Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

6.7	Listal rating
7.2	IMDB rating

Directed by

John Carpenter

Starring (View all)

Jack Burton

Gracie Law

Wang Chi

David Lo Pan

Egg Shen

Margo

Eddie Lee

Thunder

Written by (View all)

Gary Goldman

(written by)

David Z. Weinstein

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5 years, 9 months ago at Aug 20 16:13

The Flagship

4 votes

This film epitomises the 80's action genre. It is nothing short of a hilarious master-piece with some of the most memorable characters of my childhood. The plot follows the All American trucker, Jack Burton, through the streets of China town and eventually into the paranormal underworld, where he comes face to face with the evil sorcerror Lo-Pan.

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Ol' Jack Burton would say "See this movie!"

3 years, 9 months ago at Aug 4 9:21

PvtCaboose91

1 vote

"Ol' Jack always says... what the hell?"

An outlandish, uncategorisable blend of John Ford (and, by extension, John Wayne) and cornball Chinese mysticism, John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China is a hokey martial arts adventure flick with limitless appeal. The characters are both endearing and witty, with the actors hamming it up to extremes. Meanwhile Carpenter provides direc... read more

Big Trouble

5 years, 7 months ago at Oct 4 18:11

shadyrosy

1 vote

Really silly but great action flick. Kurt Russell is hilarious as the misbegotten truck driver who seems fated to run into every Chinese bad guy in Little China. Great entertainment - a feel good flick.

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Description: Directed by thrill master John Carpenter, this edge-of-your seat adventure stars Kurt Russell as Jack Burton, a tough-talking, wisecracking truck driver whose humdrum life on the road takes a sudden supernatural tailspin when his best friend's fiancée is kidnapped. Speeding to the rescue, Jack finds himself deep beneath San Francisco ... (more)

Release date : 2 July 1986
UPC: 024543014386

Action (33), Comedy (28), Fantasy (23), Martial Arts (20), Adventure (16), 1980s (13), Romance (11), Magic (10), Chinatown (9), 1986 (7), Kidnapping (7), Lightning (7), Sacrifice (6), Black Magic (5), Culture Clash (4), Sorcerer (4), Spoof (4), Beasts (4), Green Eyes (4), Wizards (3)

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" The Ups: Fun to see macho hero Kurt Russell making a fool out of himself as a stupid and useless truck driver loser with a lot in his mouth and not in his brain. Like the whimsy feel and how it mixes fantasy into it. Some fun FX in the film. The Downs: Why did we lose the John Carpenter / Kurt Russell relationship? They haven't really been so huge and great as they were when they were together during the early 80s. The ending ask for a sequel that will never come due to people going to cinema"

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"8.4. Aika mahtavaa humpuukiviihdettä Carpenterilta. Tuntuu eräänlaiselta tarkoituksellisen pöhköltä versiolta Showdown in Little Tokyosta randomeilla orientaalisviboilla. Musta magia ja muu kiinalaismystiikka luo hauskan okkultistista tunnelmaa, ja rennosti renttuilevaa Kurt Russellia sopivampaa sankaria tuskin saisi laukomaan sarkasmin ja vitutuksen sekaisia onelinereita. Kun cocktailiin lisätään vielä ihanaa kasaripimputtelua, käsintehtyjä monstereita ja viime sekuntien itseparodi"

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"Special effects don't mean much unless we care about the characters who are surrounded by them, and in this movie the characters often seem to exist only to fill up the foregrounds. - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times"

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" Russell never had a problem working in any genre of film and he owns the screen here just as much as he does when he does drama, action or horror. His character Jack Burton is unforgettable."

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