Given all the time since the last, you knew it was not going to be the same as the previous ones and let us be honest, Taxi 4 was not that great. It have went from great to silly. So well, I expected something between that and the crappy american version.
One glaring omission was that there are no Samy Naceri. The lack of his persona and wit made Taxi as fun as it was. Franck Gastambide does a good job of being a cocky driver and have his own charm so they found a replacement that wasn't a copy which was good.
The other crew was also a bit in the silly nature of the series. A few of homages and flashbacks to the previous movies was also there. And a few trademarks of the series. That they cast Bernard Farcy was pretty crucial to getting the right feel. I have to say when he appeared I had to smile.
So the story progressed from interesting to a bit dull when it was building up but when it got going, it was in pure Taxi style.
Expect a slightly slow to really fire up but pretty enjoyable, extremely silly and quirky movie that had some great car action bits and quite a few moments that one might chuckle over. It's no Taxi 2, but if you want more of the same it's that by a good margin. You might have grown out of the humor during the past ten years but if you always have room for something silly it'll be good.
I hope there will be a number 6 because I'd love to see what they do now that they have established a new setting and doesn't have that buildup to take screen time.
One glaring omission was that there are no Samy Naceri. The lack of his persona and wit made Taxi as fun as it was. Franck Gastambide does a good job of being a cocky driver and have his own charm so they found a replacement that wasn't a copy which was good.
The other crew was also a bit in the silly nature of the series. A few of homages and flashbacks to the previous movies was also there. And a few trademarks of the series. That they cast Bernard Farcy was pretty crucial to getting the right feel. I have to say when he appeared I had to smile.
So the story progressed from interesting to a bit dull when it was building up but when it got going, it was in pure Taxi style.
Expect a slightly slow to really fire up but pretty enjoyable, extremely silly and quirky movie that had some great car action bits and quite a few moments that one might chuckle over. It's no Taxi 2, but if you want more of the same it's that by a good margin. You might have grown out of the humor during the past ten years but if you always have room for something silly it'll be good.
I hope there will be a number 6 because I'd love to see what they do now that they have established a new setting and doesn't have that buildup to take screen time.