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Big Trouble in Little China
1986 1h 40m PG-13
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7.2
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A rough-and-tumble trucker and his side kick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.
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Directed By
John Carpenter
Written By
W.D. Richter
,
David Z. Weinstein
,
Gary Goldman
Studio
TAFT Entertainment Pictures
,
20th Century Fox
,
SLM Production Group
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Cast of Big Trouble in Little China
Kurt Russell
Jack Burton
Kim Cattrall
Gracie Law
Dennis Dun
Wang Chi
James Hong
David Lo Pan
Victor Wong
Egg Shen
Kate Burton
Margo
Donald Li
Eddie Lee
Carter Wong
Thunder
Peter Kwong
Rain
James Pax
Lightning
Suzee Pai
Miao Yin
Chao Li Chi
Uncle Chu
Jeff Imada
Needles
Rummel Mor
Joe Lucky
Craig Ng
One Ear
June Kyoto Lu
White Tiger
Noel Toy
Mrs. O'Toole
Jade Go
Chinese Girl in White Tiger
Jerry Hardin
Pinstripe Lawyer
James Lew
Chang Sing #1
Jim Lau
Chang Sing #2
Kenny Endoso
Chang Sing #3
Stuart Quan
Chang Sing #4
Gary Toy
Chang Sing #5
George Cheung
Chang Sing #6
Jimmy Jue
Wounded Chang Sing
Noble Craig
Sewer Monster
Danny Kwan
Chinese Guard
Min Luong
Tara
Paul J.Q. Lee
Chinese Gambler
Al Leong
Wing Kong Hatchet Man
Gerald Okamura
Wing Kong Hatchet Man
William S. Wong
Wing Kong Hatchet Man
Eric Lee
Wing Kong Hatchet Man
Yukio G. Collins
Wing Kong Hatchet Man
Bill M. Ryusaki
Wing Kong Hatchet Man
Brian Imada
Wing Kong Hatchet Man
Dan Inosanto
Wing Kong Hatchet Man
Vernon Rieta
Wing Kong Hatchet Man
Daniel Wong
Wing Kong Security Guard
Daniel Lee
Wing Kong Security Guard
Lia Chang
Female Wing Kong Guard
Diana Tanaka
Female Wing Kong Guard
Donna L. Noguschi
Female Wing Kong Guard
Shinko Isobe
Female Wing Kong Guard
John Carpenter
Worker in Chinatown (uncredited)
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)
Conan Lee
Chang Sing Member (uncredited)
Leo Lee
Chang Sing Fighter in Ally (uncredited)
Bill Saito
Wing Kong Hatchet Man (uncredited)
Phil Jordan
Chinatown patron (uncredited)
Dawna Lee Heising
Priestess (uncredited)
Big Trouble in Little China Reviews
New York Times
Walter Goodman
An upscale send-up.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Special effects don't mean much unless we care about the characters who are surrounded by them, and in this movie the characters often seem to exist only to fill up the foregrounds.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
Benefits from a rollicking wise-ass performance from Kurt Russell but otherwise falls limp courtesy of too many corny gags.
New York Daily News
Kathleen Carroll
Watching Kurt Russell display not only a set of bulging biceps, but also... easy-going self-confidence is admittedly fun at times, even if the movie is as impenetrable as chop suey.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
Big Trouble in Little China is a failure, but it's a fascinating, atypical failure.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Michael H. Price
The result - suspense/action/comedy/kung fu/supernatural - defies categorization. Let's just call it a rousing good movie and proceed
Miami Herald
Christine Arnold Dolan
This is yet another movie of special effects over substance.
Detroit Free Press
Catherine Rambeau
"Big Trouble in Little China" might have been fun 10 years ago. Now, it's an embarrassment long past its time, with nothing new to offer audiences.
San Francisco Examiner
Michael Sragow
"Big Trouble in Little China" turns into yet another failed remake of "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Tampa Bay Times
Hal Lipper
A campy, convoluted series of outrageous adventures that careens through an imaginary world for two hours before depositing you, breathless, back in your seat.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
It's sporadically amusing but not consistently funny. There's plenty of action but minimal tension. And the story never tries hard to be even a little convincing.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
Carpenter and his lively cast seem to be having such a good time that the easiest thing to do is relax and enjoy the ride. In a way, this is the movie "Escape from New York" was trying to be but never quite managed to pull off.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
A bad marriage of martial arts and action spoofery, bungled by director John Carpenter working from the world's worst screenplay.
Los Angeles Times
Michael Wilmington
The director, trying for speed, spectacle and whimsy, seems hamstrung--like his pratfalling hero, Jack Burton.
Arizona Republic
Francie Noyes
Russell, who has been making movies for years and who almost became a pro baseball player, turns in a fabulous performance.
Austin American-Statesman
Patrick Taggart
If you're in the right mood for this sort of thing, John Carpenter's new movie presents as fine an opportunity as any this summer to have a good, goofy time.
Gone With The Twins
Mike Massie
For every genuine martial arts feat or gruesome monstrosity, there's a sequence of riotous slapstick to counter the brief seriousness.
Sacramento Bee
George Williams
When a circus is done right, you get caught up in its rhythm and lost in the fun of it. Carpenter has done it right.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
A box office bomb that also had to endure a critical mauling, this subsequently enjoyed a healthy life on video and is now considered by many fanboys to be an exemplary action-fantasy-comedy. The truth actually rests between those two extremes.
Battleship Pretension
Tyler Smith
It is an odd, sometimes-nightmarish delight and one that rewards multiple viewings by those brave or foolish enough to return to this cinematic middle finger to the Hollywood mainstream.
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