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Wheels On Meals

  Country : Hong Kong
Year: 1984
Genre: Kung Fu
Format: DVD
Running Time: 1H39
Distributor: Universe Laser & Video CO
Date reviewed: 11/25/2000
   
Producer: Leonard Ho
Director: Sammo Hung

Cast:
Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Sammo Hung, Lola Forner, Stanley Fung, Ma Wu, John Sham, Richard Ng

 


Story: David and Thomas run a small restaurant out of the back their truck, one day a girl they've seen before comes to them and asks for help. They agree to help her and hide her in the truck because the police is after her. The next morning she is mysteriously gone along with their money. A day later they bump into an old friend of theirs Moby who is also looking for the girl. They decide to work together when they find out that the girl is pursued by mysterious men.

Review: This movie is one Jackie Chan`s older movies, it is the same style of movie that he makes today. You can expect comedy with a little kung-fu action mixed in, this is a combination that has worked very well for Jackie Chan. The story is pretty basic, but for maybe the first 30 minutes there is not solid story or direction in the movie.

The movie took place in Spain but its really funny how everyone spoke Chinese fluently, a good portion of the cast were non Asian. Most of the attention was focused on the 4 main characters but there wasn't any real character background or any development. The characters were pretty ordinary and Jackie Chan well it was like he is playing himself like in every movie.

There was a nice mix of Kung-Fu and Comedy to keep you entertained. Most of the Kung Fu is near the end of the movie as for the comedy you will find it scattered throughout the movie. The humor is what your used to in most Jackie Chan movies, some of it was good yet some was boring. There were some parts that we found a little long but the fighting near the end gave it a kick. Jackie Chan`s big fight in this movie is rated as one of his best fights of all time. The combat is pretty serious and the moves are incredible and realistic.

The subtitles on the DVD had a problem as it skipped by really fast in some parts of the movie, we missed some dialog because of it. This movie is general was good, but we found it pretty ordinary. There is a lot people who find this is one of Jackie Chan`s best movies, we think it is mostly because of the fight at the end. We found the fight to be incredible ourselves but it does not change the fact that there is not much going on during the movie. Don't get us wrong, this is still a good movie but there is nothing special about it. Any Jackie Chan fan would enjoy seeing this movie.

DVD [ NTSC, All Region ] :


For an old movie the image quality was decent but in some scenes where there was too much light the image was slightly blurry. The sound was incredible especially during the fights, the sound was a surround 5.1. The extras : Chapter selection, Cast & Crew info, Trailer of the movie and 3 bonus trailers (The Young Master, Heart of the Dragon and Dragon Forever). If you don't count in the fast subtitles the DVD is a great choice for Jackie Chan fans who enjoy this movie.

Reviewed by Peter Zsurka


Story Cast Entertainment Subtitles Overall
2 3 3.5 3 3


 

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