One of the greatest kung fu films ever made. 'Nuff said.

This has some of the most stupid humor I've ever seen in a movie, but I still love it. It's an interesting setting for these three heroes, and Jackie vs. Benny The Jet is the best one-on-one fight I've ever seen in a movie!!

The fighting between Jacky and Benny is epic, let me remind the one between Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee. However, other parts of this movie is definitely not good, too tedious and boring. It should be a good action movie when it comes the trio of Jack... (read more) The fighting between Jacky and Benny is epic, let me remind the one between Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee. However, other parts of this movie is definitely not good, too tedious and boring. It should be a good action movie when it comes the trio of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Biao Yuan. I do love Lola Forner, she is really hot in this movie.

Wheels on Meals was one of the efforts of a collaboration between Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. The end result is an extremely satisfying and hilarious romp of Kung Fu genius. The story is very thin (dealing with a princess, I think), but th... (read more) Wheels on Meals was one of the efforts of a collaboration between Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. The end result is an extremely satisfying and hilarious romp of Kung Fu genius. The story is very thin (dealing with a princess, I think), but that matters very little. When the 3 stars get on screen together, gold is made. Sammo Hung gives a wonderful performance as an effeminate hero, Biao has some kind of nerd look going and Jackie Chan is just perfect as the strong hero type. The action is startling and even includes one of the greatest Jackie Chan fight scenes ever captured on film. No cheap camera tricks are employed and a lot of the shots are sustained for quite a while. There even happens to be a song (though that is the weakest part of the movie). One thing that can be taken as a problem is the style of the comedy which is not western in the least. Still, Kung Fu is not western, so trying to include something to appeal to the US would ruin the film. Even if you skip through this movie, at least watch the final fight scene. Your jaw will hit the floor.

Plot:v.good(4/5),
S-Fx:No,
Emotional pull:No

Awesome Chan, Hung, Yueb Biao team up. The fights at the end are amazing. Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao do some skateboarding in Spain (where everyone speaks Cantonese) and run this badass food stand. Their is even a cool car chase in it. Only gripes is ... (read more) Awesome Chan, Hung, Yueb Biao team up. The fights at the end are amazing. Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao do some skateboarding in Spain (where everyone speaks Cantonese) and run this badass food stand. Their is even a cool car chase in it. Only gripes is I think the comedy in Dragons Forever was better than this one but I did like the guy who thought he was a clock.

“Wheels On Meals” is a Sammo Hung-helmed goofball kung fu/comedy (with the emphasis on COMEDY) oft lauded as one of the greats. Certainly “Wheels” has a great cast, lead by the Peking Opera School ‘brothers’ – Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, a... (read more) “Wheels On Meals” is a Sammo Hung-helmed goofball kung fu/comedy (with the emphasis on COMEDY) oft lauded as one of the greats. Certainly “Wheels” has a great cast, lead by the Peking Opera School ‘brothers’ – Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, and Jackie Chan, and a fight-capable professional kick-boxer Benny ‘the Jet’ Urquidez. Sammo has made some of the true all-time classic fu flicks, but this reviewer has to break with the mutual admiration society and state plainly that “Wheels On Meals” is not among the classics. Before all the rabid Jackie fans go nuts, this is not to say that “Wheels” is a bad movie. In fact it’s quite watchable and even enjoyable. The story is not bad, the goofball comedy is played to the hilt (as it is meant to be, over the top to the extreme – hell I almost peed my pants seeing Sammo for the first time in his 80’s weave complete with geri curl), and the acting is decent. BUT, as a fu flick (the other half of the formula) it simply fails to deliver for a vast majority of the film. For instance, there are only two brief fight scenes within the first hour of the movie and then we have to wait almost until the last 15 minutes for anything substantial to happen again.

Now, many reviews talk about the ‘great’…’one of the best of all time’…’best in all of Jackie’s films’…fight scene between Jackie and Benny ‘The Jet’, and it is good – but again in the opinion of this reviewer over-hyped. First of all the fights look sped up at several points and it is pretty clear from their motions that if Benny ever met Jackie in a back alley to have it out, he’d in reality kick Jackie’s ass. Benny ‘the Jet’ was not an undefeated kick-boxing champion by accident; but he’s no actor either – something the ‘three Peking brothers’ are. Yuen Biao’s fight with his baddie in the final fight sequences certainly shows off his quickness and acrobatic prowess but is too short to be terribly impressive. Sammo’s fencing fight in the same section is good but again restrained and short – certainly of the sequences Jackie’s is longest and best. Yet, even as good as this latter fight is it’s not enough to make this a fu classic.

As a HK comedy from Sammo Hung this is a solid 4 star movie; as a fu flick this is a 4 star movie for the 8-10 minutes of fight screen time but only about a 1.5 star movie sustained in its entirety. In the end this reviewer is compelled to give “Wheels” not more than 3 total stars and this is generously erring to the comedy.