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Taxi
2004
Roaring through the streets of New York, Belle Williams has earned a reputation as the City's fastest cabbie. With a spate of bank robberies committed by a group of female Brazilians occurring over New York City, Belle seems the best person to help cops catch the robbers... Read more
| Starring | Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Esposito, Gisele Bundchen |
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| Director | Tim Story |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy, Thriller |
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Taxi
Roaring through the streets of New York, Belle Williams has earned a reputation as the City's fastest cabbie. With a spate of bank robberies committed by a group of female Brazilians occurring over New York City, Belle seems the best person to help cops catch the robbers...
| Starring | Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Esposito, Gisele Bundchen |
|---|---|
| Director | Tim Story |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 11 Apr 2005 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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The 1998 French smash gets the Hollywood treatment in this rowdy reworking from Barbershop director Tim Story. With Luc Besson again attached as producer (he also wrote the original), this takes the knockabout stupidity to new levels. Thrown together by fate, useless New York cop Jimmy Fallon and speed-demon taxi driver Queen Latifah try to nab a gang of female Brazilian bank robbers, headed by supermodel Gisele Bundchen. All screeching brakes and no real excitement, this buddy movie is just a series of car chases linked together by tragically unfunny comedy. While Latifah's wannabe racing champion has an easy charm, not to mention all the best lines, Saturday Night Live comedian Fallon's dumb, Pee-wee Herman-style shtick is annoying and tired. But it's the gimmick of leggy lady felons that grates quickest, making this paper-thin farce even more superficial.
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A high-octane, ultra-slick heist film with fast cars and even faster women.
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19 out of 25 people found this review helpful
Rent the original
'Taxi' joins the list of excellent French films badly mauled by Hollywood (Nikita to name but one). Rent the original, then cry as you read the description of this remake. Queen Latifah ffs!
Taxi 2 is also worth watching, but don't expect too much of a plot. Nice panties though.
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7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Doesn't deserve even one star
Who told Queen Latifa she could act? As remakes go this has to be one of the worst! Prime example, the opening sequence has Queen Latifa supposedly cycling through New York city being timed for a route, well a good comparison against the original until you see some fat (C)rap singer when she takes off her helmet and we are supposed to believe she was the rider and then the movie goes downhill (imagine the steep slopes of mount everest if you will), this 'comedy' isn't funny, the only really funny bits were the outakes at the end. Final thought from me is that Giselle must be desperate for fame to do this flick, and she also should stick to what she is good at and not talk just pose!
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