Taxi 2 (2000)

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 (as Frederique Tirmont)
Marc Faure	...	French Minister
Hirata Haruhiko	...	Japanese Minister
Tsuyu Shimizu	...	Yuli (as Tsuyu)
Ko Suzuki	...	Katano
Yoshi Oida	...	Yuke Tsumoto
Kentaro	...	Yakuza
Hiro Uchiyama	...	Master Hypnotist (as Hira Uchiyama)
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:

August 17, 1999 cameraman Alain Dutartre was killed when a car driven by a stuntman overshot a jump over tanks and struck him also injuring Jean-Michel Bar.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: At the very end of the movie, while Lilly and her mother are watching the July 14th parade, the shadow of a crew member can be seen on the wall.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Daniel Morales: Ninja!

Movie Connections:

References Rocky (1976)

Much funnier than the first

Taxi 2 is an action-comedy. No serious drama, interesting story or a Oscar-winning comedy. Just a ordinary, very funny comedy.

Samy Naceri and Frederic Diefenthal return when a Japanese minister comes to France for some kind of new defense strategy. Of course, that strategy has to be showed, and than it goes wrong. The Japanese minister is kidnapped and the police tries with the help of Samy Naceri to get him back.

The final of the film is a bit overdone, when almost a dozen police-cars hit each other near to the Eiffel tower. Absolutely not realistic, but that's not such a bad thing, isn't it? It's the result of a great car-chase before, and the things that happen then are so dumb but so funny; irresistible. The greatest moment of the movie is when Samy Naceri, Frederic Diefenthal, some Japanese girl and the military father of Samy Naceri's girlfriend jump out of a plane. And when they come down...great, great, great, great!

Taxi 2 is a real must-see. Typically French, but great fun.