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02/09/06
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... [More]
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Dennis Dun
Director: John Carpenter
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03/26/09
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10/03/06
I really hated this.
10/29/03
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06/26/05
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11/27/03
...all action from the word go, with almost none of it generating any excitement, suspense, or humor.
05/18/01
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.
01/01/00
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09/02/04
I saw Kurt Russell in lipstick armed with a bowie knife and thought, "Super-duper."
06/09/01
A misunderstood, underrated blast of a movie from genre king John Carpenter. As imaginitive and fun as anything he's done.
04/28/03
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10/17/03
On the commentary track, Russell and Carpenter provide one of the best bantering sessions I've ever heard
05/12/01
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10/09/05
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10/10/05
The film is probably best characterized by a comment from a review quoted in the DVD commentary by Kurt Russell: 'Absolutely fabulous and terminally hip.'
06/27/01
A film to embody the Eighties, and justify them
11/15/09
an immensely enjoyable mess, one whose sheer energy and inventiveness outweighs its numerous flaws
05/15/01
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