Wheels on Meals

Wheels on Meals (1984)

Genres - Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime  |   Sub-Genres - Action Comedy, Adventure Comedy, Martial Arts  |   Release Date - Jan 1, 1998 (USA - Limited)  |   Run Time - 100 min.  |   Countries - Spain, Hong Kong  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Jonathan Crow

Following up from their success with Project A, martial arts-comedy trio Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao head out to Spain for this screwball kung-fu flick. Thomas and David (Chan and Yuen) run a Chinese lunch wagon in the streets of Barcelona. One day, David encounters a beautiful pickpocket named Sylvia (Lola Forner, who also appeared in Armor of God) and he is immediately smitten. Meanwhile, inept private dick Moby (Hung) is tracking down the illegitimate daughter of a dead count. If the woman can be found within two weeks after his death, his vast riches go to her. If not, then her evil stepbrother gets the goods. Of course, Sylvia turns out to be the missing heiress. And naturally her evil step-brother has sent out a bevy of goons to insure his inheritance while David, Moby, and Thomas vow to protect the lass. The film was originally going to be called "Meals on Wheels" until studio head Raymond Chow, after the utter failure of his 1982 opus Megaforce, vowed never to have a film that began with an "M."

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damsel-in-distress, danger, fortune [wealth], greed, inheritance, kidnapping, mother, pickpocket, rescue, stranger, vendor