Wheels on Meals
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Short description
Two cousins, Thomas and David, run a food van in Barcelona. Their lives change when Sylvia, a charming pickpocket, enters the picture: she is the heir to a large fortune, though she does not know it, and others are after the money as well as her. When Sylvia is kidnapped, the cousins join forces with Moby, a clumsy private detective, to rescue her. Their pursuit of the criminals turns into a series of fights, chases involving the mobile kitchen, and a showdown at the villains' castle hideout.
Sammo Hung directed the film, the sixth of the sixteen features he has directed in chronological order, following Winners & Sinners and preceding My Lucky Stars. Hung also plays Moby, while Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao appear as Thomas and David and Lola Forner plays Sylvia. The cast and crew credits run to dozens of names, among them martial artists Benny Urquidez and Keith Vitali.
Released in August 1984, the Hong Kong and Spanish production, made by Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Paragon Films and Laurenfilm, took in about 13 million dollars worldwide. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.9 out of 10 from roughly 455 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- In the final fight between Jackie Chan and Benny Urquidez, the latter delivered a kick with such force that the resulting gust of wind extinguished several candles nearby. This moment was included in the film without cuts.
- Skateboard tricks were performed by Sigeru Ishihara, who was not part of Jackie Chan's stunt team, but a guest specialist who also served as the skate trick choreographer.
- During the final fight, Benny Urquidez was genuinely hitting, meaning he was making full contact, which greatly upset Jackie Chan. This was because Urquidez had little experience filming movies.
- A video game, "Kung Fu Master," was based on this film.
- The international title is "Wheels on Meals," although "Meals on Wheels" would have been more accurate. This was done at the request of the Golden Harvest film company's management, who feared releasing a film starting with the letter "M" because two previous films, "Megaforce" and "Menage A Trois," had failed at the box office.
- During the chase, the van is blocked on both sides by cars, and Jackie and his companions decide to break through by reversing. During this maneuver, they break the rear bumper, but moments later, the bumper is seen to be intact again.
- In one interview, Benny Urquidez said that he didn't even know who Jackie Chan was before filming began.
- This is the first of two films in which Jackie Chan starred with former kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez (the second film is "Dragons Forever" (1988)). Their fight is still considered one of the best in cinematic history.
- In one scene, a van attempts to escape a chase. After a jump, it lands and the impact damages the bumper. However, in the next shot, the bumper is back in its original condition.
- The film was shot in the Republic of Tuva in 2007.
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