Miracles (1989 film)

Miracles Chinese pinyin q j Jyutping kei zik is a 1989 Hong Kong action comedy film directed and written by Jackie Chan, who also starred in the lead role and worked as stunt coordinator. The film is set in 1930s Hong Kong and is a variation of Frank Capras Lady for a Day and Pocketful of Miracles, which in turn were based on Madame La Gimp, a short story by Damon Runyon. The movie was remade in Hindi as Singh Is Kinng with Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. A similar subplot also appears in the 1973 Hindi film Loafer.

Chan plays Kuo ChengWah, a kindhearted country boy who is quickly cheated out of all his money by Tung Bill Tung when he arrives in Hong Kong. Depressed and destitute, he encounters Madame Kao Kuei Yalei, a poor woman selling flowers on the street she urges him to buy a red rose, saying it will bring him luck. He demurs at first, shaking his head sadly, then finally agrees.His fortunes immediately take a dramatic turn when he stumbles into a gang war, and renders assistance to a dying gang leader. The leader makes Kuo his successor due to a pun, then dies. Kuo, awed, attributes his luck to Madame Kaos rose, and takes to buying one from her every day thereafter. This does not sit well with the gang, especially Fei Lo Lieh, who feels that he was next in line to be the boss. Uncle Hoi Wu Ma, the boss righthand man, helps Kuo adjust to being the boss. In a fight to test his toughness, Kuo wins the gangs respect, with the exception of Fei. ........

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