Taxi 2 (2000)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Gérard Krawczyk

Writer:

Luc Besson (writer)

Release Date:

6 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Le 29 mars, il passe la seconde.

Plot:

The Japanese ambassaor is visiting Marseilles to view the city police's anti-gang tactics. During the visit...

Plot Keywords:

Taxi | Yakuza | Taxi Driver | Rescue | Marseille

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Samy Naceri	...	Daniel Morales
Frédéric Diefenthal	...	Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec
Marion Cotillard	...	Lilly Bertineau
Emma Wiklund	...	Petra (as Emma Sjöberg)
Bernard Farcy	...	Commissaire Gibert
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Général Edmond Bertineau
Frédérique Tirmont	...	Mother
Marc Faure	...	French Minister
Hirata Haruhiko	...	Japanese Minister
Tsuyu Shimizu	...	Yuli (as Tsuyu)
Ko Suzuki	...	Katano
Yoshi Oida	...	Yuke Tsumoto
Kentaro	...	Yakuza (as Kentaro Yuji Yamashita)
Hiro Uchiyama	...	Master Hypnotist
Onochi Seietsu	...	Master Hypnotist

Also Known As:

Alta tensión (Colombia) [es]
Táxi - Brigada Anti-Gang (Portugal) [pt]
Taksi 2 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Taxi 2 (Japan) [ja]
Taxi 2 (Spain) [es]
Taxi 2 (Finland) [fi]
Taxi 2 (Denmark) [da]
Taxi 2 - Alta tensión (Mexico) [es]
Taxi 2 - Mais Velocidade nas Ruas (Brazil) (cable TV title) [pt]
Taxi Taxi (Germany) [de]
Taxxi 2 (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Japanese | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) | Ireland:12 | Belgium:KT | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:16 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company:

ARP Sélection

Trivia:

Was originally released with 836 prints, the largest number ever for a film in France, surpassing the previous 797 print record in France held by Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).

Goofs:

Continuity: The bullet-proof Peugeot has black tinted windows in the aircraft hanger except when the airbags go off - you can see the driver squashed inside the car.

Quotes:

Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: [subtitled version]
[Émilien has the escaping ninjas cornered in a dead end]
Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: Ha-ha-ha-ha, oh yes, Marseille is complicated. Full of small streets. And you'll see that the cells aren't big either.
[points his gun at them]
Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: Line up, face down, hands on your back, I'm warning you, I'm the shooting champion of the department, stop doing the Mario! You speak French?
[ninjas suddenly form a circle leaning towards each other with their hands on each other's shoulder]
Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: Watch out! Warned you! Me do police brutality!
[ninjas scatter and climb up the wall, Émilien tries to follow but falls into a dumpster]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#25.9)" (2001)

***Alert General!***

Luc Besson successfully follows up his ridiculously popular French action film 'Taxi Taxi' (1998). Taxi 2 delivers exactly what it promises - extensive action and basic, but intricately setup humour. Although intellectually lacking, this stimulating film it is easily the most entertaining movies I've even seen.

Although I didn't speak French, I was able to readily follow along with the plot. A Japanese ambassador visiting France becomes a hostage of a large gang currently running circles around the helpless French police. Samy Neci plays Daniel, a speed demon and extraordinarily talented taxi driver. When his disregard for safety land him in an awkward position with the police, he grudgingly agrees to help them rein in the terrorists.

Quentin Tarantino style, 'Ronin'-esque action and the unmistakable addition of 'French' humour make this movie a unique viewing. Surprisingly well shot and edited, Taxi 2 is a pleasure to view. The perception of a film's quality often lies in the basis of the audience's expectations. Taxi 2 was vastly entertaining, stylistic, adrenaline filled and well worth the effort to track down and view - that is if your expectations are fitting the films strengths.

*Alert General!!!!*