Wheels on Meals

Wheels on Meals
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese快餐車
Simplified Chinese快餐车
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKuàicān Chē
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingFaai3 Caan1 Ce1
Directed bySammo Hung
Written byEdward Tang
Johnny Lee
Produced byRaymond Chow
StarringJackie Chan
Sammo Hung
Yuen Biao
Lola Forner
Benny Urquidez
Pepe Sancho
Herb Edelman
Keith Vitali
Cheung Chung
CinematographyArthur Wong
Cheung Yiu-tso
Francisco Riba
Edited byPeter Cheung Yiu-chung
Music byChris Barbida
Tang Siu-lam
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 17 August 1984 (1984-08-17)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeUS$13 million (est.)

Wheels on Meals (traditional Chinese: 快餐車; simplified Chinese: 快餐车) is a 1984 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film written and directed by Sammo Hung, with action choreographed by Jackie Chan. The film stars Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lola Forner, Benny Urquidez and José Sancho.[1] The film was shot in Barcelona, Spain.

The film was a box office hit in East Asia, including Japan where the film was released as Spartan X. The film was also well-received by critics for its comedy and action, particularly the final fight between Jackie Chan and Benny Urquidez, which is considered one of the greatest fight scenes of all time. Jackie Chan with his stunt team were nominated for Best Action Choreography, for both Wheels on Meals and Project A, at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards, winning the award for Project A.

Wheels on Meals spawned the Spartan X franchise. In 1984, it was adapted into the video game Spartan X (released as Kung-Fu Master internationally), which laid the foundations for the beat 'em up genre of action games. The video game also had a sequel, Spartan X 2, and there was a Spartan X comic book series. The Spartan X franchise grossed an estimated total revenue of approximately US$134 million worldwide.

  1. ^ says, Pop Cult Master (26 June 2015). "Wheels on Meals (1984)". Silver Emulsion Film Reviews. Retrieved 25 February 2024.