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| Wheels On Meals |
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Genre:Action Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 29 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lola Forner, Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, Keith Vitali & Herb Edelman |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Tai Seng Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
56346 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
107 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1984 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Sammo Hung |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Edward Tang & Johnny Lee |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Keith Morrison |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Fung Yuen Chi |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Cheung Yiu Chung |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Raymond Chow |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Leonard K.C. Ho |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.75:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Wheels On Meals—originally titled Meals On Wheels, but changed when the studio realized that all of their boxoffice bombs started with the letter “M”—is an action comedy that features Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao as catering van entrepreneurs who must find a mysterious pickpocket (former Miss Spain, Lola Forner) who has been kidnapped. Chan and Baio make an exciting and humorous team of bumbling vendors. Watch for the scene in chapter three when Biao, following Chan, jumps out of a second story window in one camera shot.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture, matted at 1.75:1, has an overall bluish tint throughout the color fidelity, and often colors are overly bright and unnatural with orange-hued fleshtones. Interiors are dark and marred with noise. Only some exteriors look slightly more natural. Images lack detail, clarity and definition. Noise and distracting artifacts are apparent throughout.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is distorted and undistinguished monaural.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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