Big Trouble in Little China

1986

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy

128
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 82% · 68 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 82% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 165300 165.3K

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Plot summary

Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.

Director

John Carpenter Photo
John Carpenter

Top cast

Conan Lee Photo
Conan Lee as Chang Sing Member
Kurt Russell Photo
Kurt Russell as Jack Burton
James Lew Photo
James Lew as Chang Sing #1
Jerry Hardin Photo
Jerry Hardin as Pinstripe Lawyer
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917.07 MB
1280*542
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 21
1.84 GB
1920*812
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 100

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 7 / 10

This film is bonkers in all the right ways

Kurt Russell stars as Jack Burton, a long haul truck driver who ends up getting caught up in this bizarre fight in San Francisco's Chinatown district. As an aside, never once does he have a trailer hooked up to his rig. What exactly is he hauling? I guess I can assume he picked up a trailer from his origin point, dropped the trailer off at his destination, and now is driving through San Francisco enroute to pick up another trailer to bring somewhere else? Who knows.Russell gets caught up in this crazy conflict in Chinatown involving a Chinese prince/crime lord. It seems that the prince/crime lord have kidnapped Russell's friend's fiancee--a beautiful green-eyed Chinese woman. It seems that the a green-eyed woman is the key to removing an ancient curse that keeps the prince/crimelord immortal and flesh-less. Kim Cattrall appears as a green-eyed American woman who I guess just lives in Chinatown and knows all about the conflict. Cattrall's green eyes end up attracting the interest of the Chinese prince/crime lord who decides to kidnap her as well, thinking that he can offer her up as tribute to the god who placed the ancient curse on him, then the green-eyed Chinese woman will live out her life as his unwilling wife.This movie was ridiculous and absurd in all the best ways-- lots of extended gymnastics tumbling scenes, overly long airborne sword fights, people jumping much higher than they should be able to, a monster with an eyeball on the end of his tongue, Russell getting his boot knife stuck in a guy's body, blinding lasers coming out of people's mouths, lightning strikes emanating from people's bodies... this movie has everything.
Reviewed by LeonLouisRicci 7 / 10

High Energy Film that has Attained Cult Status Over the Years

One of the Best Maverick, B-Movie Directors Ever, John Carpenter has Gained Legions of Fans and has Attained an Almost Deity Status that, say, Roger Corman Never Could, Mostly because of Home Video and the Internet. He has Directed a lot of Entertaining Movies, mostly Outside the Hollywood System and has Always been Comfortable Making Low to Mid Budget Movies with that Carpenter Vision. He has made Sure Enough Classics, a Few Mediocre (although His Cult would never admit it) Movies, and a Handful of Bad Ones (Blasphemy).This is One that when First Released was Unfairly Maligned, Dismissed, and Outright Blasted by the Critics. It was Ignored at the Box Office and was a Big Flop. But the Director Never thought He was in Big Trouble. He just Continued Making Movies as if Nothing Ever Happened. This Film is Part of the Carpenter Canon and has become a Cult Favorite.It is a High Energy Hoot of a Movie. The Director's Homage to those Mystical Asian Movies Full of Sorcery, Fun and Fantasy, Combined with an Over the Top Take on Marital Arts and Monsters. This was a Colorful, Costumed Creation Done with Wire Works and Real Life Make Up with a Minimal Use of the Primitive CGI Available. It is Entertaining as All Get Out.
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