Jackie Chan's Wheels on Meals (1984)

"Wheels on Meals" is a 1984 Hong Kong action film directed by Sammo Hung, starring Hung, Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao. In some releases, the film was released under alternative titles including Spartan X, Weapon X, PowerMan and Million Dollar Heiress. It was filmed in Barcelona, Spain.

The film's name was actually supposed to be more sensibly titled Meals on Wheels. However, superstitious Golden Harvest executives demanded the name change because their two previous films with titles that began with the letter 'M' - Megaforce and Menage A Trois - were both box office flops.


* Plot:

Thomas (Jackie Chan) and David (Yuen Biao) are cousins who run a fast food van in Barcelona. The food is delivered by Thomas, who rushes around the square on a skateboard. After fending off a biker gang they continue business as normal.

They go and visit David's father who is in a mental institution and bump into Sylvia who is the daughter of David's father's girl friend. Thomas encourages David to try to ask her out on a date and chickens out of this making the excuse she would have said no anyway.

Cut to the van serving food late at night where Thomas inadvertently bumps into Sylvia who is pretending to be a prostitute. Sylvia (Lola Forner) robs a man in a bed room and runs away to their fast food van.

They figure out that Silvia is a pickpocket. She exploits David's infatuation with her by asking to hide her in their van to avoid the police.

Both Thomas and David are enamoured by her. But after allowing her to stay in their apartment that night, they wake to find Sylvia and their money gone. The next day, they bump into Moby (Sammo Hung), a bumbling private investigator who is also tracking Sylvia. It is discovered that Sylvia is the heir to a sizeable inheritance that a criminal gang is trying to steal from her. When she is kidnapped, Thomas, David, and Moby team up to save her, infiltrating the villains' castle and defeating them in a martial arts battle.


* Cast:

Jackie Chan - Thomas (doubled by Mars (actor), Sammo Hung and Shigeru Ishihara)
Sammo Hung - Moby (as Samo Hung)
Yuen Biao - David
Lola Forner - Sylvia
Benny Urquidez - (un-named thug)
Keith Vitali - (un-named thug)
Herb Edelman - Matt
Pepe Sancho - Villain
Susana Sentís - Gloria (as Susanna Sentis)
Paul Chang - David's father
Richard Ng - Mental patient who thinks he is more intelligent than others.
John Shum - Mental patient who tells himself jokes.
Wu Ma - Mental patient who thinks he's a clock.
Jose Sancho - Mondale (as Pepe Sancho)
Lau Sau Leung - Mondale Punk