

“France's answer to the Italian job”
A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
Director
Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
FR
Budget
$10,500,000
Revenue
$64,433,844

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.


Commissaire Gibert
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.