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Taxi 3
Taxi 3
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gérard Krawczyk
Written by	Luc Besson
Produced by	Luc Besson
Starring	Samy Naceri; Frédéric Diefenthal; Marion Cotillard; Bernard Farcy;
Distributed by	EuropaCorp
Release date	January 29, 2003 (France);
Running time	87 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$14.5 million[citation needed]
Box office	$64.5 million

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Taxi 3 (French: Taxi Trois) is a 2003 French action comedy film directed by Gérard Krawczyk. Starring Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal and Marion Cotillard, it is the sequel to Taxi 2, and was followed by Taxi 4. It is the third installment in the Taxi film series.

Plot

A group of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus gang are wreaking havoc, using Santa Claus costumes to commit heists, and the Marseille police are, as usual, unable to keep up. Superintendent Gibert (played by Bernard Farcy) is distracted by a Chinese journalist (Bai Ling) writing a story on his squad, and is unable to stop the robbers.

Detective Emilien's wife, Petra, has just announced that she's pregnant and taxi driver Daniel (Samy Naceri) is in the midst of a relationship crisis. His long-suffering girlfriend Lilly has walked out on him after finding him customising his taxi at four o'clock in the morning, and complaining that their house has become a mere garage and how Daniel stopped paying attention to her.

After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, the journalist is kidnapped. It is revealed that the journalist is the leader of the Santa Claus gang. The police go in search, but Emilien is captured after another botched attempt to arrest them. The journalist sets a trap; she leaves Emilien tied to a chair in an old warehouse, directly in the path of a giant ball which will crush him five minutes later.

At the last moment, Daniel rushes in with his taxi and rescues him. They track the gang to their hideout in the Swiss mountains, where the journalist and her accomplices are arrested by a crack team of Alpine troops. Gibert lands in an ice-bound lake after leaping from an aircraft with them. Petra gives birth, Daniel proposes to Lilly, and a Gibert is seen being pushed around in a wheelchair covered in ice.

Cast

Samy Naceri as Daniel Morales
Frédéric Diefenthal as Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec
Marion Cotillard as Lilly Bertineau
Bernard Farcy as the Commissaire Gérard Gibert
Edouard Montoute as Alain
Emma Wiklund as Petra
Bai Ling as Qiu
Jean-Christophe Bouvet as the General Edmond Bertineau
Patrice Abbou as Rachid
Claude Sese as Planton
Alain David as the Minister
Sylvester Stallone had an uncredited cameo at the beginning of the film as a passenger to the airport. Since he cannot speak French, his voice was dubbed by his official French dub-over artist, Alain Dorval.

Production

Reception

Empire (magazine) rated it 3 out of 5.^[2]

Video games

Taxi 3 – Based on Taxi 3. Released in 2003 by Ubisoft Montreal.^[3]

In popular culture

The opening titles are a spoof of those featured in the movies starring James Bond, and there are several nods to the 007 canon throughout the film, e.g. Daniel's rotating number plate and the ski chase at the film's climax.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ JP. "Taxi 3 (2003)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
^ Helen O'Hara (8 November 2006). "Taxi 3". Empire.
^ "Taxi 3". Metacritic.

External links

[1] JP. "Taxi 3 (2003)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.

[2] Helen O'Hara (8 November 2006). "Taxi 3". Empire.

[3] "Taxi 3". Metacritic.

