D.C. Cab

1983 "When these guys hit the streets, guess what hits the fan."
5.5| 1h40m| R| en
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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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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Tockinit not horrible nor great
Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
adonis98-743-186503 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. D.C. Cab is neither fun or memorable to say the least, the acting was pretty damn bad and the storyline even worse to say the least. Definitely skip it for your own health. (0/10)
Lee Eisenberg I watched Joel Schumacher's "D.C. Cab" because I saw that Bill Maher co-starred in it, and I wanted to see his early appearance. He only plays one of several misfits driving taxis throughout Washington, DC. Naturally the movie's main selling point is Mr. T. In the end it comes across as one of those '80s movies that was a big excuse to be goofy*. More than anything, it shows a grittier side of our nation's capital (and I don't mean the government!). I enjoyed it. The rest of the cast includes Adam Baldwin, Gary Busey, Whitman Mayo (Grady on "Sanford and Son") and DeWayne Jessie (Otis Day in "Animal House"). It's too bad that Joel Schumacher went on to direct the worst Batman movies.*That was how "Weird Al" Yankovic described "UHF".
kapelusznik18 ***SPOILERS*** Looking to get a job as a taxi driver in Washington D.C fresh faced young and very naive Albert Hockenberry, Adam Baldwin,ends up hacking for his late father's Vietnam army buddy Harold Oswelt, Max Gail, who's rag tag taxi company is on the verge of bankruptcy.With ready for the junk heap cars Harold's taxi drivers are in may ways just as bad and in unserviceable conditions as the cars that they drive. It doesn't take long for luck to smile on Harold with one of his drivers finding a violin worth $500,000.00 in his cab who's grateful owner gave him a $10,000.00 reward for returning it.Even though Harold's greedy and unfaithful wife Myrna, Anne De Salvo, who's having an affair with city taxi inspector Emesto Bravo, Joe Perez,ends up will all the cash due to the stale community property laws it's Albert who chips in with his life saving, $6,000.00, to keep Harold's car business from going under. It' later when Albert is kidnapped together with the US , were not told to what country he's assigned to, ambassador's two children that things start really crackling.Great car or taxi chase scenes together with a load of funky music makes this what would have been a forgettable film really shine. The cast included the big bad but moral, he never uses any cuss words, Mr. T as Samson oner of Harold's hard knocking taxi drivers who in the end rescues Albert and the kids by yanking him out of the kidnappers van minus his boots. There's also a very young looking Bill Maher as Baba the cab philosopher and Gary Busey and rock & roll psycho , he must have pick that up playing Buddy Holly, who beside driving the streets of D.C like he's in the Indianapolis 500 refused to work one day in the year January 8; Elvis' birthday.***SPOILERS*** Great final scene with Samson and Albert going at full speed as they fight off the kidnappers crash through the screen of an outdoor movie theater or drive-in just as it was showing a car chase, no where as good as they were involved in, and crashing through it as if it were a 3D flick without anyone in the audience having to use 3D glasses to see it!
ReelCheese They just don't make 'em like D.C. CAB anymore. Many filmgoers will see that as a good thing, but this blatantly '80s ensemble comedy is surprisingly entertaining. The lesser of the Baldwin brothers, Adam, stars as an ambitious young southerner who journeys to the Capital in hopes of breaking into the cab business. He's greeted by a memorable cast of zanies, including future notables such as Mr. T, Gary Busey and Bill Maher. It's not exactly Oscar calibre stuff, but the plot takes interesting twists and turns as the film plows along at a brisk pace. True, some of the humor is crude, yet the movie has an undeniable, cheesy charm. Directed by Joel Schumaker, D.C. CAB is lots of fun, but not necessarily lots of funny.