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Big Trouble in Little China

Big Trouble in Little China

7.2/ 10

TMDB Rating

3,349

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1986

Release Year

100 min

Runtime

Action
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy

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.

Keywords

martial arts
kung fu
magic
san francisco, california
kidnapping
chinatown
mercenary
mythology
truck driver
adventurer
1980s
fantasy
hilarious

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Reviews(5)

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Dark Jedi

September 17, 2014

7
7/10

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 it is, that is a

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Gimly

Gimly

@Ruuz

October 4, 2018

6
6/10

_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 it a go._

John Chard

John Chard

March 5, 2019

8
8/10

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. Weinstein. Dean C

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JPV852

JPV852

November 27, 2019

7
7/10

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 movies, however st

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r96sk

r96sk

August 1, 2024

5
5/10

<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 sold on the plot'

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