Wheels on Meals (1984) on Netflix
TV-1419841h 48mActionComedyCrime
Cousins Thomas and David sell meals from a van in Barcelona and train in martial arts. Their friend Moby works for a private detective, and together they help Sylvia, a pickpocket.
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Plot summary
In Barcelona, cousins Thomas and David make their living serving food from a van and spend their free time on martial arts. Their friend Moby has taken over the cases of a private investigator who fled his debtors and left him the business in Spain. Moby's first case is to trace the child of a woman once employed by a rich family. At a mental institution where David's father Chen lives, the cousins meet Sylvia, the daughter of Chen's companion. That night, while working at the van, they find out that Sylvia picks pockets for a living and rescue her from a customer she robbed. Unknown men then try to grab her, and Moby's employer orders him to get her to safety.
Cast
- Susana Sentísas Gloria (as Susanna Sentis)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Wheels on Meals (1984)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Wheels on Meals was originally to be titled Meals on Wheels, but superstitious Golden Harvest executives demanded the change because the studio's two previous films whose titles began with the letter 'M', Megaforce and Menage à Trois, were both box office flops.
- Wheels on Meals was the first of two films to pair Jackie Chan against former professional kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez; the other was Dragons Forever (1988).
- By the time Wheels on Meals was made in 1984, shooting in Hong Kong had become practically impossible for Sammo Hung, because the action stars were too famous to walk the streets with impunity and permits from the government were increasingly hard to obtain.
- The film's arcade video game was retitled Kung-Fu Master for Western markets without using the film's license, and it laid the foundations for the beat 'em up genre, inspiring Super Mario Bros. (1985), Street Fighter (1987) and the Dragon Ball Red Ribbon Army saga.
