Wheels on Meals (Kuai can che) (Powerman) (Weapon X) (1984)
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Following up from their success with Project A, martial arts-comedy trio Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao head out to Spain for this screwball kung-fu flick. Thomas and David (Chan and Yuen) run a Chinese lunch wagon in the streets of Barcelona. One day, David encounters a beautiful pickpocket… More Following up from their success with Project A, martial arts-comedy trio Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao head out to Spain for this screwball kung-fu flick. Thomas and David (Chan and Yuen) run a Chinese lunch wagon in the streets of Barcelona. One day, David encounters a beautiful pickpocket named Sylvia (Lola Forner, who also appeared in Armor of God) and he is immediately smitten. Meanwhile, inept private dick Moby (Hung) is tracking down the illegitimate daughter of a dead count. If the woman can be found within two weeks after his death, his vast riches go to her. If not, then her evil stepbrother gets the goods. Of course, Sylvia turns out to be the missing heiress. And naturally her evil step-brother has sent out a bevy of goons to insure his inheritance while David, Moby, and Thomas vow to protect the lass. The film was originally going to be called "Meals on Wheels" until studio head Raymond Chow, after the utter failure of his 1982 opus Megaforce, vowed never to have a film that began with an "M." ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.
- Directed By
- Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Aug 17, 1884 Wide
- On DVD
- Aug 14, 2001
- Studio
- Tai Seng
Critic Reviews
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Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed
Still one of the technically proficient martial arts films ever made. It's just too bad there's not much to it beyond the martial arts.
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