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Miracles: The Canton Godfather

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7.1/10 • 171

1989-06-152h 6m

CrimeActionComedyDrama

Meet the original gangster!

A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.

Directors
Jackie Chan
Editors
Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Jackie Chan

    Jackie Chan

    Charlie Chen-Wah

  2. Anita Mui

    Anita Mui

    Yang Luming

  3. Gua Ah-leh

    Gua Ah-leh

    Lady Rose / Ms. Kao

  4. Richard Ng Yiu-Hon

    Richard Ng Yiu-Hon

    Chief Inspector Ho

  5. Ko Chun-Hsiung

    Ko Chun-Hsiung

    Tiger Lo

  6. Sunny Fang Kang

    Sunny Fang Kang

    Boss Pai

  7. Bill Tung Biu

    Bill Tung Biu

    Conman Tung

  8. Tien Feng

    Tien Feng

    Ku Hsin-chuan

  9. Ngai Jan

    Ngai Jan

    Mr. Ku's Son

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CrazyJekyll

Jun 16, 2025

10/10

Miracles is easily Chan's most ambitious and most accomplished film as a director. Wonderfully blending his classic slapstick action-comedy style with grand lavish sets, and an ambitious gangster-romance storyline that shows some of the best storytelling from Chan. And despite the plot after the 1st hour being a bit overstuffed, Chan's continous character development going from puppet boss into someone with his own agency and his own decisions, (that were brought out by the well acted Anita Mui's character) just heavily entertain and make up for a lot of the film's struggle to balance all of its messages and storylines. Not to mention the action sequences here by Chan are also some of the best we've ever seen. Rivaling even his greatest action sequences in Police Story and the like. He showcases remarkable framing, use of environment, intricate co-operative choreography with his opponents, and insane displays of agility and skill. I mean come on, at one point he did a tornado kick, spinning hook kick, and sweep kick all in one quick succession and one take. That is just fucking insane. Again, to me this is easily Chan's most ambitious and most accomplished work, all of it just combines into one grand and lavish gangster-romance-action-comedy-period drama that just so full of fun that it's hard not to admire.

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  • Miracles: The Canton Godfather poster
  • Miracles: The Canton Godfather poster
  • Miracles: The Canton Godfather poster
  • Miracles: The Canton Godfather poster
  • Miracles: The Canton Godfather poster
  • Miracles: The Canton Godfather poster
  • Miracles: The Canton Godfather poster
  • Miracles: The Canton Godfather poster
  • Miracles: The Canton Godfather poster

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Status
Released
Original Language
cn
Budget
--
Revenue
$34,036,029.00
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