Taxi 2
2000 · Directed by Gérard Krawczyk
Original language: French
- action
- comedy
- adventure
- crime
The story
A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
What it’s like
Bright, sun-washed Marseille and Paris streets shot in quick handheld bursts, with the yellow Peugeot 406 taxi as the most vivid object in every frame: its roof-mounted light, its scuffed bodywork, its engine note snarling over the traffic. Daylight dominates, with saturated primary colours, cramped interiors lit by flat fluorescents, and a few neon-tinted nightclub scenes. The soundtrack leans on bouncy French pop, synth stings and drum-machine pulse, with the car chases cut to percussive rhythm. Pacing is brisk and relentless, built from set pieces that stack one on another, with broad, goofy comedy between them. The tone is cheerful and cartoonish, a buddy-cop caper where the emotional stakes stay light: a bumbling cop and his sharp-tongued driver bicker their way toward mutual respect. Violence is frequent but slapstick and bloodless, crashes and fistfights played for laughs, with mild crude humour and some sexual innuendo; nothing graphic or disturbing. Best for comfort-watch fans of high-octane, sun-drenched French comedy who want noisy fun on a lazy afternoon.
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