PLOT: Ivan,a hot headed taxi driver hunts down Lyosha, an alcoholic saxophonist who stifled his fare the day before. A love-hate friendship ensues but things change when an American producer helps Alyosha's career to take off.
Taxi Blues(1991), started as a very interesting travelogue about 1990 Moscow but as the film delves towards the the crazy leads, it just started to fell apart. The story about the old vs the new felt very underdeveloped and somewhat too silly for its own good. It just lacks the subtext of the early scenes to keep me interested. In addition, it kinda offset the grandness of the beginning started to be lost in a milieu of unneeded craziness between Alyosha and Ivan. [2/5]
Taxi Blues(1991), started as a very interesting travelogue about 1990 Moscow but as the film delves towards the the crazy leads, it just started to fell apart. The story about the old vs the new felt very underdeveloped and somewhat too silly for its own good. It just lacks the subtext of the early scenes to keep me interested. In addition, it kinda offset the grandness of the beginning started to be lost in a milieu of unneeded craziness between Alyosha and Ivan. [2/5]