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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

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Reviews Counted: 30 Fresh: 25  Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.9/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Synopsis: A cult favorite (and one of director John Carpenter's personal favorites), BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is a fantasy-action film that is brilliantly imaginative, funny, and absorbing. Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within,... A cult favorite (and one of director John Carpenter's personal favorites), BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is a fantasy-action film that is brilliantly imaginative, funny, and absorbing. Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown. An ancient Chinese prince and Chinatown crimelord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancee to Jack's best friend. Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless and immortal spirit. Carpenter uses all the best elements of martial arts films, 1940s old action serials, Chinese mythology and straight-forward American adventure to make up a tale wild with imagination. Kurt Russell is wonderful as the brash, brave, and reluctant hero Jack Burton, who is hysterically out of place in this world of magic potions, goblins and curses. A visually stunning work that ranks as one of Carpenter's best films. [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Dennis Dun, Victor Wong

Director: John Carpenter
Screenwriter: W.D. Richter, Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein
Producer: Larry J. Franco
Composer: Alan Howarth, John Carpenter

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 22, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Note: This release is in the UMD format for Sony PSP players only.
  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.78

Audio:

  • Stereo - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - John Carpenter - Director, Kurt Russell - Star

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10/10/05
Cole Smithey
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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
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The high-octane action comedy takes all that was worthwhile from decades of B-flicks and distills it into a maximum-concentration explosion of cinematic TNT.

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Phil Villarreal
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06/26/05
Emanuel Levy
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4/5

Imperfect, yes...but still great cultish fun with Kurt Russell.

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06/01/05
Steve Crum
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Russell and Carpenter make a great team.

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04/15/05
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
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4/5

A wholly enjoyable mixture of action, comedy, romance, and horror.

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04/02/05
Scott Weinberg
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09/02/04
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
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05/17/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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03/17/04
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times
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03/10/04
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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11/27/03
James O'Ehley
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I really hated this.

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10/29/03
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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10/17/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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07/16/03
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views
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Jack Burton is my guardo camino.

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07/10/03
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com
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An upscale send-up.

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05/21/03
Walter Goodman
New York Times
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05/14/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
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