Taxi - A once watch film.

Advantages: Very high paced, Some good Humour, Music and A lot of the acting is very good.
Disadvantages: Some "Cheesy" bits and one actor in particular is pretty poor.

...,.-¬*''*¬-.,¸¸,.- Taxi (2004) -.,¸¸,.-¬*''*¬-., Taxi is a hilarious action film directed by Tim Story, set in and around New York city in America, brought to us by 20th Century Fox. Taxi is an American re-make of the original French "Taxi" created by Luc-Besonn, which was a major hit across France. The film has a 15 rating, the box saying it had Moderate language and Sex references, I noticed a lot of the mild language but that was really it. Queen Latifa plays Belle, New York's fastest cab driver, in the film and is joined by Jimmy Fallon playing Andy Washburn, a discredited, car-less cop. Jenifer Esposito also appears in the film as Andy Washburn's Lieutenant and ex-girlfriend. The Brazilian Super Model, Gisele Bündchen appears as the ringleader of the female bank robbers and twice Oscar nominated Ann-Margret plays as Washburn's Mum...

Pete1993 04.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Taxi (DVD)

Crazzzzzzzzzzzzy Taxi!

Advantages: Great fun, easy to play.
Disadvantages: No real aims or missions to complete.

...I purchased the platinum version of this game as part of a 3 for £20 offer which was at my local Game store. I had played this game before but not for quite a few years and I brought back great memories of nostalgia and playing against my friends to see who was the best taxi driver. The game is just for one player which means that you're going to have to take it in turns if you want to have mini competitions which my fiance and I have been doing quite a lot lately as it's our main means of entertainment when we are out my house (mainly because the xbox 360 is always left in his bedroom as it's his pride and joy!) The aim of the game is to play against the clock to drive passengers to their destination, you earn tips for weaving past cars and for making a speedy drop off. The main thing I disliked about the game was the gameplay...

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Review of Crazy Taxi (PS2)

Taxi - A cheap thrill ride

Advantages: Some good car chase scenes, some fairly funny dialogue,
Disadvantages: Formulaic

...I watched this the other day (you've gotta love having time off during summer :)) as it was shown on Film4 and I'd keep your eyes open if you have Freeview, as its worth catching on TV but I wouldn't say its the sort of movie that most people would really think is worth going out of their way to purchase on DVD or anything. This is a remake or American version of a hit French movie, by Luc Besson. Its an action packed comedy, starring Queen Latifah as a sort of girl boy racer called Belle, who has a souped up Taxi Cab that she finally gets her Taxi license to be able to go out and take paying customers for rides in and Jimmy Fallon, who plays a unlucky NY cop, detective Washburn. They end up meeting up when Washburn, apparently for the third time totals a police car and in doing so ruins a bodega, which costs the police department...

IzzyS 15.08.2007 · Read review
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Taxi Driver - Film Only

Advantages: Incredible direction, performances and writing.
Disadvantages: None.

...A loose remake of John Ford's The Searchers, Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver tells the tale of Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro in an iconic, legendary, career-defining performance), a Vietnam veteran serving as a night-shift cabbie on the streets of New York City. An unhinged, socially inept loner, Travis, having been rejected by the woman he has fallen in love - or lust - with, attempts first to assassinate the presidential candidate for whom said woman was working, and then to rescue from a life of prostitution a 13 year old girl by the name of Iris. Alongside the likes of Abel Ferrara's Driller Killer, Walter Hill's The Warriors and Scorsese's own Mean Streets, Taxi Driver helped to cement in the public imagination the image of New York as a dangerous, sin-sodden, nocturnal netherworld populated primarily by pimps, hustlers, hookers...

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Try servicing the library.

Advantages: See text.
Disadvantages: See text.

...Hmmmmmm, not quite sure on how to do this but I would just like to write a review on using your local library services. I was a little surprised as to the area that it was in, but hey ho that is Ciao for you as they put it there supposedly! But anyway, back to the subject in mind. How do I use the library service? Well, you have to actually be a member in order to use pretty much any of the facilities that are on offer. It is usually free to join, but there are usually stipulations that you must agree to meet prior to joining: 1. That you are a permanent resident in the area that provides the service. If you live in Devon or Cornwall, then you can't use the service in Avon or Somerset. But even with that said, in Plymouth and Torbay now (both of these being in Devon) they are now separate authorities and so you are only as...

