a5c7b9f00b Belle Williams is a speed demon. Flying through the streets of New York in her tricked-out taxi, she's earned a rep as New York's fastest cabbie. But driving a hack is only a pit stop for her real dream: Belle wants to be a race car champion. And she's well on her way–until she's derailed by overeager cop Andy Washburn, whose undercover skills are matched only by his total ineptitude behind the wheel. Washburn, whose lack of vehicular skills has landed him in the precinct doghouse, is hot on the heels of a gang of beautiful Brazilian bank robbers, led by Vanessa, their cold, calculating–and leggy–leader. To nab the evasive crooks, drivers license-less Washburn convinces Belle to team up with him to pursue Vanessa and crew. Belle has carte blanche to drive at any speed and break any law. The car-less cop and speed-demon cabbie–New York's unlikeliest partners– begin a high-speed game of cat and mouse with the robbers. That is, if Belle and Washburn don't end up killing each other first. 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. This is truly one of the worst events of my life , its painful to watch . Jimmy Fallon is one of the worst comedy actors in films today , I don't know why or how this ever got made but even then it should have gone straight to video . The studio ought to be sued for the hour and a half this took off of my life (although it felt like much longer) . In short if you like your comedy with some actual comedy that isn't covered in cheese and then rolled inside a ball of cheese and dropped into a 1 million gallon vat of cheese then don't watch this as its cheesy. I can't quite explain just how bad this is , it has absolutely no good points whatsoever . I wished through the entire film that Jimmy Fallons first crash in the film had been fatal , that way it could have just ended . I would of had fond memories of such a film , hell i would have paid to see it twice . I saw all 3 original Taxi movies and I think they are hilarious! Now I decided to rent the US remake. I wasn't convinced it was a good idea, but I had to see how it was. I laughed, but not as much as I did watching the French movie. Personally thought the outtakes were the funniest part.<br/><br/>I remember making my boyfriend (who doesn't speak a word of French) watch the French version. I translated most part, for the most part, I didn't even do it justice, and he was rolling on the floor the whole time, even if he didn't understand the whole thing. But he was even more disappointed than me by this remake. Especially by the fact that they changed as many characters as they could into females… Come on. Brazilian models in bikini tops? Model feeling the female cop's butt and boobs? A good movie doesn't need this to get people's interest.<br/><br/>I'll stick to the original version. "ET C'EST PARTI!" Very little of it works.
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