thriller film, buddy cop film
Country
France, United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 1,184 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A clumsy New York police detective gets fired after he crashes his car. He teams up with a skilled taxi driver to chase a group of Brazilian bank robbers.

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What happens

Taxi is a 2004 action comedy film directed by Tim Story and starring Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bündchen in her film debut, Jennifer Esposito, and Ann-Margret. An incompetent New York City police officer is banned from driving and comes to rely on a talented taxi driver to help him solve a series of bank robberies. The film is a remake of the 1998 French film of the same name. The film is set in New York City. In the film, a demoted police detective convinces a taxicab driver to help him track down a Brazilian gang of bank robbers, and to find out how the gang transports the stolen money. The detective is soon fired for insubordination, but the duo proceeds to confront the gang. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on October 6, 2004, in the United States. While the film was a modest success at the box office, it was panned by critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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