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Taxi 2 ()


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Police inspector Emilien and his taxi-driver pal Daniel are back, this time on the tail of a group of Japanese yakuza.

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Cast

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Daniel Morales
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Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec
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Lilly Bertineau
Emma Wiklund ...
Petra (as Emma Sjöberg)
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Commissaire Gibert
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Général Edmond Bertineau
Frédérique Tirmont ...
Mother (as Frederique Tirmont)
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French minister
Haruhiko Hirata ...
Japanese minister
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Yuli (as Tsuyu)
Ko Suzuki ...
Katano
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Yuke Tsumoto
Kentaro ...
Yakuza
Hiro Uchiyama ...
Master hypnotist (as Hira Uchiyama)
Onochi Seietsu ...
Master hypnotist
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Alain
François Cottrelle ...
Plainclothes cop at airport
Tewhik Behar ...
Djamel
Jean-Louis Schlesser ...
Jean-Louis
Henri Magne ...
Co-Pilot
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Pregnant woman's husband
Miren Pradier ...
Pregnant woman
Richard Guedj ...
Doctor
Jean-Luc Borras ...
Bookseller
Sébastien Thiery ...
Driving instructor (as Sebastian Thiery)
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Karate instructor (as Cyril Quenel Raffaeli)
François Nguyen ...
Belote player
Louis-Marie Nyee ...
Belote player
David Moulin ...
Belote player
Jean-Luc Mehler ...
Old cop at radar (as Jean-Luc Mehlem)
Jean-François Regazzi ...
Deputy chief at radar
Dominique Chevalier ...
Traffic controller (as Dominique Chevallier)
Franck Maigne ...
Assistant traffic controller
Hiroyuki Yanagisawa ...
Japanese ambassador
Emile Gerard ...
Lieutenant-colonel Bertrand
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Swimming man (as Nicky Naude)
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Swimming woman
Jean-Claude Houbart ...
Green light driver
Christophe Gorlier ...
Expert chief
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Driving school student (as Maidi Roth)
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Passenger
Eric Challier ...
Cop at police station
Jacques Buron ...
Colonel Picard
Stephane Aizac ...
GIGN soldier
Sébastien Pons ...
Rachid (as Sebastian Pons)
Malek Bechar ...
Marco
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Rally speaker
Pierre Brichese ...
Cop at police station
Fédélé Papalia ...
Park keeper (as Fedele Papalia)
Dorel Carenco ...
Young girl at radar
Jui Gui Kwon ...
Yakuza 3
Ken Chung ...
Yakuza 4
Raymond Khamvene ...
Yakuza 5
Jean Lebidan ...
Yakuza 6
Pierre Nguyen ...
Yakuza 7
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Ninja (as Chau Belle)
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Ninja
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Ninja
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Ninja
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Ninja
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Ninja
Yann Hnautra ...
Ninja
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Boat Owner (uncredited)
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Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Wilfrid Grenier ...
Cop (uncredited)
Daniel Herzog ...
Lionel Jospin (uncredited) (voice)
Lionel Jospin ...
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Jacques Chirac (uncredited) (voice)
Junko Murakami ...
Passant (uncredited)
Victoria Obermayer ...
Olivia (uncredited)

Directed by

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Gérard Krawczyk

Written by

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Luc Besson ... ()

Produced by

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Luc Besson ... producer
Bernard Grenet ... executive producer
Laurent Pétin ... producer
Michèle Pétin ... producer

Music by

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Al Khemya

Cinematography by

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Gérard Sterin

Editing by

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Thierry Hoss

Editorial Department

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Sophie Delecourt ... assistant editor
Christine Lucas Navarro ... assistant to editor
Laure Meynet ... apprentice editor

Casting By

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Swan Pham

Production Design by

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Jean-Jacques Gernolle

Art Direction by

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Franck Schwarz

Set Decoration by

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Catherine Werner Schmit

Costume Design by

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Martine Rapin

Makeup Department

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Myriam Hottois ... key makeup artist
Geraldine Kechichian ... makeup artist
Christine Vizier ... key hair stylist
Frédéric Zaïd ... hair stylist (as Frédéric Zaid)

