Buddies Thomas (Jackie Chan) and David (Yuen Biao) drive a high-tech lunch truck in Spain, where they get mixed up with a femme fatale and a novice detective (Sammo Hung), setting... more
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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 ...
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Advantages: Action and comedy all in one neat film. Disadvantages: Nothing really.
...to be called Meals on Wheels but the title was reversed because of superstition. Two Golden Harvest films with English titles that began with 'M' had recently flopped, so they changed the title. Plot.
Thomas and his cousin David run a mobile fast food Hi-Tec van in the city of Barcelona. In the same city is Moby, a rather bumbling private detective. He has to take over the business when his boss runs away because of debts. He is hired to find a ... ...fee. (A private detective, dick, called Moby. Subtle isn't it)
Meanwhile, Thomas and David are rather attracted to Sylvia, a young woman on the streets. She has a habit of relieving people of their wallets. Still they rather care for her.
Other people are also interested in the woman that Moby has been hired to find. Heavy people. It turns out that Sylvia is the heiress to a lot of money and some persons do not want her to inherit.
Right from ...
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Plot: Buddies Thomas and David drive a high-tech lunch truck in Spain, where they get mixed up with a femme fatale and a novice detective, setting the stage for lightning-fast martial arts and wild car chases through the streets of Barcelona.
DVD Description
Buddies Thomas (Jackie Chan) and David (Yuen Biao) drive a high-tech lunch truck in Spain, where they get mixed up with a femme fatale and a novice detective (Sammo Hung), setting the stage for lightning-fast martial arts and wild car chases through the streets of Barcelona.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): Contender Entertainment Group
Release date: 30/01/2006
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: CTD 51058
Barcode: 5030305510589
Technical information
Special Features: Interactive menu
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