Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

leonblackwood Review: This is another one of those comedic movies from Jackie Chan, Summo Hung and Yuen Biao, which is very much like the others that they released earlier on in there careers. This movie is based in Spain were cousins Thomas (Jackie Chan) and David (Yuen Biao) have there mobile fast food business. Whilst visiting Thomas's sick dad in hospital, they sight a nice looking girl, who happens to be his dads girlfriends daughter but Thomas can't pluck up the courage to speak to her. They then see her again as a prostitute in the red light district while they are serving food to customers and she uses there van as an escape because she has been caught pick pocketing a punter. They then decide to take her in but her stealing ways get the better of her and she ends up taking there money and there next door neighbours car. There good friend Moby (Sumo Hung) has been asked to look after a detective agency and he's been given a case to find the girl who stole from Thomas & David. Very confusing! Anyway, it turns out that the girl is an heiress and she is due to inherit a lot of money from her dead father within 14 days, so Sumo Hung has to find her so her fathers brother doesn't inherit the money. The brother then sends out his elite squad to kidnap the girl so he can inherit the money but Thomas, David and Moby come to her rescue by fighting off the many goons that are out to get her. I must admit, a lot of these silly films that Jackie Chan starred in earlier on in his career had some detailed story lines that would be good movies if they were taken seriously. This film wasn't as bad as a lot of the other movies that I have seen during this Jackie Chan season but it still could have been a lot better if it wasn't for the awful comedic script. Like I have said many times before, the action scenes are impressive along with the death defying stunts and the attention to detail during the car chases but I'm struggling to find the comedy funny. The acting wasn't as bad as I was expecting and I liked the training scenes at the beginning but I'm still struggling to keep my eyes open during some of he's movies. Average!Round-Up: This is another movie directed by Sammo Hung, which might explain the silly comedy throughout the movie. As usual, the chemistry between Chan, Hung and Biao is great and you can tell that they have made many movies together. It seems like Chan broke up there tight family when he moved to America to try and conquer the English market with movies like the Medallion, the Rush Hour franchise and the Tuxedo. Anyway, this was a watchable movie but the comedy was awful.I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/comedy/crime/martial arts movies starring Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen and Sammo Kam-Bo Hung. 4/10

Paul Magne Haakonsen "Wheels On Meals" is actually a great fun Jackie Chan movie, despite it being from 1984, it is still fun to watch today.The story is about Thomas (played by Jackie Chan) and David (played by Yuen Biao) who are running a mobile fast-food service in Spain, when they happen to come across beautiful Sylvia (played by Lola Forner). She is being chased by a group of people, and the two restaurant vendors find themselves in a plot like none other. Hired to find Sylvia and bring her back is aspiring detective Moby (played by Sammo Hung).Of course you have the trademark slapstick comedy action as in most Jackie Chan movies, but also a funny story (again another trademark of his) and the amazingly choreographed martial arts and action sequences.I got the CineAsia / Hong Kong Legends collector's edition, and the extra material is well worth getting this version for alone. The movie contains both the Cantonese language track and a poorly dubbed English language track. I really don't understand the fetish about dubbing foreign movies into English, subtitles is your friend here!One thing that I did find odd though, was that everyone spoke Cantonese in Spain, even all the local Spainards. That was just hilarious and stupid at the same time. But hey, it just added to the charm of the movie."Wheels On Meals" is entertaining and fun, not to mention fast-paced and full of action; everything you'd expect from a Jackie Chan movie. And it is a well deserving movie in any DVD collection for fans of Hong Kong cinema and Jackie Chan's movies.

