646f9e108c Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket. Action and humor abound in the streets of Barcelona, culminating with a battle in the castle hideout of the evil gang. It&#39;s a hard toss-up for me trying to decide Jackie Chan&#39;s best film. It&#39;s a narrow thought process for meit comes down to Dragons Forever and the weirdly titled &quot;Wheels on Meals&quot;. Both films feature the amazing trio of Jackie, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao…&#39;brothers&#39; since their early days and all film stars in their own right. But the comedy in Wheels on Meals works the best and the action scenes are amazing, with Biao really strutting his mobility.<br/><br/>The plot is thin: Jackie and Biao are cousins who works a &#39;gut-truck&#39; in Spain. Sammo is an acquaintance who takes over his employer&#39;s private detective agency when his boss goes on the run. Someone hires Sammo to find a beautiful girl (Lola Forner - also seen in Armour of God) whom Jackie and Biao have already had the pleasure of meeting. She&#39;s a pickpocket and the daughter of Biao&#39;s dad&#39;s girlfriend (the dad and the mom met at the local insane asylum. What love!). Anyway it seems that Silvia is being chased by mobsters so she can&#39;t claim a lot of money that should be coming to her. Bad guys give chase, Jackie and Biao help her, and Sammo runs in to try to get his way.<br/><br/>The three have been in a number of films together (Project A being the other film that features the threeequals) but even with the not-so great plot you&#39;ll be surprised at how well the acting is, how the jokes are still funny even while you are reading them (and don&#39;t go for something dubbed, the film is much better in Chinese), and how great the kung-fu scenes are. You&#39;ll be surprised by Jackie and Biao&#39;s skills on a skateboard and while the Jackie Vs. Benny the Jet fight scene in Dragons Forever might be a bit better, you still HAVE one in this movie.<br/><br/>For amazing comedy, action, and great kung-fu, that is directed by the pudgy Sammo, and taking the three men out of Hong Kong a la Way of the Dragon - this is the film for you. Fans of Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, and Sammo Hung will be hard pressed to find something better, though Dragons Forever comes very, very close. &#39;Wheels on Meals&#39; is an action- comedy starring Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Lola Forner, Keith Vitali and Benny Urquidez. The 3 Dragons (Jackie, Sammo and Yuen) have done 3 big movies together: &#39;Project A&#39;, &#39;Wheels on Meals&#39; and &#39;Dragons Forever&#39;. WoM is my favorite out of them for several reasons. It has better balance between the 3 dragons rather than Project A which was more of a Jackie flick. The international feel with the Spanish and Chinese is great fun too. I love the soundtrackwell.<br/><br/>The action scenes are the best though. Sammo Hung has slightly less screen presence than Jackie and Yuen but its fine because he does a wonderful job of directing. His swordplay in the climax is fantasticwell. Yuen does a very good job in the movie and is very charismaticthe innocent guy fallen for the pickpocket. Jackie&#39;s climax battle with Benny is still hailedone of his epic best which is true. Lola is very sexy in her role. Keith and Benny do a fantastic jobthe thugs.<br/><br/>If you want to laugh out loud and be wowed by some fantastic stunt work and fight sequences, Wheels on Meals is just for you. Not to be missed by a Jackie Chan fan.
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