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Taxi (1998)

★ 7.0Not Rated86 minDirector: Gérard Pirès

1998 French film by Gérard Pirès

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).

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Taxi about?
Taxi (1998) — In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers,
Is Taxi based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Taxi scary?
Content rating: Not Rated. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.