TAXI 3 (2003)

MORGAN'S RATING

A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police cannot keep up. Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, detective Emilien's wife has just announced that she's pregnant, and taxi driver Saniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again with a reporter there to record it all, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.

Samy Naceri (Daniel), Frederic Diefenthal (Emilien), Bernard Farcy (Commissaire Gibert), Ling Bai (Qiu), Emma Sjoberg (Petra), Marion Cotillard (Lilly), Edouard Montoute (Alain), Jean-Christophe Bouvet (General Bertineau), Leon-Pierre Mondini, Bernard Llopis, Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Mas, Michel Neugarten (Policiers), Patrice Abbou (Rachid), Claude Sese (Planton), Cyril Brunet (Caissier), Bernard Destouches (Collegue), Philippe Paimblanc, David Gabison (Ministres), Vincent Tuilli, Gerard Krawczyk (Police Cammionnettes), Dara-Indo Oum (Pere Noel Tunnel), Bonnafet Tarbouriech (Pharmacien), Philippe Ferrandini (Militaraire Lance Roquette), Shirley Kohn (Angele), Norbert Daverio (Maire de Marseille), Eric Naggar (Docteur), Julian Naceri (Petit Chef Skate), Laurent Desponds (Chauffeur Gibert), Sylvester Stallone (Le Premier Passager, uncredited).

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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Gerard Krawczyk. WRITER: Luc Besson. PRODUCER: Luc Besson. CO-PRODUCERS: Laurent Petin and Michele Petin. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Bernard Grenet. ORIGINAL MUSIC: DJ Kore and DJ Skalp. DISTRIBUTOR: ARP Selection [Fr]

CRITICAL COMMENTS

FACTS

"Taxi 3 is unfortunately not on the same level as its predecessors." -- Malcolm Campbell, DVDAnswers.com

RELEASE DATE: May 30th, 2003 (Canada) FRANCE RELEASE DATE: January 29th, 2003 - In the street market, you can clearly see behind Emilien in at least two shots a poster for Wasabi (2001), also written and produced by Luc Besson. - The song played during the end credits sounds French, but is actually Dutch. The song is "Kutmarraokanen" by Dutch rapper Raymzter.

"It's true, the story is a bit silly, and the background characters can tend to become caricatures, but dammit, these films are so much fun you don't really care." -- Grim Ringler, Jackasscritics.com