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| KUNG FU MOVIE REVIEW: MISTER CANTON AND LADY ROSE aka MIRACLES (1989) |
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STUPID UNBELIEVABLE PLOT? yeah, but whatever. NO-SHADOW KICK? no. MONKS? no. PLOT CONVENIENTLY PLACES ADVERSARIES IN LARGE MULTI-LEVEL WAREHOUSE FULL OF RANDOM ROPES, LADDERS, AND THINGS TO THROW AT EACH OTHER? Why, yes. MIDGETS? Well, that guy that plays Jackie's uncle in every movie is pretty short. WORTH OWNING? Shawn has it. SEE
ALSO:
Millionaire's Express, Drunken Master 2 |
Everything
I had read online regarding this movie previous to watching it had
led me to believe I was in for a sort of lame attempt of Jackie Chan
trying to remake a Frank Capra film. Ignoring that fact, because
it's unimportant, helps one to realize that it's a totally decent
flick. There's enough fighting and wacky shenanigans to put
it right along the shitload of other Jackie Chan movies that have
fighting and wacky shenanigans. Lucky Stars springs to
mind. Once again bringing together his team of goofy sidemen,
Chan delivers a worthy watch. I have no idea why this movie
didn't receive wider video release during the great crappy Jackie
Chan reissue flood that followed Rumble in the Bronx. It's
too bad, because it beats hell out of his older, stupider, bigger-haired
stuff. This movie also features Anita Mui, looking beautiful
and being rather pushy, that guy with the weird eyes and the moustache,
the guy that plays Jackie's uncle in almost every movie, a kick-ass
Billy Lau (general guy from Fist of Legend), and an extremely
pivotal cameo by Yuen Biao. (If you missed him the first time, you
missed the whole plot of the movie, trust me!) Needless to say,
I prefer
the original title. - tom, 2001
