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Wheels
On Meals
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Country
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Hong
Kong |
| Year: |
1984 |
| Genre: |
Kung
Fu |
| Format: |
DVD |
| Running
Time: |
1H39 |
| Distributor: |
Universe
Laser & Video CO |
| Date
reviewed: |
11/25/2000 |
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| Producer: |
Leonard Ho |
| Director: |
Sammo
Hung |
Cast: Jackie Chan,
Biao Yuen,
Sammo
Hung, Lola Forner,
Stanley Fung,
Ma Wu,
John
Sham, Richard Ng |
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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.
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DVD
[ NTSC, All Region
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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
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Entertainment |
Subtitles |
Overall |
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3.5 |
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