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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:27

Rotten:5

Average Rating:6.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

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... 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]

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

Starring: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Dennis Dun, Victor Wong, Kate Burton, Carter Wong, Peter Kwong, James Pax, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Director: John Carpenter

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

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  • 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 hum-drum life on the road takes a sudden supernatural tailspin when his best friend's fiancee is kidnapped. Speeding to the rescue, Jack finds himself deep beneath San Francisco's Chinatown, in a murky, creature-filled world ruled by Lo Pan, a 2000-year-old magician who mercilessly presides over an empire of spirits. Dodging demons and facing baffling terrors, Jack battles his way through Lo Pan's dark domain in a full-throttle, action-riddled ride to rescue the girl. Co-starring Kim Cattrall, this effects-filled sci-fi spectacle speeds to an incredible, twist-taking finish.
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    A film to embody the Eighties, and justify them

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    11/15/09
    Fernando F. Croce
    Fernando F. Croce
    CinePassion

    A 'B'-movie-style Western meets Eastern, a supernatural 'chopsocky' fantasy with leading man Kurt Russell doing a feature-length impression of a dead movie star. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. [Blu-ray]

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    08/12/09
    Peter Canavese
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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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    07/22/05
    Phil Villarreal
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    06/26/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    EmanuelLevy.Com

    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
    Michael A. Smith
    Nolan's Pop Culture Review

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

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    04/02/05
    Scott Weinberg
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    eFilmCritic.com

    No review available.

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    09/02/04
    Andy Klein
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    Los Angeles CityBeat
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    05/17/04
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
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    Big rave in little blurb!

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    03/17/04
    Gregory Weinkauf
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    Mark Palermo
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    11/27/03
    James O'Ehley
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    Sci-Fi Movie Page

    I really hated this.

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    10/29/03
    Alex Sandell
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    10/17/03
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