Latifah is New York';s fastest cabbie, whose skills behind the wheel and souped up car help an overeager undercover cop pursue a gang of female bank robbers.  Washburn is a police officer who becomes the laughingstock of the department after a series of traffic accidents cause him to lose his driver';s license. Adapted from a popular French action comedy with the same name, Taxi was Jimmy Fallon';s first big-screen vehicle after leaving the cast of the popular sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live.  .