slick and flashy film and a semi remake of luc besson taxi from 1998 and here americanize a an urban action comedy . queen latifah play smart mouth cabbie with a soup up vehicle in new york city who inadvertently partner with stumble bum cop jimmy fallon to crack a major crime case . film should have rely more on latifah natural sas and less on fallon white bread and dim witted act ( race be a constant punchline in the script and and fallon be just there a exhibit a ) . jennifer esposito be wonderful a a no nonsense police lieutenant and ann margret be a stitch a fallon tipple mother and and john sierros ( broadway actor shamefully credit a fat cop ) shin a a bamboozled police officer and but what happen to queen latifah . she get a few good crack in and but there no character here for her to play while she stick to her sarcastic persona and put everyone down and but her role be depressingly one dimensional . comedy have a fast pace and impressive cinematography ( although the swoop crane shot in traffic get repetitive ) and some good car chase and but the screenplay need an overhaul . from .