Powerman

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Movie
German title Powerman
Original title Kwai tsan tseh
Country of production Hong Kong , Spain
original language Cantonese
Publishing year 1984
length 104 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Sammo Hung
script Gwing-Gai Lee (as Johnny Lee)
Edward Tang
production Golden Harvest
music Keith Morrison
camera Cheung Yin Jo
Wong Ngok Tai
cut Peter Cheung
occupation

Powerman ( Wheels on Meals ) is a martial arts film filmed in Spain in 1984 with Jackie Chan , Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung in the lead roles. The latter also directed and was stunt coordinator.

action

The two Chinese emigrants Thomas and David run a mobile snack bar in Barcelona . When the two meet the pickpocket Sylvia, they immediately fall in love with her and of course help her when she is followed by a scary man. It turns out that this is a private detective and his job is to track down Sylvia, as she is the illegitimate daughter of a Spanish nobleman who has just passed away and left her with an inheritance of millions. The only catch is that Sylvia has to inherit her inheritance within two weeks.

But since Sylvia's evil uncle is after the money too, he hires a few villains who kidnap Sylvia and keep her in a castle until the deadline expires. When Thomas and David find out about this, they team up with the private detective Moby and break into the castle to free Sylvia. Although David is captured, they manage to join forces and defeat the villains.

Individual evidence

  • The film got the somewhat illogical English title ("Wheels on Food") from the production company Golden Harvest out of superstition. Previously, two produced films that began with an “M” had flopped, so the originally intended title Meals on Wheels was changed without further ado.
  • Highlights include a car chase through Barcelona, ​​a fight with a motorcycle gang and the final battle in the castle.
  • Sammo Hung relocated the production of the film to Europe to make it more attractive for the international market. Therefore the kickboxer Urquidez and the karateka Keith Vitali also played, and Sylvia was cast with the former Miss Spain Lola Forner.

criticism

"In Wheels on Meals, director Sammo Hung has combined all the elements that make a Hong Kong film unique: great action, exotic locations, breathtaking stunts and lots of humor , ranging from situational comedy to slapstick ." (Impact)

"The fight between Jackie Chan and Benny" The Jet "Urquidez is one of the best that has ever been captured on celluloid." (Inside Kung-Fu)

Awards

trilogy

The trilogy also includes the two successors

The film Tokyo Powerman (1985) is the second film in the Lucky Stars series, Powerman 2 is the third part. Although the series are different, the three Powerman films came out on a DVD box.

Both the film Powerman and the computer game Kung-Fu Master were released in Japan with the title Spartan-X .

computer game

In 1984, the arcade game Kung-Fu Master was developed by Irem after the film . It was the first horizontally scrolling beat 'em up .

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