Taxi 3

Taxi 3
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gérard Krawczyk
Produced by	Luc Besson
Written by	Luc Besson
Starring	Samy Naceri Frédéric Diefenthal Marion Cotillard
Distributed by	EuropaCorp
Release dates	29 January 2003 (2003-01-29)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$14.5 million
Box office	$110.6 million^[1]

Taxi 3 is a 2003 French comedy film directed by Gérard Krawczyk. Starring Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal and Marion Cotillard. It is the sequel to Taxi 2 and was followed by Taxi 4.

Plot

A group of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus gang are wreaking havoc, using Santa Claus costumes to commit heists, and the Marseille police are, as usual, unable to keep up. Superintendent Gibert (played by Bernard Farcy) is distracted by a Chinese journalist (Bai Ling) writing a story on his squad, and is unable to stop the robbers.

Detective Emilien's wife, Petra, has just announced that she's pregnant and taxi driver Daniel (Samy Naceri) is in the midst of a relationship crisis. His long-suffering girlfriend Lilly has walked out on him after finding him customising his taxi at four o'clock in the morning, and complaining that their house has become a mere garage and how Daniel stopped paying attention to her.

After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, the journalist is kidnapped. It is revealed that the journalist is the leader of the Santa Claus gang. The police go in search, but Emilien is captured after another botched attempt to arrest them. The journalist sets a trap; she leaves Emilien tied to a chair in an old warehouse, directly in the path of a giant ball which will crush him five minutes later. At the very last moment, Daniel rushes in with his taxi and rescues him. They track the gang to their hideout in the Swiss mountains, where the journalist and her accomplices are arrested by a crack team of Alpine troops. Gibert lands in an ice-bound lake after leaping from an aircraft with them. Petra gives birth, Daniel proposes to Lilly and a Gibert is seen being pushed around in a wheelchair covered in ice.

Cast

Samy Naceri as Daniel Morales
Frédéric Diefenthal as Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec
Bernard Farcy as the Superintendent Gibert
Bai Ling as Qiu
Emma Wiklund as Petra
Marion Cotillard as Lilly Bertineau
Edouard Montoute as Alain
Jean-Christophe Bouvet as the General Edmond Bertineau
Patrice Abbou as Rachid
Claude Sese as Planton
David Gabison as the Minister

Cameos

Sylvester Stallone had a cameo at the beginning of the film as a taxi passenger with his voice dubbed as he cannot speak French.

Production

The opening titles are an amusing spoof of those featured in the James Bond movies, and there are several nods to the 007 canon throughout the film e.g. Daniel's rotating number plate and the ski chase at the film's climax.

References

↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1401

External links

Taxi

French films	Taxi (1998) Taxi 2 (2000) Taxi 3 (2003) Taxi 4 (2007)

Remake	Taxi (2004)

Television	Taxi Brooklyn (2014)

Luc Besson

Directed	Le Dernier Combat (1983) Subway (1985) The Big Blue (1988) Nikita (1990) Atlantis (1991) Léon: The Professional (1994) The Fifth Element (1997) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Angel-A (2005) Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) The Lady (2011) The Family (2013) Lucy (2014) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Produced	Le Dernier Combat (1983) Subway (1985) Nikita (1990) Atlantis (1991) Cold Moon (1991) Nil by Mouth (1997) Taxi (1998) Taxi 2 (2000) Kiss of the Dragon (2001) Wasabi (2001) La Turbulence des fluides (2002) The Transporter (2002) Fanfan la Tulipe (2003) Les Côtelettes (2003) Michel Vaillant (2003) Taxi 3 (2003) District 13 (2004) Taxi (2004) Revolver (2005) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Transporter 2 (2005) Unleashed (2005) Angel-A (2005) Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) Bandidas (2006) Love and Other Disasters (2006) Nuovomondo (2006) Tell No One (2006) The Secret (2007) Taxi 4 (2007) Hitman (2007) Taken (2008) Transporter 3 (2008) District 13: Ultimatum (2009) Home (2009) Staten Island (2009) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010) From Paris with Love (2010) 22 Bullets (2010) Colombiana (2011) The Source (2011) A Monster in Paris (2011) The Lady (2011) Lockout (2012) Taken 2 (2012) No Limit (2012) Collison (2013) Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013) 3 Days to Kill (2013) The Family (2013) Brick Mansions (2014) The Homesman (2014) Taken 3 (2015) The Transporter Refueled (2015) The Warriors Gate (2016) The Lake (2016) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Written	Taxi (1998) Taxi 2 (2000) Kiss of the Dragon (2001) Wasabi (2001) Yamakasi (2001) The Transporter (2002) Fanfan la Tulipe (2003) Taxi 3 (2003) Michel Vaillant (2003) Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004) District 13 (2004) Revolver (2005) Transporter 2 (2005) Unleashed (2005) Bandidas (2006) Taxi 4 (2007) Taken (2008) Transporter 3 (2008) District 13: Ultimatum (2009) From Paris with Love (2010) Colombiana (2011) Lockout (2012) Taken 2 (2012) 3 Days to Kill (2014) Brick Mansions (2014) Lucy (2014) Taken 3 (2015) The Transporter Refueled (2015) The Warriors Gate (2016) The Lake (2016) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

TV series	No Limit (2012) Taxi Brooklyn (2014)

See also	Filmography EuropaCorp

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