I love this movie so much

Crappy film

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This is a better movie that comes off better than you think, with a half decent story and capable performances, most impressive, that of an uncharacteristic, scruffy bearded Gail, who heads the worst taxi business in, well, D.C. Just watch how some of his weird, wacky, and totally likable drivers, conduct their work, and that's what makes it enjoyable fun. It's characters, the wild Busey, the memorable standout, apart from Gail. This movie has the right pool of actors, including Mr T, a must here. We have a more reputable taxi business, trying to lure one of the drivers, from the less reputable, or non reputable taxi company. We have new employee Baldwin, with big dreams, who wants to make something out of this taxi stand of less repute. A subplot is thrown in, sort of, which brings our deadbeat delinquent drivers of D.C Cab to the rescue. I love the reckless attitudes of the cab drivers, who change their form, later, thanks to Baldwin, so this film, sets a solid ground message. That, followed by a great soundtrack, by Irene Cara, and a great memorable pageant scene finale/end credit sequence, makes this a good watch. There are many memorable classic moments, in this '84 Comedy, that has some great boobies, great mateship and exciting, ala, Schumacher.

Joel Schumucher is, by a landslide, one of my favorite directors. He's directed some of my favorite films. The Lost Boys, Flatliners, Falling Down, 8MM, Phone Booth, are all of his films, and many of them are greatly filmed and carefully executed. DC Cab, unfortunately, is not a hit in my book, and I can say, in my opinion, that this is Joels worst film. It's a choppy, sloppy, and very sophomoric attempt, and not even the gold chains of Mr T himself could save this nonsense from doom. However, all is forgiven, because there weren't many good movies released in 1983, let's be honest with ourselves. A lot of the stuff that came out that year was clearly experimental, and this certainly was no exception to the rule. For DC Cab, this film stalls...A LOT! Nothing really comes together, seems like a ton of filler, but some people seem to get a few laughs out of this, even though some of the humor may be dated. I made six attempts to watch this all the way through, something I'm not used to with Schumuchers work. It's not a movie to be taken seriously, it's not for everybody, and it is an 80's comedy, so as long as you don't set your standards too high, you should be fine with it. And one thing is for sure, Mr T is NOT an actor, so don't go into this thinking "Hey, it's gotta be good, Mr T is in it!" No. Get that out of your head. It aims at a high school level, no higher, trust me on that. Pity the fool who likes this movie!

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.

When I first saw this as a kid I was sort of let down because Mr.T's name and image were all over the ads and what I got was an ensemble piece instead with Adam Baldwin as the lead. My reaction was "huh?".Watching it again 20 years later and knowing not to get too worked up over Mr. T (c'mon, he had his own cereal for crying out loud) I felt completely different about this film. First of all, I had to put myself back in 1983. Many popular comedies of the day were mostly crude, sexist, racist, homophobic and would make a PC advocate shriek and hide under the bed. I bring this up because Joel Schumacher, an openly gay director, should've known better but since he co-wrote it with someone else I don't know which jokes were his so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Porky's, Doctor Detroit and Car Wash are just some examples of this kind of humor. Back to the movie: As a kid I had no idea who they were but today it's kind of cool seeing a young Paul Rodriguez, Patricia Duff (yes, THAT Duff...Ron Perelman's very rich ex), Gary Busey, Marsha Warfield, Irene Cara and Bill Maher when he wasn't gray. Because of the ensemle nature of the movie some shine more than others. I don't even know why Maher is in this movie as he has very little to do. You may laugh at Mr. T's sermonizing (in a very funny but great zoom-out scene involving the Lincoln Memorial no less)but it's refreshing to him delivering the same "make something of yourself" message today. It fits with the theme of the movie. Still, this isn't for little kids because of the naked women and the nature of the humor. A few words on the very underrated Adam Baldwin. He was only 21 in 1983 yet he's the glue that holds this motley crew together. I liked his roles early in his career but I haven't seen him much after "Full Metal Jacket" which is a shame because he holds his own in that too. Working with Kubrick couldn't have been easy. Sure there are problems with this movie, for example a romance between Baldwin and a waitress that doesn't really go anywhere and a thin kidnapping plot but nevertheless, "DC Cab" is an entertaining, feel-good time capsule. A refreshing escape from the mean-spirited, recycled or self contgratulatory comedies Hollywood wants us to pay $10.50 for today. If you think Joel Schumacher's movies are garbage today as I do, check your prejudices at the door. This is way better than Batman & Robin. With "DC Cab", you'll have yourself a new guilty pleasure.