Taxi
Taxi is a 2004 action comedy film directed by Tim Story and starring Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bündchen, Jennifer Esposito, and Ann-Margret. It is a remake of the 1998 French film of the same name. An incompetent New York police officer is banned from driving and comes to rely on a talented taxi driver to help him solve a series of bank robberies. The film was panned by critics.
Plot
Belle Williams is a talented driver and auto mechanic who dreams of driving in NASCAR. She celebrates her last shift as a bicycle courier after earning her taxi license and beating the shop's record with a new delivery record of 13 minutes and 54 seconds. Although in a happy relationship, she occasionally neglects her boyfriend Jesse and has bestowed much love on her custom-built 1999 Ford Crown Victoria taxicab over the past five years. She skips her dinner date, to install a supercharger that was given to her as a present for her last day. Her first customer offers her a $100 tip if she can make it to JFK Airport in fifteen minutes. She makes it in 9 minutes and 28 seconds, while almost getting caught speeding on the freeway and through Manhattan. Meanwhile, a group of beautiful women exit the airport, with a man waiting for them.
More details
author | Ben Garant Jim Kouf Luc Besson Thomas Lennon |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Tim Story |
editor | Stuart Levy |
genre | action comedy crime |
keywords | 1999 ford crown victoria bad driver bank robbery beat bicycle courier bike messenger car wash dinner date disobeying orders drive embarrass follow ford crown victoria#second generation garbage truck hear jfk airport john f. kennedy international airport kidnap last day misunderstand nascar police raid question sing string this will be trap wait wound |
musicBy | Christophe Beck |
producer | Luc Besson |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
recordedAt | Arizona California New York City |
theme | action comedy buddy buddy comedy buddy cop chase crime comedy heist police comedy screwball comedy |