His abilities are given especially full play in films set in early Republican China, when problems were resolved with fists rather than guns. Chan's "unique creativity" as an actor and director is displayed in such setups as the bicycle chase through narrow back alleys in the film Project A and in the fight in the rope factory in Miracle.
尤其當影片時空設定在民初中國，靠拳腳而不靠手槍解決問題時，他的能力就完全得到發揮，《A 計畫》中腳踏車在巷弄中追逐、《奇蹟》片中繩廠惡鬥，都展現出這位演員兼導演「獨特的原創力」。