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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Lions Gate
Salesrank: 62768
Released: March 15, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
It's the darkest day of the year - winter solstice - 6:00 a.m. andi20 degrees below zero when an unsuspecting cab driver picks up his first fare. Unaware of what's to take place the cabby drops the strange passengers setting into motion an unstoppable unalterable unfathomable series of events. It's as if the cab mysteriously draws the most bizarre and dysfunctional people in the city. Exhausted and afraid the driver summons all his courage to make it through his shift but will he survive what's become the longest night of his life?System Requirements: Running Time 96 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 031398172093 Manufacturer No: 17209
Chicago Cab Reviews:
I loved it. that was fun. 
2008-10-07 - I reviewed this one before I think. I have never been to a city, in traffic, or in a cab. The people were interesting, and that was really fun to see what it is like to ride around in a cab in a city. That was great.
Where to? 
2008-07-02 - This is the way it is--and we know that. Film consists of a series of vignettes--as it should, because that's the cab business, the way it is for any cabbie: people get in, people get out--and most you never see again (if you're a cab driver in any big city.)
And yet, this is what hurts the movie. The actors are not to blame, because this is one amazing cast; neither are the directors (there were two; it was co-directed) it comes down to the writing.
The reason Scorcese's Taxi Driver works as well as it does (for the most part) is because the DeNero character did a lot more than just drive around New York dealing with abnoxiius and/or insane fares; there was an actual storyline that went somewhere and took the audiance along for the duration of the ride.
real story
2008-03-06 - Great story, of a full 24 hour period, with a cab driver and what he go's though out the work day.
Hellcab Review
2007-07-26 - This movie is worth watching. It gives you a glimpse into true humanity through a day in the life of a Chicago cab driver.
Excellent Play, Very Good Film
2006-08-20 - Will Kern's "Hellcab" is an excellent play by a talented writer, and like many stage productions, a risky transfer for the big screen, but the list of executive producers alone would indicate that several money-players in Hollywood felt the story was worth the effort. Is the movie up to the standards of the play? Probably not, but it is still a damn good film and perfect for those cerebral evenings where action and physical comedy take a backseat to highly literate cinematic entertainment.
