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Big Trouble in Little China

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7.2/10 • 3.1K

1986-05-301h 40m

ActionComedyFantasy

Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun.

Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.

Directors
John Carpenter
Editors
Edward A. Warschilka

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  1. Kurt Russell

    Kurt Russell

    Jack Burton

  2. Kim Cattrall

    Kim Cattrall

    Gracie Law

  3. Dennis Dun

    Dennis Dun

    Wang Chi

  4. James Hong

    James Hong

    David Lo Pan

  5. Victor Wong

    Victor Wong

    Egg Shen

  6. Kate Burton

    Kate Burton

    Margo

  7. Donald Li

    Donald Li

    Eddie Lee

  8. Carter Huang Chia-Ta

    Carter Huang Chia-Ta

    Thunder

  9. Peter Kwong

    Peter Kwong

    Rain

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Per Gunnar Jonsson

Sep 17, 2014

7/10

I think this movie was marketed as an adventure movie when it came out. I can imagine that some people were disappointed if they were indeed expecting a real adventure movie. I remember being one of those people when I first saw this movie. However, if you approach it seeing what it is, that is a comedy or at least an action-comedy, then it is actually a quite enjoyable movie. The entire movie is utterly ridiculous. The screaming, posturing Asian martial art champion parodies especially so. Everything in this movie makes you laugh as long as you do not try to take the movie seriously. The action scenes are often absolutely hilarious. They are also quite well done and choreographed actually. The special effects are of course utterly outdated but they are good enough for this movie. There is a story as well but it doesn’t really matter much. It is just there to tie the funny scenes together, especially the action scenes. Acting? Well, let’s just say that it matches the comic nature of the movie. I actually just picked this movie as a trial experience in using Netflix (which finally came to France last Monday) on my PS3 for the first time and I did not want to start something were I would be pissed off if it turned out that it stopped working halfway through. I have to say that I had much more fun watching this movie this time than the first time I was watching it…and Netflix worked perfectly on my PS3.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$25,000,000.00
Revenue
$11,102,672.00
Keywords
martial artskung fumagicsan francisco, californiakidnappingchinatownmercenarymythologytruck driveradventurer1980sfantasy