Production Management

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Max Besnard ... unit manager trainee
Mélik Bénard ... unit manager
Olivier Coquillon ... unit manager
David Deshayes ... unit manager
Karine Ebert ... assistant unit manager
Guillaume Farny ... unit production manager
Cédric Fréni ... assistant unit manager
Marc Guidetti ... unit production manager
Thierry Guilmard ... production manager
Elisabeth Guthmann ... unit manager trainee
Didier Hoarau ... unit production manager
Patrick Le Goc ... unit manager
Franck Lebreton ... unit production manager
Patrick Pourcier ... unit manager runner
Stéphan Ripoll ... unit manager
Julien Sanson ... unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Andrea Fontana ... assistant director
Stéphane Gluck ... first assistant director
Robert Kechichian ... second unit director
Jordane LaFourcade ... assistant director
Philippe Letode ... assistant director
Arnaud Mathey-Dreyfus ... additional assistant director
Andreas Meszaros ... assistant director
Christine Pierrard ... assistant director
Lionel Sigwald ... assistant director
Julien Triger ... trainee assistant director
Fabien Vergez ... assistant director

Art Department

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Philippe Durand ... carpenter
Fabienne Guillot ... prop buyer
Eric Guinot ... property master
Jacky Hardouin ... carpenter
Stéphane Richaud ... carpenter

Sound Department

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Jérôme Aghion ... sound
Jérôme Alexandre ... sound recordist
Hervé Buirette ... sound
Anne Delacour ... dialogue editor
Pierre Excoffier ... sound
François Groult ... sound
François-Joseph Hors ... assistant sound re-recording mixer
Jérôme Lévy ... foley artist
Samuel Potin ... sound editor
Olivier Varenne ... boom operator
Ken Yasumoto ... supervising sound editor

Special Effects by

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Jean-Claude Dauphinot ... special effects technician
Grégoire Delage ... special effects technician
Georges Demétrau ... special effects supervisor
Sara Helmlinger ... assistant special effects coordinator
Jean-Claude Houbart ... special effects locksmith
Jérome Miel ... special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Stephanie Aubriot ... digital artist
Stephanie Boutinaud ... digital effects artist
Andre Brizard ... digital compositor
Alain Carsoux ... visual effects supervisor
Séverine De Wever ... production coordinator
Thierry Delobel ... digital compositor
Stephane Dittoo ... digital effects artist
François Dupuy ... I/O technician
Fabien Guiliani ... visual effects artist
Afif Heukeshoven ... digital artist
Chia-Chi Hu ... digital compositor
Alexandre Jeanneret ... digital processing technician
Bruno Le Provost ... 3d supervisor
Jeremie Leroux ... compositing supervisor
Gaston Marcotti ... digital artist
Olivier Poujaud ... sequence supervisor
Jean-Paul Rovela ... digital artist
Antoine Simkine ... visual effects executive producer: Duboi
Daniel Trujillo ... digital artist
Veronique Zylberfain ... matte painting artist
Rip Hampton O'Neil ... director of reseach and development: DuboiColor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Jean-Louis Airola ... stunts
Virginie Arnaud ... stunts
Francis Bataille ... stunt driver
Gilbert Bataille ... stunt driver
Jean-Marc Bellu ... stunts
William Beltoise ... stunt driver
Affif Ben Badra ... stunts
Eric Besancenot ... stunt driver
Christian Bonnichon ... stunt rigger
Michel Bouis ... stunts
Agnès Brun ... stunts
Jörgtom Buttelmann ... stunts
William Cagnard ... stunts
Ken Chung ... stunts
Gaëlle Cohen ... stunts
Gilles Conseil ... stunts
Jo Cote ... stunt driver
Yannick Derrien ... stunts
Yan Dron ... stunts
Thierry Fournier ... stunt driver
Max Garnier ... stunt driver
Alain Gaudiard ... stunts
Alain Guerillot ... stunts
Pascal Guégan ... stunts
Philippe Guégan ... stunt coordinator
Marc Hoang ... stunts
Karim Hocini ... stunts
Michel Julienne ... stunt driver
Rémy Julienne ... stunt driving coordinator
Didier Justice ... stunt driver
Pascal Lavanchy ... stunt driver (as Pascal Lavanchi)
Pascal Lopez ... stunts (2000)
Brigitte Magnin ... stunt driver
Cyrille Mahieu ... stunt driver
Florent Mismetti ... stunts
Philippe Morel ... stunts
David Moulin ... stunts
Patrick Médioni ... stunts
François Nguyen ... stunts (as Francois Nguien)
Louis-Marie Nyee ... stunts (as Louis-Marie Niee)
Franck Perroud ... stunt driver
Cyril Raffaelli ... stunts (as Cyril Quenel-Raffaelli)
Leslie Rain ... stunts (as Leslie Raine)
Catherine Robert ... stunts
Christophe Roblin ... stunt driver
Francis Terzian ... stunts
Christophe Vaison ... stunt driver
Frédéric Vallet ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Boris Abaza ... assistant camera
Thierry Baucheron ... gaffer
Eric Bornes ... additional focus puller
David Campbell ... crane operator: Technocrane
Jean-François Dubut ... car rigger
Eric Dupressoir ... grip
Alain Dutartre ... focus puller
David Frak-Lauer ... assistant camera
Jan Gagnaire ... assistant grip
Vincent Gallot ... assistant camera
Laurent Martin ... grip
Pierre Morel ... steadicam operator
Sebastien Pentecouteau ... first assistant camera: second unit
Laurent Tangy ... assistant camera
Marie-Laure Prost ... focus puller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Didier Lozahic ... score mixer

