Taxi
Dir: Gérard Pirès
1998
***
1998's Taxi might just be my favourite of the Luc Besson produced action/comedies. Samy Naceri and Frédéric Diefenthal work really well off each other in the simple but effective premise of a Police officer without a driving licence who commandeers a Taxi driver as a personal chauffeur instead of fine him a huge amount of money for speeding  . I laughed often and was entertained throughout, the car chases and stunts are all extremely impressive. The pizza delivery bike back-flips were particularly awesome. A great action comedy. We also have Taxi to thank for bringing the wonderful Marion Cotillard to the masses.