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3.0 out of 5 stars
Less of the car and more of the characters than in the first two films, September 30, 2008
This review is from: Taxi 3 (Original French Version with English Subtitles) (DVD)
Taxi driver, Daniel (Sami Naceri) and his cop friend Emilien (Frederic Diefenthal) are back. This time, Emilien is trying to apprehend a gang of thieves who dress up as Santa Claus while pulling robberies, and as you would expect, Daniel and his super-taxi end up helping. Meanwhile, Petra (Emma Sjoberg) and Lilly (Marion Cotillard) are both pregnant with the children of Emilien and Daniel, and Emilien and Daniel must come to terms with their impending fatherhood.
In the first two "Taxi" films the car was the star of films, with the actors coming a distant second. In "Taxi 3", the car has a smaller part, and more time is given to the characters, and in particular, the sub-plots about the pregnancies, much to its detriment (pregnancy sub-plots are in every second film - it's the car that I want to see). Furthermore, when they do occur, the action sequences just aren't as exciting as those in the earlier films. Compared to the ending of "Taxi" (and that of "Taxi 2"), the ending of "Taxi 3" is a bit of an anti-climax: the car doesn't do anything really cool and being eight months pregnant, Petra isn't given any opportunities to kick butt. As a result, "Taxi 3" is nowhere near as good as its two predecessors.
If considered simply as a comedy, "Taxi 3" also lags behind its forerunners and behind other French comedies, such as "The Closet" or "The Visitors". The captain's propensity for making racist comments at inappropriate moments has been toned down to nothing, for example. Nevertheless, it still managed to get several genuine laughs out of me, which made it worthwhile.
Overall, this film is still worth watching and will appeal to fans of the "Taxi" series who want to go on another outing with the characters that they have come to know and love, but if you are a newcomer to these film, start with one of the earlier instalments.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
LUC BESSON!!, May 17, 2008
This review is from: Taxi 3 (Original French Version with English Subtitles) (DVD)
Just one name for a good movie with a touch of humor: Luc Besson!
And see it in org. language!! If not ,You loose the feeling!
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
very delightful and suspenseful!, March 19, 2007
This review is from: Taxi 3 (Original French Version with English Subtitles) (DVD)
action packed, hilariously funny. see 4 yourself. a taxi so fast that equipped puke bag sfor the passengers for their passengers in case their stomachs couldn't bear the ultra high speed. we got sylvester stallone as the guest star at the very beginning as the passenger, bai ling, the controversial actress who played a x'mas robber gang leader. lotsa fun! a newest peugeot model has replaced the older one in the last and the latest taxi 4, but it suffered a huge drawback, since all the male actors became either fatter or older, and the screenplay also sadly fell flat. a time for curtain call.
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