Taxi 3 ** (2003, Sami Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Marion Cotillard, Bernard Farcy, Bai Ling) – Classic Movie Review 1386

The entire star cast is back from Taxi 2 (2000) for writer/co-producer Luc Besson’s jolly and impressively silly 2003 second sequel, Taxi 3. It proves another daft, fast-paced, high-energy French all-action crime comedy adventure, with yet more thrilling stunts, crashes and pile-ups.

This time cabbie Daniel (Sami Naceri) and his pal Emilien the cop (Frédéric Diefenthal) have to tackle the Oriental Santa Claus gang planning a heist on Marseilles’s largest bank.

Jean-Christophe Bouvet plays the General, Edmond Bertineau, in Taxi 3.

Once again, Jean-Christophe Bouvet is hysterical as the General, Edmond Bertineau. Bernard Farcy plays Police Captain Gibert and Bai Ling plays Qiu. Sylvester Stallone has a star cameo walk-on as the first passenger.

It also co-stars Marion Cotillard as Lilly Bertineau. In 2007, Cotillard received international recognition and a Best Actress Oscar for her iconic portrayal of Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose (2007).

Bernard Farcy stars again as Commissaire Gibert, while Bai Ling as Qiu, Emma Sjöberg [Emma Wiklund] as Petra and Edouard Montoute as Alain co-star, along with Patrice Abbou and Claude Sésé.

Taxi 3 is directed by Gérard Krawczyk, runs 84 minutes, is made by EuropaCorp, ARP Sélection, Apipoulaï, TF1 Films Production and Canal+, is released by EuropaCorp Distribution (2003) (France), is written by Luc Besson, is shot in Technicolor by Gérard Sterin, is produced by Luc Besson, Lauren Pétin and Michèle Pétin, is scored by D J Kore and D J Skalp and is designed by Jacques Bufnoir.

It cost little, $1,300,000, and was immensely successful, with a worldwide gross of $65,497,208.

Sequels: Taxi 4 in 2007 and Taxi 5 in 2018. American remake: Taxi (2004).

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Jean-Christophe Bouvet is hysterical as the General.