Big Trouble in Little China 1986
Directed by John Carpenter
- Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- 100 min
- PG-13
Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun.
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.
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Unpretentious, cool, effortless and comic.
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- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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“Is Big Trouble in Little China better than The Thing?”
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“Is Kurt Russell the best thing in Big Trouble in Little China?”
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Cast
- Kurt RussellJack Burton
- Kim CattrallGracie Law
- Dennis DunWang Chi
- James HongDavid Lo Pan
- Victor WongEgg Shen
- Kate BurtonMargo
- Donald LiEddie Lee
- Carter Huang Chia-TaThunder
- Peter KwongRain
- James PaxLightning
Crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- David Z. WeinsteinScreenplay
- Gary GoldmanScreenplay
- Dean CundeyDirector of Photography
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Alan HowarthOriginal Music Composer
- Steve MirkovichEditor
- Mark WarnerEditor
- Edward A. WarschilkaEditor
- Larry FrancoProducer
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