Taxi
is a 2004
American remake of the 1998
Luc Besson-penned,
Gérard Pirès-directed
French film of the same name, starring
Queen Latifah,
Jimmy Fallon and
Gisele Bündchen, and directed by
Tim Story.
Plot
Belle Williams (
Queen Latifah) is a talented driver and auto mechanic who dreams of driving in
NASCAR. As the film opens she celebrates her last shift as a bicycle courier by performing a crowd-pleasing sequence of bicycle stunts as she passes through New York City, breaking a speed record in the process. She has won her taxi license. Belle neglects her boyfriend Jesse (
Henry Simmons) and has bestowed much love on her custom-built cab over the past five years. This evening, having skipped her dinner date, she installs a supercharger into the cab.