A joyously overstuffed blend of comedy, martial arts, and supernatural mayhem, Big Trouble in Little China makes little effort to be coherent but races along thanks to Kurt Russell's rowdy swagger and John Carpenter's kinetic direction.
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Movie Info
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Director -
John Carpenter -
Producer -
Larry J. Franco -
Screenwriter -
Gary Goldman , David Weinstein , W.D. Richter -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
TAFT Entertainment , SLM Production Group , Twentieth Century Fox -
Rating -
PG-13 -
Genre -
Action , Adventure , Fantasy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jul 2, 1986, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Nov 25, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$11.0M -
Runtime -
1h 39m -
Sound Mix -
Magnetic Stereo 6 Track , Mono , Surround , Dolby A , Dolby Stereo -
Aspect Ratio -
70mm , Scope (2.35:1)
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