The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
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Cinematic Time Capsule
1983 Marathon - Film #126
”We're the worst cab company in town, and we know it!”
Joel Schumacher’s second movie is an unhinged cocaine infused joyride of sleazy mayhem. And even though it’s not great, I gotta admit that it bounces along with such energetic abandon that it makes for a pretty fascinating watch of a long-gone era.
Adam Baldwin moves to DC for an entry level job at a crappy cab company that's full of obnoxious goofballs. Including: Bill Maher as a wannabe musician, Paul Rodriguez as a wannabe pimp, and Mr. T as a wannabe nobody but Mr. T!
BONUS POINTS for Gary Busey being the most Gary Busey that Gary Busey has ever been……
Overly loud, obnoxious, insanely boring, and just plain irritating to watch.
The score by Giorgio Moroder is solid, and I enjoyed that one Mr. T speech at the end, which was the only joke that worked for me. Why must every character shout and scream their lines? As if that is supposed to make it funny. Spoiler alert: it doesn't.
🦁And why ain't you off the street and get a decent job?
🐮Cause I need the bread!
🦁Then get a job at the bakery!
Nonsensical 80s underdog cab company story that I only watched because Mr. T was on the poster. Of course he's not the star of the show, as it's more about Adam Baldwin's character who travels out to DC to become a cabbie, for an outfit where all the cabbies want out.
There's really not much to it; lots of random cab driving hijinks amongst the fleet of 8 drivers, some sort of large cash reward for a missing violin, then a kidnapping rescue. It's like they got halfway then remembered there had to be some sort…
Вторая работа Шумахера технически снята лучше, но это ещё одна не слишком смешная комедия про андердогов, которые учатся работать вместе, с воплями, агрессивным саундтреком и набором пошлостей, прицепленными к сборнику анекдотов, на этот раз про таксопарк. Один таксист разводит камин украденным со службы во Вьетнаме огнёметом, Гэри Бьюзи срывает с незаплатившей ему стриптизерши трусы, полные чаевых, кэб братьев Варваров (вот уж забытый временем рудимент) едет исключительно задом, и только у Мистера Ти всё супер, и он противостоит наркоторговцам ради детей.
Не такое стыдное зрелище как The Incredible Shrinking Woman, но всё еще плохо. По-настоящему порадовали шутка, когда вместо похитителя с выкупом персонажу на прослушку позвонила любовница, то, что герои регулярно напевают тему из Mission Impossible и какой-то запредельный уровень криповости Бьюзи, одними своим монологами вызывающий желание помыться. В остальном останется в истории как вопрос под викторину: "В каком фильме сошлись в кадре Адам Болдуин, Билл Мар и Мистер Ти?"
I'll always be a sucker for movies about colorful misfits uniting under the flag of a common cause (see also: FM), but this one also just happens to have Gary Busey doing "intestinal yoga", The Barbarian Brothers accosting randos, Bill Maher being tolerable (perhaps its greatest feat!), future scream queen Jill Schoelin at her cutest, and Mr. T leading the charge when things get grim. God bless Joel Schumacher, no doubt currently engaging in a heavenly orgy, for this shining beacon of bad taste, often gorgeously shot by Dean Cundey and cranked to eleven by a sublimely tacky Giorgio Moroder.
This is not my first choice of acknowledging that Joel Schumacher had just passed away; yesterday was a lousy day in general so a comedy was in order. Plus, I can tell a story concerning the film. Would you believe that an early movie memory I have was seeing this on broadcast television one night in the 1980's? Sounds absurd yet it's true; it was on an independent station that would soon turn into a FOX affiliate. Before anyone asks, I do not know either how someone created an edited for TV version of this! It is full of vulgarity, female nudity and (unfortunately) some racial “humor” & slurs.
This has a plot... of sorts. It follows the titular cab company-to…
If you're a fan of near-constant yelling, screaming and running around, then this is the movie for you. I didn't think Busey could get more Busey-like post 1988, but this might be the most Busey performance of all time.
Just remember: if you want to get kids disinterested in drugs and flashy drug dealers, make sure you drive a snazzier car than him. It works immediately.
Part of Mahervember, a Month-Long Tribute to the Films of Bill Maher
Feels like a forgotten exploitation comedy that somehow got a studio budget, with all the bad taste, clumsy messages, and anarchy that implies. Gary Busey plays a character that he would tragically transform into after his motorcycle accident a few years later, and Bill Maher probably made an impression on someone at some point as the world's least fun zany cab driver. But it's Mr. T. who says it all: "We're the worst company in town!"
The poster for this comedy starring Mr T. seemed like the most 1983 thing ever made, just around the peak of his popularity after Rocky III and The A-Team. But instead of the wacky comedy starring Mr. T that poster promises, it's a wacky comedy with an ensemble cast instead. Despite the overselling of Mr T., I still enjoyed D.C. Cab. I'm not too familiar with Joel Schumacher's films(The Lost Boys was a hoot), but with him as director and Dean Cundey as cinematographer, it makes for a brighter and more colorful film compared to other comedies of the era, a heck of a lot better than Doctor Detroit or They Call Me Bruce?.
It's hard to say that this…
Albert wants to become a cabbie with dreams of opening a cab company of his own one day but first he will have to survive fitting in with the other colourful drivers.
D.C. Cab hasn't quite stood the test of time as most of the jokes fall flat and the "man's got it hard" narrative doesn't quite fit in today's society but it has one thing going for it and that's the cast. The cast is full of memorable performances from big personalities like Mr T, Gary Busey and The Barbarian brothers. I wish we could have actors like this now, but today's personalities are all so boring either focusing on being a "good person" or an "environmentalist" rather than…
1983 In Review - December
#12
The misadventures of a group of unfortunate but street-wise cabbies working for a Washington, D.C. decrepit taxicab company.
DC Cabs is one of those ensemble comedies that was all the rage back in the 80’s, with a wide range of crazy and madcap characters, all much larger than life.
This was a very early effort from Joel Schumacher, which he also wrote and stars Adam Baldwin, Gary Busey and Mr. T who is totally wasted. It’s just too wacky and silly for its own good and ends with a kidnap plot that comes out of nowhere, another 80’s forgotten comedy that is pretty bad.
“And you! Why don’t you just get a job?!
I’m tryna make some bread!
Yeah? Well go get a job at the bakery!”
Absolute fun and chaos from start to finish. Goofy the entire time, and had me dying with laughter multiple times. All of the characters in this are fucking nuts, and watching them all have to run a cab company is an unexpected joy honestly. Everyone from Mr. T to Gary Busey remained a treat to watch throughout the whole thing.
It had only a few dull moments, but they’re so few and in between that it doesn’t bog down the experience that much. Plus it has a pretty kick ass soundtrack! Light 9!
“Where to?
I’m the angel of death. Take me to hell.
Any luggage?”
