Taxi
Directed by Tim Story
- action
- comedy
- thriller
- crime
The story
A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.
What it’s like
Bright, saturated daylight on Manhattan streets: yellow cabs, sunlit avenues, glossy high-gloss digital color with the punchy, over-lit look of an early-2000s studio comedy. Camera work is brisk and conventional, mostly medium shots and quick cuts during chases, with the city presented as a busy backdrop of honking traffic, crowded sidewalks and a pulsing pop-and-hip-hop soundtrack that rarely lets up. The vibe is loud, cheerful and slapstick-silly, a sort of breezy car-chase lark that never asks much of you. Pacing is fast and jokey, with pratfalls, crashes and one-liners stacked on top of each other, and the emotional register stays light: a bumbling rookie and a sharp-tongued driver bicker their way into friendship. Violence is comic and cartoonish, with car crashes, bank-robbery shootouts and a few brief scuffles, but no gore and no real cruelty; sexual content is limited to flirtation. Good for a lazy weekend afternoon, a background comfort watch, or anyone who wants a fizzy, undemanding action comedy with no heavy stakes.
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