Hong Kong Synopsis
快餐車
“Not since Don Quixote has Spain had so much fun!”
Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.
Audience Engagement
340 audience reviews — more than 92% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Wheels on Meals. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Romance + Action in Hong Kong
29 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Wheels on Meals itself).
The 1983–1985 Hong Kong Window
Wheels on Meals holds position #7 of 36 Hong Kong films in the 1983–1985 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Hong Kong, 151 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Wheels on Meals premiered alongside 14 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 14 other Hong Kong films in 1984.
The 203rd Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Wheels on Meals, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- spain · 5
- pickpocket · 4
- van · 2
- food truck · 1
- chinese · 17
- chase · 11
- fish out of water · 8
- martial arts · 369
- kung fu · 121
- love triangle · 55
- detective · 44
- sibling relationship · 38
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #153 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (82nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Romance productions specifically: #25 of 134 (top 19%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, English |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Laurenfilm |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | August 17, 1984 |
| IMDb | tt0087578 |