Review of Wheels on Meals (1984) by Dave J — 09 Sep 2010

Friday, September 10, 2010.

(1984) Wheels on Meals (aka Meals on Wheels).

(In Chinese with English subtitles).

(English dub by Japanese).

ACTION/ COMEDY.

The second pairing of Jackie, Samo Hung and Yuen Baio which is like the Chinese equivalent of the 'Three Musketeers' without so much use of swords replacing it with hard hitting martial arts! This film also marks the first film appearance of real life martial artist Benny "The Jet" Urquidez who has a perfect kickboxing record before retiring! It was also marked the first film of Jackie's that was filmed overseas, in this case Spain. Great musical score, topping it off with an awesome fight between Jackie and Benny which were hitting each other for real! ( it can be viewed on youtube). Real life kickboxer Keith Vitali makes an appearance as well!

Read very carefully about the behind the scenes of this is also intriguing as well such as on the making this film, off camera Benny "The Jet" would go to all the dojos all over Spain and challenge some of their best fighters! That for every hit and block, that it would be necessary for them to rest before continuing, block and then rest, hit and then rest for 5 minutes for every hit and block! Read that according to co-star Keith Vitali while Benny would hold some of his punches, Jackie would not- notice the latex rubber gloves on Jackie's hands!

Was a major hit in Japan which resulted in making their own English dubbed version using Japanese voices speaking English with of course a Japanese accent. What is unusual is that the Japanese version is longer than the original theatrical version which includes outtakes that is not shown on the Chinese version. One scene memorable was an accidental hit by Benny "The Jet" onto Jackie's neck before shaking it off!

This film I'm basing it on is purely on action and nothing else!

4/4.