I watched this film as a kid and loved it, but I loved pretty much any film with Jackie Chan back then. Watching this film again now made me unsure about its quality. It's a film of its time with Jackie, Yuen and Sammo in Spain (even if it feels more italian to me - and their neighbor is even italian). Let me begin with saying that it's a surreal experience with Jackie being named Thomas, Yuen is David and Sammo is Moby. They speak cantonese with all of their customers and there's a mental hospital with chinese people in it. So... why Spain again and not just Hong Kong.
Also, the title of the film just makes me think harder and harder every time I say the title over and over again - Wheels on Meals. It really doesn't make much sense, but it's also because the producers didn't want another film starting with the letter M (Meals on Wheels), since two earlier M-films had flopped. But really, the whole meal thing with this film is just a small side plot, I'm sure there are 100 other titles that would make more sense to the plot of this film.
What works best with this film is always the chemistry between the three leads, they're like The Three Stooges or Laurel and Hardy, just perfect when they're together. The fight scene between Jackie and Benny is probably most memorable with this film, both of them getting so many bruises and blue marks (And also the fact that Benny accidentally hit Jackie for real more than once). You could really feel the pain in both the kicks and punches as well as see it on them both. It might only be 5 minutes in the end, but it's the biggest reason I see to see this film again.
However, the whole plot with the millionaire's heiress and both Yuen and Jackie falling for her, even if she pickpockets them both and they simply forgive her for it, because she's pretty just felt lame to me. But it was common in the films back then that as long as you were beautiful, you could get away with pretty much anything. The film also have very little martial art in it compared to the other two Jackie/Sammo/Yuen films - so I would sadly rank this as the least good one, with Project A as the best and Dragons Forever closer to this one.
Also, the title of the film just makes me think harder and harder every time I say the title over and over again - Wheels on Meals. It really doesn't make much sense, but it's also because the producers didn't want another film starting with the letter M (Meals on Wheels), since two earlier M-films had flopped. But really, the whole meal thing with this film is just a small side plot, I'm sure there are 100 other titles that would make more sense to the plot of this film.
What works best with this film is always the chemistry between the three leads, they're like The Three Stooges or Laurel and Hardy, just perfect when they're together. The fight scene between Jackie and Benny is probably most memorable with this film, both of them getting so many bruises and blue marks (And also the fact that Benny accidentally hit Jackie for real more than once). You could really feel the pain in both the kicks and punches as well as see it on them both. It might only be 5 minutes in the end, but it's the biggest reason I see to see this film again.
However, the whole plot with the millionaire's heiress and both Yuen and Jackie falling for her, even if she pickpockets them both and they simply forgive her for it, because she's pretty just felt lame to me. But it was common in the films back then that as long as you were beautiful, you could get away with pretty much anything. The film also have very little martial art in it compared to the other two Jackie/Sammo/Yuen films - so I would sadly rank this as the least good one, with Project A as the best and Dragons Forever closer to this one.