Script and Continuity Department

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Sophie Delahaye ... assistant script supervisor
Julien Joyeux-vittoriani ... continuity
Maggie Perlado ... script supervisor (as Maggie Perlado Ribao)

Transportation Department

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Jean-Pierre Jabouille ... race car driver
Jutta Kleinschmidt ... race car driver (as Jutta Kleinschmit)
Gérard Larrousse ... race car driver
Michel Neugarten ... race car driver
Xavier Pompidou ... race car driver
Jean Ragnotti ... race car driver (as Jean Ragnotte)
Jean-Louis Schlesser ... race car driver
Raymond Touroul ... race car driver (as Raymond Touroule)

Additional Crew

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Virginie Besson-Silla ... production coordinator (as Virginie Silla)
Alexandre Bon ... assistant helicopter pilot
Christian Bonnichon ... head technician: playing car unit
Stéphane Bourdon ... weapon armourer (as Stephane Bourdon)
Cyril D'Agata ... armorer
Vincent Dragusseau ... making-of
Romuald Drault ... production accountant
Patrice Guillain ... armorer
Francois Hulard ... head technician: playing car unit
Françoise Le Goff ... production assistant
Christophe Maratier ... armorer
Christophe Moindreau ... head technician: playing car unit
Charlet Recors ... helicopter pilot
Marc Seguy ... head technician: playing car unit
Katia Sourzac ... production secretary
Vincent Stevenel ... assistant production accountant
Stéphane Guenin ... Product placement (uncredited)
Daniel Herzog ... voice dubbing: Lionel Jospin (uncredited)
Yves Lecoq ... voice dubbing: Jacques Chirac (uncredited)

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

The Japanese ambassaor is visiting Marseilles to view the city police's anti-gang tactics. During the visit, however, he is kidnapped by a group working for the Japanese yakuza. Young officer Emilien is determined to rescue the ambassador and officer Petra (his girlfriend), who was also kidnapped, and restore the honor of his department. Once again, speed demon taxi-driver Daniel (from the first Taxi movie) is called upon to save the day with his high-speed driving skills. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher

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Taglines Le 29 mars, il passe la seconde. See more »
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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • Taxi Taxi (Germany)
  • Taksi 2 (Lithuania)
  • Taksi 2 (Uzbekistan)
  • Taksi 2 (Croatia)
  • Такси 2 (Kazakhstan)
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Runtime
  • 88 min
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Box Office

Budget FRF70,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $60,829,844

Did You Know?

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Trivia August 17, 1999 cameraman Alain Dutartre was killed when a car driven by a stuntman overshot a jump over tanks and struck him, also injuring Jean-Michel Bar. See more »
Goofs The Mitsubishi cars used by the bad guys have Japanese license plates and were presumably imported from Japan. However these are the cars with the steering wheel on the left, not on the right, as the imported Japanese car should have. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Making of: Taxi 2 (2000). See more »
Soundtracks Millénaire See more »
Quotes [repeated line]
Daniel Morales: Ninja!
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