Wheels on Meals by Sammo Hung (Review)

This one’s a classic Jackie Chan film that features the so-called “3 Amigos”; Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao. Chan and Biao play restauranteurs in Italy that get mixed up with a lovely pickpocket. Hung is a private eye hired to find a girl by a mysterious man. Of course, their paths intersect. And naturally, other parties want the girl as well. And in a Jackie Chan film, you know what that means.

Chan and Biao are quite athletic, especially on a skateboard, and the final fight scene is quite a riot. Biao is quite the surprise there; his moves are so crazy and off the wall (literally) that they give even Chan a run for his money sometimes. Unfortunately, you have to sit through lots of inane and possibly offensive humor, ranging from ethnic stereotyping to jabs at the mentally insane. Of course, being a Chan film, you really can’t take anything seriously, but it’s still all so incredibly inane and stupid sometimes.

For early 80’s Chan, stick with stuff like Project A or Police Story.