Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1986-05-30) |
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| Awards: | 1 win & 1 nomination total |
| BoxOffice: | $11,100,000 |
| Screen: | Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter |
| Productions: | TAFT Entertainment Pictures, 20th Century Fox, SLM Production Group |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | 广州话 / 廣州話, English |
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Casts
- 6856: Kurt Russell - Jack Burton
- 2109: Kim Cattrall - Gracie Law
- 11392: Dennis Dun - Wang Chi
- 20904: James Hong - David Lo Pan
- 11395: Victor Wong - Egg Shen
- 20879: Kate Burton - Margo
- 168246: Donald Li - Eddie Lee
Crews
- 9579: Paul Monash - Executive Producer - Production
- 53025: David Z. Weinstein - Screenplay - Writing
- 11770: John Carpenter - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 7186: John J. Lloyd - Production Design - Art
- 15445: Alan Howarth - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 21725: Keith Barish - Executive Producer - Production
- 511: Larry Franco - Producer - Production
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Reviews
Per Gunnar Jonsson
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I think this movie was marketed as an adventure movie when it came out. I can imagine that some people were disappointed if they were indeed expecting a real adventure movie. I remember being one of those people when I first saw this movie. However, if you approach it seeing what ....
Continue reading ->Gimly
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_Big Trouble in Little China_ is not the movie it is marketed to be. But it is good. You wait the ten minutes it takes for the absurdity to kick in and then you ride the ridiculous ride until the closing credits. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give ....
Continue reading ->John Chard
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Ol' Jack always says... what the hell? Out of 20th Century Fox, Big Trouble in Little China is directed by John Carpenter and stars Kurt Russell, Kim Catrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong & Victor Wong. The adaptation is by W.D. Richter with the screenplay from Gary Goldman & David Z. W ....
Continue reading ->JPV852
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Enjoyable enough adventure flick with another charismatic performance from Kurt Russell. The plot certainly felt disjointed at times (and one sequence didn't really advance the plot all that much) but still had a lot of fun. Not one of Carpenter's best nor a standout amongst 1980s mo ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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<em>'Big Trouble in Little China'</em> didn't entertain me. There isn't anything about it that I really like, to be honest. It isn't a truly terrible movie by any means, but the story didn't take hold of me and the characters and their actors weren't all that watchable. I wasn't s ....
Continue reading ->Scott
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This is a fun, almost campy movie; don't try to think about it too hard. Rather, enjoy it for what it is. It has an almost folklore-ish feel to it, as if what's being presented is more of a tongue-in-cheek tale (which it is fully aware of) and as such some aspects _maaay_ have be ....
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