Cast
The three action star brothers, Yuen, Chan and Hung, are long time best friends and had been Peking Opera School colleagues in their youth. The release of Wheels on Meals came in the midst of their most prolific period working together as a trio. The three men had acted together on Chan's Project A and the first of Hung's original Lucky Stars trilogy, Winners and Sinners in 1983. Wheels on Meals was released in 1984, and a year later they were reunited twice more for the Lucky Stars semi-sequels My Lucky Stars and Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars. This was something of a golden period for Hong Kong cinema-goers, as three of the nation's most beloved action stars performed together on screen.
The film also features cameo appearances from fellow Lucky Stars Richard Ng and John Shum as mental patients in the hospital attended by the father of Yuen's character.
Wheels on Meals was the first of two films which paired star Jackie Chan against former professional kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez (the other being the 1988 film Dragons Forever). Their fight in this film is typically regarded as one of the greatest on-screen martial arts fights ever performed. At one point in the final battle between the pair, a spin-kick performed by Urquidez is so quick that the resulting airflow extinguishes a row of candles. This is shown onscreen, with no cuts or trick photography.
Co-star Lola Forner appeared in another Jackie Chan film, Armour of God (1987).
- Jackie Chan – Thomas
- Sammo Hung – Moby
- Yuen Biao – David
- Lola Forner – Sylvia
- Benny Urquidez – Thug #1
- Keith Vitali – Thug #2
- Herb Edelman – Henry Matt
- Jose Sancho – Mondale
- Susanna Sentís – Gloria
- Paul Chang– David's father
- Amparo Moreno - Susana
- Richard Ng – Mental Patient (Brilliant)
- John Shum – Mental Patient (Laughing)
- Wu Ma – Mental Patient (Clock)
- Lau Sau-leung – Mondale Punk
- Blackie Ko – Delinquent Biker
- Mars
- Stanley Fung
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