Kwai tsan tseh [Region 2] | ![Kwai tsan tseh [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VA6F8AH3L._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Actors: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Biao Yuen, Lola Forner, Benny Urquidez
Category: DVD
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Rating:  53 reviews
Format: PAL
Language: German (Original Language)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.9
EAN: 4013549870146
ASIN: B00005EAXI
Theatrical Release Date: 1984
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A truly international production, Wheels on Meals teams up Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao in a comedic-action-crime caper that includes what some consider one of the greatest fight scenes ever filmed. Directed by Hung, the movie takes place in Spain, marking the first Jackie Chan vehicle set in a non-Asian location. Chan and Biao play two lunch-truck restaurateurs who are trying to make a living selling egg rolls and hamburgers in the busy squares of Barcelona. Hung is a novice private investigator searching for a beautiful pickpocket named Sylvia (Lola Ferner) whose thieving teams her up with Chan and Yuen. Sylvia is kidnapped after she discovers she is actually a wealthy heiress, and that's when Chan, Yuen, and Hung join forces to free her and kick some bad guys' butts. Wheels on Meals is lighthearted fun with stunts and action scenes (including skateboarding tricks and a scene in which Chan and Yuen face off against a motorbike gang) that simply reaffirm the stars' physical and comic talents. The celebrated fight scene is a matchup between Chan and international kickboxing champion Benny "the Jet" Urquidez. The intensity of their scenes together spurred rumors of a rivalry beyond the film. Whether or not this was true, the two paired up again four years later in Dragons Forever. As for the nonsensical title, one theory claims the film's distributor (Golden Harvest) had little success with films whose titles started with "m" so they simply switched the two words around. The DVD boasts subtitles in eight different languages but does not include the "blooper" outtakes that frequently accompany Chan's films. --Shannon Gee
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A Jackie Chan Movie Classic July 20, 2009
Don from SF (San Francisco, CA USA)
There's "American Movie Classics" around....well, how about "Jackie Chan Movie Classics"? Wheels on Meals is the first time all three of the opera school brothers (Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao) starred in a major film together. If you're used to the "Rush Hour" Jackie Chan, be prepared at how good the younger Jackie Chan looked.
Wheels on Meals is one of my favorites for the action and the comedy. The story line is not exactly the most coherent, but who cares about the plot when it comes to most Jackie Chan films?
In my opinion, this film began a run of films that featured Jackie Chan at his best. Other films to look at include Project A, Police Story, and Drunken Master 2. I would suggest that people get the original Hong Kong cuts of the films and not the American dubs that were released a few years ago.
 AWESOME movie December 28, 2008
Tracy J. Rivadeneyra (Columbus Ohio)
Filmed in Spain in 1984, this movie has it all- Jackie with his two 'brothers', jaw-dropping stunts and action, great comedy. This is a must-have for even the slightest Chan fan, seeing the three brothers in action together doing what they do best is unbeatable. This film has a great plot, and was filmed around the time that Chan was getting married and expecting his son, Jaycee. Benny the Jet plays a somewhat large role here, and he and Jackie show off probably the greatest/most entertaining fighting sequence ever filmed. If you only own one Jackie chan movie, this should be it.
Stupid plot, jaw-dropping fight scenes December 28, 2008
T. Smith (San Francisco, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pretty much what I said in the title. Rated as a martial arts movie, it might be five stars, but the plot is so stunning retarded I had to whack off a star.
Not as many stunts as the average Chan film, but the fights are perhaps the best in all his movies. His fight with Benny "The Jet" Urquidez has to be seen to be believed. Some of Sammo's best work, too.
My favorite quote:
Sammo: "They're tough!"
Jackie: "They're SUPER tough!"
Sammo: "Let's run!"
Great classic kung fu movie! July 14, 2008
P. Yang
If you want some old school Jackie Chan action this is the movie to get. Jackie is at his best when Sammo Hung does the fight choreography. This movie has possibly one of the best fights ever filmed between Jackie and Benny "The Jet" Urquidez. Definitely worth owning!
 A great big pile of wonderful cheese September 25, 2007
Eric D. Knapp (New Hampshire, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can't give this five stars, although I really enjoyed it, because it's one of those comedies that's funny but not really very good in terms of script/acting/direction/etc. However, if you want to see Jackie Chan run around acting silly and getting into semi-exciting fights, this is the movie or you.
For better Hong-Kong action/comedy, you'll do better with Chan's more recent (but pre-americanized) films like Drunken Master or any of the SuperCops.
Still, it was a hit at our last Samurai Film Fest, where it followed Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection - 3-Disc Remastered Edition and other Kurosawa-seriousness nicely.
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