An overly ambitious and wildly uneven combination of Damon Runyon, Frank Capra, and Jackie Chan, MIRACLE contains a weak and talky second act (the part "freely adapted" from POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES), but does boast some of Chan's most deliriously entertaining fight choreography.
Caught in a gangland crossfire in 1930 Canton, innocent country yokel Charlie Kuo Ching Wah (Jackie Chan) is mistakenly named as successor to the dying boss of one of the gangs. Pouring his energies into the Ritz nightclub, he makes it a huge success, with singer Ruby Yang (Anita Mui) the star
attraction.
But superstitious Charlie won't make a move without buying a flower from street-v...
Released:
1989
Rated:
NR
Length:
117 mins