Taxi 3
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| German title | Taxi 3 | ||
| Original title | Taxi 3 | ||
| Country of production | France | ||
| original language | French | ||
| Publishing year | 2003 | ||
| length | 82 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | Gérard Krawczyk | ||
| script | Luc Besson | ||
| production | Luc Besson Laurent Pétin |
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| music |
DJ Kore DJ Skalp |
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| camera | Gérard Sterin | ||
| cut | Yann Hervé | ||
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Taxi 3 is an action comedy from 2003 directed by Gérard Krawczyk based on a script by Luc Besson . It is the continuation of the films Taxi (1998) and Taxi Taxi (2000).
action
A gang that calls itself the “Santa Claus gang” is robbing Marseille and the police cannot stop them. Emilien's boss, Commissaire Gilbert, is distracted by a Chinese reporter who pretends to be interested in police work, but later turns out to be the head of the "Santa Claus gang". Émilien now lives with Petra, who later announces that he has been pregnant for eight months, but that he is so absorbed in his work that he has missed it. Daniel is also in a relationship crisis as he cares more about his taxi than his girlfriend and pulls her back from their shared apartment to their parents.
After a series of failures by the police in the fight against the gang, Daniel finally manages to turn the gang down with the help of his taxi and some old friends like Général Bertineau, his girlfriend's father.
criticism
“Boring continuation of the successful film series in France, which just strings together over-the-top and stale gags. The series produced by Luc Besson has lost all of its bite and speed with this part. Only a guest appearance by Sylvester Stallone caused a surprise. "
Effect technique
A description of the vehicles used can be found in the article in the first film Taxi . The taxi has the same functions as the previous films. In Taxi 3 a Peugeot 406 from the 2001 series is used again, but the exterior of the car has changed somewhat. For example, the car in the film has painted moldings or a different grill than the normal model. The only scene in which the vehicle changes visibly is in the French Alps . The structure for the chains for the vehicle comes from a Jeep Wrangler and fits perfectly under the body of the Peugeot 406. The engine sound of the Peugeot 406 3.0 in the famous racing scenes in or outside the city, however, were from a Peugeot 306 GTI EVO II rally car recorded, which were later mixed as sound files in the editing and setting. The vehicle that was used to record the engine noise can be seen at the beginning of the second part in the hill climb scene and was borrowed by the film team for the recording for an extra three weeks.
The engine of the Jeep was not changed, only the door sills were sawed off in order to adapt them to the body of the Peugeot. The descent into the valley on the ski race track was driven by the original car, but with different Michelin tires . In this scene, one of the two toy vehicles was so damaged that the film crew had to wait almost 2 days for the second replacement vehicle. The conversion to this technology demanded everything from the mechanics of the film, since during the so-called close up a short lowering movement should be visible on the vehicle until the computer animation starts. The entire system is controlled via pneumatic 3-way systems, but only at a maximum of 40 km / h. One of the original vehicles is in Peugeot's Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot in Sochaux .
Trivia
- In contrast to its predecessors, Taxi 3 was not shown in cinemas in Germany. The film premiered in France on January 29, 2003.
- At the beginning of the film, Sylvester Stallone made a guest appearance as a passenger who was picked up by a helicopter at the airport with the quote: "Something like that Rambo blend should look like me". Leading actor Samy Naceri was by no means enthusiastic about this performance. Stallone was dubbed French because he couldn't speak the language and didn't want to learn his text. When asked about this, Samy replied: "That was typical Hollywood again!"
- The title sequence pays homage to the title sequences of the James Bond films .
Web links
- Taxi 3 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Taxi 3 in the online film database
- Taxi 3 in the German dubbing file