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Crazy Taxi

Advantages: fun and addictive to play, good graphics
Disadvantages: none

...I bought crazy taxi for the dreamcast for my husband, and we both love it. Its such an addictive game once you get playing on it. First of all you choose the driver. the cars are all open top cars. You have a time limit to pick up customers and take them to their destinations, as fast as possible. You have to drive really fast, which makes it more fun to play. There is music in the background whilst you are playing. When you drive really fast and dangerous, the customers stand up in the taxi and start shouting abuse at the driver, its really funny. The graphics are really good and clear. You can buy the game from any computer store like pc world for around £15 - £20 which isn't abad price. I'd recommend this game to anyone for dreamcast or ps2...

tabyorky 24.08.2001 · Read review
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Review of Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)

Craaaazy Taxi!

Advantages: Fast paced, exciting, enjoyable
Disadvantages: None

...Crazy Taxi is a very enjoyable game which doesn't require any brain power and is very easy to play. The basic idea is that you pick up people and drop them off at their destination, the more dangerously you drive the more the bonuses rack up; have a crash and the bonuses start back at the beginning! There are many different modes to play to keep you interested, such as challenges against time, and jumps. The normal game is exciting too, with a soundtrack from offspring it adds to the manic atmosphere of the crazy taxi world. Don't expect to be challenged mentally by this game, but you'll certainly find some of the modes frustrating - in a good way. I'd recommend this game to anyone who likes to use their Dreamcast to unwind and relax....

bobsmith 29.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)

Crrrraaaaazzzzzzy Taxi

Advantages: One of the most fun games you will ever most likely play
Disadvantages: Questionalbe Lastability

...Every now and then along comes a game that is completely different to anything seen previously in the game market but is unfortunately back shelved by more popular titles, that is of course until now! Sega have defied the convention of the racing genre with this superb action packed taxi-a-thon, Crazy Taxi is it’s name and Taxis are in it and Crazy is definitely how to describe it. Originality has always been a big factor when gamers by new titles and this game gives gamers what they want, you play from a choice of four taxi drivers in the busy streets of a large San Francisco style city, with everyone from little school girls and rambling vicars to fragile old ladies walking the pathways, you must pick up these pedestrians and drive them to any location they wish. The order of the day with this game is to crash, smash...

Snowdrift 12.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)

TAXI!

Advantages: Some impressive stunts!
Disadvantages: a not so impressive plot!

...Slated by the critics... and a not so good take at the box office! Has this film really got anything to offer? Well actually yes... Not really my sort of film (fast cars; scantily clad women; little story) but it does make up for what it lacks in strength of its two leads and some pretty nifty stunts. It opens up with an amazing bike sequence, and no, I'm not talking about a motorbike but rather a push bike, (A little far fetched asking us to believe that was Queen Latifa) Queen, who is always full of attitude, has just recieved her taxi license and can't wait to get on the road in her suped-up taxi. In contrast is Jimmy Fallon a cop with a problem, a fear of driving and can't seem to hack the pressure! When police officer Washburne (fallon) bundles an under cover raid and his...

Minty23 28.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Taxi DVD

TAXI DRIVER (1976) [FILM ONLY REVIEW]

Advantages: Scorsese, De Niro, Hermann, Schrader, Chapman
Disadvantages: None.

...Martin Scorsese's TAXI DRIVER was released in 1976 and for me, like millions of film buffs, is the greatest film ever made, elevated above every character study since through its fevered, paranoid, stark and unforgettable imagery of one man's vision of hell on earth, an entirely plausible New York. Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle is a "cabbie" by night, insomniac by day. With long drawn-out nights looking through his windshield at New York's famous steaming sewers, rain-slicked filthy streets and glaring neon lights, and only his deteriorating thoughts for companionship, an alienated Travis learns to detest his surrounding world and those who decay it, working through his boiling contempt as he takes the truly detestable people of his city ("whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies") to their destinations. When...

Charles_Strickland 22.09.2006 (28.07.2007) · Read review
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