Taxi - Watch Order: French Films
This watch order focuses exclusively on the original French Taxi series, created by Luc Besson and set in the vibrant streets of Marseille. The French films showcase the franchise's signature style of practical car stunts, rapid-fire dialogue, and the evolving partnership between Daniel and Émilien across the first four entries, followed by a generational handoff in the fifth film.
The French series maintains consistent tone and world-building throughout, from the original's introduction of the legendary Peugeot taxi through the soft reboot that passes the torch to Daniel's nephew. This watch order excludes the American remake, providing the pure European action-comedy experience that made the franchise a cultural phenomenon.
Taxi
In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.
Taxi 3
A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.
Taxi 4
Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy employee who got railroaded by the brilliant master criminal.
Taxi 5
A police officer who's transfered in the police of Marseille gets assigned to take down a group of Italian robbers who drive the powerfull Ferrari's with the older niece of Daniel, a terrible driver who gets the legendary white taxi.
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