Movie Reviews6.3/10
Taxi 2 Review: Fast Cars, Faster Chase, and a Forgettable Ride
A cabdriver's swift Mitsubishi Lancer becomes a star in this breathless, fast-paced sequel of a French crime comedy.
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Tag: Luc Besson
Bruce Willis’ 1993 Sci-Fi Film Hits Netflix and Earns Big Numbers
A tale of a taxi pilot, an alien, and a monk who must unite the four elements before a flaming globe consumes the world.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Jet Li Escapes His Master in Unleashed, a Solid but Uneven Besson-Produced Thriller
A chained man breaks his bonds, finds kindness in a blind piano tuner's house, and learns what feeling looks like.
Movie Reviews3.7/10
Sixteen Years On, John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson Still Can’t Save This Messy Spy Film
A mismatched CIA duo hunts terrorists in Paris in this fast, funny, brutal, and ultimately forgettable action thriller.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Taxi Review: A Fast, Loud, and Sillier Chase Comedy Than Its Sequels Are Remembering
A tale of a reckless driver, a white taxi, and a chase through the streets of Marseille, wherein a bumbling inspector must aid a man who cannot drive.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Sasha Luss Carries a Besson Thriller That Promises More Than It Delivers
A woman trapped in a nightmare becomes a killing machine to escape it, in Luc Besson's tense, morally loose thriller Anna.
Movie Reviews4.2/10
De Niro and Pfeiffer Hide From Luchese in Besson’s Witness-Protection Farce, Malavita
A Mafia family goes into witness protection in France, but laughter at their habits never quite arrives.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Jason Statham’s Second Transporter Hands the Wheel to a Kid and Lets Chaos Drive
Transporter 2 review: Jason Statham drives Louis Leterrier's 2005 sequel through Miami with a good engine and no steering. Score: 5.6 of 10.
TV Reviews6.9/10
Why Nikita Still Works When the Assassin Stops Moving
Nikita ran four seasons and 73 episodes on The CW, following Maggie Q as a spy out to destroy the agency that made her disposable.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Review: A $180 Million City With Nobody Worth Following
Luc Besson self-funded Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets for $180M, the priciest indie film ever. The world-building dazzles; the leads don't.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Besson wrote The Fifth Element as a teenager, then spent years getting the money to film it
Luc Besson's The Fifth Element (1997): Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, a $90M budget, and a first hour that still holds up.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Léon: The Professional at 32: A Hitman, a Girl, and the Flaw That Makes It Interesting
A review of Luc Besson's Léon: The Professional, starring Jean Reno and Natalie Portman, scoring the 1994 crime drama 6.4/10.