Martial Arts > Chan, Jackie Martial Arts

Advantages: Stunt work, trio action, slapstick comedy
Disadvantages: Storyline slightly poor I guess, not the usual standards.

An early work from the Chan Hung and Biao Trio, the storyline here is a drug lord one, Jackie Chan is one of the city's finest Lawyers, and Sammo once again is the famous and brilliant chubby thief, and Yuan Biao is Jackies spying ninja friend, who all get involved with the owner of a fish farm who is sueing the neighbouring cloths factory for polluting the waters which is killing her precious fish, the Lawyer falls for the owners cousin and therefore ...
...in love with the owner risks his life to discover the terrible truth of the factory, while Yuan biao discovers Sammo's disappearence and saves him with Jackie. Brilliant action from the trio, with an outstanding fight scene with jackie and some white karate boxer guy who was in I think meals on wheels. and some more stunt work from the three. DVD Features: Original cantonese audio, along with the option of english dub, with english and a few european ... Read review

Advantages: Great action and some genuinely funny moments
Disadvantages: Plot, but who cares?

Title: Wheels on Meals Year Released: 1987 Running Time: 104 min approx Certificate: 15 Discs: 2 Special Features: • Disc 1: • Digitally restored and remastered, created from a High Definition master • Audio commentary from Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan • Disc 2: • 'On Giants' Shoulders': an exclusive interview with director/star Sammo Hung • Rare outtakes • 'Born To Fight' featurette with Yuen Biao • ...
...parts 1 and 2 but Wheels on Meals is a firm favourite. Right from the off we see Chan and Yuen in their Spanish apartment and an inspired visual joke in the bedroom. This is essentially a showcase for all three's martial arts skills and acrobatics which are displayed to great effect all through the film. Yuen Biao is often seen as the lesser of the 3 and is certainly the least well known after Chan's Hollywood career and Martial Law for Hung but ... Read review

Advantages: Jackie Chan against Tae Kwon Do,
Disadvantages: He is getting old

His first Police Story movies were heartfelt with justice and morals, I never thought he had any more of that acting in him, but he proved me wrong with this movie, it was completely emotional from the point of him losing his comrades in the force to him trying his best to save his girlfriend, The story is about a gang of rich kids who have brought heavy arms off the interent, and have begun a game of robbing banks, only not to get away, but instead ...
...them for points, their actions are then changed into a online computer game, which leads to hints of their next hit, Jackie the Super cop was over confident and loses all his comrades to their traps, and ends up an alcoholic, till a young officer appears and gets him back on his feet, to put and end to them ... Read review

Advantages: Perfect jackie chan film for the kids
Disadvantages: a tiny bit long winded for adults

I have no kids but know for sure this film is brilliant entertainment for them to watch. I know this because i first watched it when i was a teen and it remained one of the most vivid and memorable in my childhood. The only thing was it took me over ten years to remember the title, then purchasing it a few days later. The storyline is great although unrealistic for us now adults but hey this is a kids film! It bases Jackie chan's role as a mainland ...
...the Gangster times of the 1930's to find work. Things dont go according to plan and he, by being a natural do gooder somehow rescues a boss of the local gang from immedate death and becomes the new leader of this notorious gang. So jackie inherits his new profession and the film shows his journey to becoming a do gooder gangster. very funny film with great fight scenes brilliant costume design and background scenes Starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, ... Read review

Advantages: a large fight scene with 40 on 5, and Ching Officials againest Jackie, more outragous stunts.
Disadvantages: No trio action

...the area, while at the same time he is being hunted down by the pirates who he defeated in the first project A movie, the story does not end there though, there is a sinster plot to the chinese Ching government being involved in hunting down rebels in hong kong, ... Read review