Taxi 3

Template:Short description Template:Expand French Template:Infobox film Taxi 3 (Template:Langx) is a 2003 French action comedy film directed by Gérard Krawczyk. It stars Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal and Marion Cotillard, and is the third installment in the Taxi film series. The film is a sequel to Taxi 2 (2000) and was followed by Taxi 4 (2007).

Plot

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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.

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.

Production

Filming for Taxi 3 was initially scheduled to begin on October 7, 2001,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but officially commenced on October 15, 2001.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The shoot began at a studio in Paris before moving to Marseille. Production was temporarily halted at the end of November 2001 to allow time for the preparation of a specially modified Peugeot 406 fitted with tank treads, required for the scenes set in Val-d’Isère. The break was also partly due to lead actor Samy Naceri's concurrent involvement in the filming of La Mentale. Filming later resumed in Tignes-Val-d’Isère on January 18, 2002.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On November 11, 2001, an accident occurred during the filming of a car chase scene involving a Citroën C5, driven by a stuntwoman portraying the character Qiu. While being pursued by the taxi, the Citroën lost control on a bend and collided with a tree. The accident was attributed to a combination of excessive speed and slippery road conditions. The stuntwoman was left permanently disabled and later attempted legal action seeking compensation, but was unsuccessful<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>.Template:Empty section

Original soundtrack

The Taxi 3 soundtrack features a mix of previously unreleased tracks by French rap and R&B artists, alongside contributions from international performers such as Pharrell Williams and his band N.E.R.D. Most tracks were produced by the French production duo Kore & Skalp.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Two music videos were created to promote the film:

• “Qu’est-C’tu fous cette nuit?” by Busta Flex & Humphrey, directed by Olivier Megaton.
• “Match Nul” by Éloquence & Kayliah, directed by Raphael IV.

Both music videos are featured as bonus content on the official Taxi 3 DVD release.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The album sold over 130,000 copies in France and was certified Gold.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track listing

1. “Making Off (Générique)” - Dadoo
2. “Qu’est-C’tu fous cette nuit?” - Busta Flex & Humphrey
3. “Match Nul” - Éloquence & Kayliah
4. “Tout ce qu’on sait” - Booba & Nessbeal
5. “Plus vite que jamais” - Lara
6. “Where’s Yours At?” - Pharrell Williams & Rohff
7. “10 minutes chrono” - 113
8. “Vivre sans ça” - China, Dadoo & Diam’s
9. “Faut conduire” - Ärsenik & Lara
10. “Tarif C” - Oxmo Puccino
11. “L’Ignition” - Willy Denzey
12. “J’accélère” - Pit Baccardi
13. “Profite” - Costello
14. “Laissez-nous vivre” - Corneille
15. “Petite sœur” - Dadoo & Leslie
16. “Problème” - Intouchable & OGB
17. “Find My Way” - N.E.R.D.
18. “Love” - Lynnsha & Soundkail
19. “Espion dans l’air” - Doc Gynéco

Note: Most tracks were produced by Kore & Skalp, with contributions from DJ Mehdi, The Neptunes, Zdar, and others.

Reception

Empire (magazine) rated it 3 out of 5.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Expand section

Video games

Taxi 3 – Based on Taxi 3. Released in 2003 by Ubisoft Montreal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.Template:Citation needed

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