bob the moo Cousins Thomas and David run a mobile restaurant in Barcelona, where David's father is currently recovering in a mental institution. With an uncanny ability to get into trouble, they manage to fall in with the mysterious Sylvia who looks like a princess, steals anything she can get and may be a prostitute. Despite this, David is besotted and tries to help it when it is clear someone is out to get her. In fact more than one group is looking for her and another party has employed local bumbling detective Moby to track her down. With none of them sure why she is being targeted, but each with their own agenda, David, Moby and Thomas all try to keep her safe and uncover the truth.A key thing to know going into this film is that the plotting was not anywhere near the top of the priority list and that it does show in the final product. The story is a really convoluted mess that has characters and scenarios that seem to exist only to allow the overall flow to continue (specifically the entire mental institute thing) and that, even with this, it has plenty of logic jumps to keep things going. This isn't a massive problem though because generally the film is a comic genre film and it is possible to accept this as coming with the territory. So it goes forward with this constantly played-up comedy air that is always silly but mostly quite amusing - I never really roared with laughter but I had frequent chuckles to myself.A big part of this is down to the acting rather than the material and, although very much of the genre, it does work. All three of the leads do well with the comedy, all overacting and exaggerating facial expressions to emphasis things - hence it being a bit silly a lot as well. Sammo does this the most but at the same time does get the most laughs. Chan is good but doesn't have as much pure comedy in his character, while Biao has more of the romantic sap to carry but works. Where they naturally excel is in their physical action work. Sammo has the lesser part of this and his main efforts are in his (admittedly impressive) reactions to the many kicks and punches he takes. Chan gets a great scene with Benny Urquidez to show his skills and Biao is amazingly agile. The one problem with the martial arts action is that there is not quite enough of it. The end of the film is the "big" scene but up till then it is not quite what you would be used to from the genre - where amazing fight scenes are scattered throughout as well as a big finish. So at times I was coasting on the odd chuckle but the final scenes are tough and impressive - particularly Chan, doing his usual stuff but instead of making it a bit comical he makes it a lot more brutal than I have seen him do.The support cast all overact accordingly and mostly fulfil their roles without their average acting skills mattering (eg a goon is a goon and the main fighters are very good fighters etc). Forner is not too bad as Sylvia, although her role as "woman of intense beauty" isn't helped by the impact of dating on her looks and outfits. The one supporting performance of real note is from Ng (I think - he was the mental patient who was "mentally ill - not stupid", he has two main scenes both of which are funny due to his material and his performance.The end result of all this is not a brilliant film but still a silly and enjoyable one that never quite has enough of any one thing but still works overall with consistent chuckles and, when it comes, engaging and impressive fight sequences.

Ryan McLelland It's a hard toss-up for me trying to decide Jackie Chan's best film. It's a narrow thought process for me as it comes down to Dragons Forever and the weirdly titled "Wheels on Meals". Both films feature the amazing trio of Jackie, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao...'brothers' since their early days and all film stars in their own right. But the comedy in Wheels on Meals works the best and the action scenes are amazing, with Biao really strutting his mobility.The plot is thin: Jackie and Biao are cousins who works a 'gut-truck' in Spain. Sammo is an acquaintance who takes over his employer's private detective agency when his boss goes on the run. Someone hires Sammo to find a beautiful girl (Lola Forner - also seen in Armour of God) whom Jackie and Biao have already had the pleasure of meeting. She's a pickpocket and the daughter of Biao's dad's girlfriend (the dad and the mom met at the local insane asylum. What love!). Anyway it seems that Silvia is being chased by mobsters so she can't claim a lot of money that should be coming to her. Bad guys give chase, Jackie and Biao help her, and Sammo runs in to try to get his way.The three have been in a number of films together (Project A being the other film that features the three as equals) but even with the not-so great plot you'll be surprised at how well the acting is, how the jokes are still funny even while you are reading them (and don't go for something dubbed, the film is much better in Chinese), and how great the kung-fu scenes are. You'll be surprised by Jackie and Biao's skills on a skateboard and while the Jackie Vs. Benny the Jet fight scene in Dragons Forever might be a bit better, you still HAVE one in this movie.For amazing comedy, action, and great kung-fu, that is directed by the pudgy Sammo, and taking the three men out of Hong Kong a la Way of the Dragon - this is the film for you. Fans of Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, and Sammo Hung will be hard pressed to find something better, though Dragons Forever comes very, very close.