No discussion of Taxi 2 -2000- is complete without worshiping the Peugeot 406. For the sequel, the modifications were even more outrageous:
A crisis unfolds when a Japanese defense minister arrives in Marseille for a signing ceremony, but his visit is sabotaged by a Japanese Yakuza clan. The police escort is humiliated during a parade, and the minister is kidnapped. Adding to the urgency, Émilien’s bumbling father, Gérard (Jean-Christophe Bouvet), arrives in town and inadvertently wreaks havoc. taxi 2 -2000-
Taxi 2 helped to establish the Taxi franchise as a major player in French cinema, and it cemented Samy Naceri's status as a leading man in French film. The film's success also spawned two sequels, Taxi 3 and Taxi 4, both of which were released in the early 2000s. No discussion of Taxi 2 -2000- is complete