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+{{short description|2003 French film by Gérard Krawczyk}}
+{{Expand French|topic=cult|Taxi_3|date=September 2024}}
 {{Infobox film
  | name = Taxi 3
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  | director = [[Gérard Krawczyk]]
  | writer = [[Luc Besson]]
- | starring = [[Samy Naceri]]<br>[[Frédéric Diefenthal]]<br>[[Marion Cotillard]]<br>[[Bernard Farcy]]
+ | starring = {{Plainlist|
+* [[Samy Naceri]]
+* [[Frédéric Diefenthal]]
+* [[Marion Cotillard]]
+* [[Bernard Farcy]]
+}}
- | producer = [[Luc Besson]]
+ | producer = Luc Besson
  | distributor = EuropaCorp
- | released = {{Film date|2002|12|20|France}}
+ | released = {{Film date|2003|01|29|France}}
- | runtime = 84 minutes (Theatrical cut)<br>87 minutes (Director's cut)
+ | runtime = 87 minutes
  | country = France
  | language = French
- | budget = $14.5 million
+ | budget = $14.5 million{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}
  | gross = $64.5 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1401|title=Taxi 3 (2003)- JPBox-Office|last=JP|website=www.jpbox-office.com}}</ref>
 }}
-'''''Taxi 3''''' is a 2003 French [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Gérard Krawczyk]]. Starring [[Samy Naceri]], [[Frédéric Diefenthal]] and [[Marion Cotillard]], it is the sequel to ''[[Taxi 2]]'', and was followed by ''[[Taxi 4]]''. It is the third installment in the [[Taxi (film series)|''Taxi'' film series]].
+'''''Taxi 3''''' ({{langx|fr|Taxi Trois}}) is a 2003 French [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Gérard Krawczyk]]. Starring [[Samy Naceri]], [[Frédéric Diefenthal]] and [[Marion Cotillard]], it is the sequel to ''[[Taxi 2]]'', and was followed by ''[[Taxi 4]]''. It is the third installment in the [[Taxi (film series)|''Taxi'' film series]].
 ==Plot==
+[[File:Peugeot_406_Taxi_003.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Peugeot 406]]]]
 A group of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus gang are wreaking havoc, using Santa Claus costumes to commit heists, and the Marseille police are, as usual, unable to keep up. Superintendent Gibert (played by [[Bernard Farcy]]) is distracted by a Chinese journalist ([[Bai Ling]]) writing a story on his squad, and is unable to stop the robbers.
-Detective Emilien's wife, Petra, has just announced that she's pregnant and taxi driver Daniel ([[Samy Naceri]]) is in the midst of a relationship crisis. His long suffering girlfriend Lilly has walked out on him after finding him customising his taxi at four o'clock in the morning, and complaining that their house has become a mere garage and how Daniel stopped paying attention to her.
+Detective Emilien's wife, Petra, has just announced that she's pregnant and taxi driver Daniel ([[Samy Naceri]]) is in the midst of a relationship crisis. His long-suffering girlfriend Lilly has walked out on him after finding him customising his taxi at four o'clock in the morning, and complaining that their house has become a mere garage and how Daniel stopped paying attention to her.
 After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, the journalist is kidnapped. It is revealed that the journalist is the leader of the Santa Claus gang. The police go in search, but Emilien is captured after another botched attempt to arrest them. The journalist sets a trap; she leaves Emilien tied to a chair in an old warehouse, directly in the path of a giant ball which will crush him five minutes later.
-At the last moment, Daniel rushes in with his taxi and rescues him. They track the gang to their hideout in the Swiss mountains, where the journalist and her accomplices are arrested by a crack team of Alpine troops. Gibert lands in an ice-bound lake after leaping from an aircraft with them. Petra gives birth, Daniel proposes to Lilly and a Gibert is seen being pushed around in a wheelchair covered in ice.
+At the last moment, Daniel rushes in with his taxi and rescues him. They track the gang to their hideout in the Swiss mountains, where the journalist and her accomplices are arrested by a crack team of Alpine troops. Gibert lands in an ice-bound lake after leaping from an aircraft with them. Petra gives birth, Daniel proposes to Lilly, and a Gibert is seen being pushed around in a wheelchair covered in ice.
 ==Cast==
+{{Cast listing|
-{{div col}}
 * [[Samy Naceri]] as Daniel Morales
 * [[Frédéric Diefenthal]] as Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec
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 * Claude Sese as Planton
 * Alain David as the Minister
-* [[Sylvester Stallone]] had an uncredited [[Cameo appearance|cameo]] at the beginning of the film as a passenger to the airport with his voice dubbed, as he cannot speak French.
+* [[Sylvester Stallone]] had an uncredited [[Cameo appearance|cameo]] at the beginning of the film as a passenger to the airport. Since he cannot speak French, his voice was dubbed by his official French dub-over artist, [[Alain Dorval]].
+}}
-{{div col end}}
-==Other media==
+==Production==
+{{empty section|date=March 2024}}
-===Video games===
+==Reception==
-''Taxi 3'' – Based on ''Taxi 3''. Released in 2003
+[[Empire (magazine)]] rated it 3 out of 5.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 November 2006 |author1=Helen O'Hara |title=Taxi 3 |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/taxi-3-2-review/ |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] }}</ref>
+{{expand section|date=March 2024}}
-===Other references===
+==Video games==
+''Taxi 3'' – Based on ''Taxi 3''. Released in 2003 by Ubisoft Montreal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taxi 3 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/taxi-3/ |website=[[Metacritic]] }}</ref>
-* The opening titles are an amusing spoof of those featured in the movies starring [[James Bond]], and there are several nods to the 007 canon throughout the film e.g. Daniel's rotating number plate and the ski chase at the film's climax.
+==In popular culture==
+The opening titles are a spoof of those featured in the movies starring [[James Bond]], and there are several nods to the 007 canon throughout the film, e.g. Daniel's rotating number plate and the ski chase at the film's climax.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}
 ==References==
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