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Description: Genre: Action & Adventure / Theatrical Release: 1986 / Director: John Carpenter / Actors: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall ... more
Big Trouble In Little China (DVD) ... ... / DVD released 05 July, 2004 at 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: PAL / Trying to explain the cult appeal of John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China to the uninitiated is no easy task. The plot in a nutshell follows lorry driver Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) into San Francisco's Chinatown, where he's embroiled in street gang warfare over the mythical/magical intentions of would-be god David Lo Pan. There are wire-fu fight scenes, a floating eyeball and monsters from other dimensions. Quite simply it belongs to a genre of its own. Carpenter was drawing on years of chop-socky Eastern cinema tradition, which, at the time of the film's first release in 1986, was regrettably lost on a general audience. Predictably, it bombed. But now that Jackie Chan and Jet Li have made it big in the West, and Hong Kong cinema has spread its influence across Hollywood, it's much, much easier to enjoy this film's happy-go-lucky cocktail of influences. Russell's cocky anti-hero is easy to cheer on as he "experiences some very unreasonable things" blundering from one fight to another, and lusts after the gorgeously green-eyed Kim Cattrall. The script is peppered with countless memorable lines, too ("It's all in the reflexes"). Originally outlined as a sequel to the equally obscure Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, Big Trouble is a bona fide cult cinema delight. Jack sums up the day's reactions perfectly, "China is here? I don't even know what the Hell that means!". On the DVD: Big Trouble in Little China is released as a special edition two-disc set in its full unedited form. Some real effort has been put into both discs' animated menus, and the film itself is terrific in 2.35:1 and 5.1 (or DTS). The commentary by Carpenter and Russell may not be as fresh as their chat on The Thing, but clearly they both retain an enormous affection for the film. There are eight deleted scenes (some of which are expansions of existing scenes), plus a separate extended ending which was edited out for the right reasons. You'll also find a seven-minute featurette from the time of release, a 13-minute interview with FX guru Richard Edlund, a gallery of 200 photos, 25 pages of production notes and magazine articles from American Cinematographer and Cinefex. Best of all for real entertainment value is a music video with Carpenter and crew (the Coupe de Villes) coping with video FX and 80s hair-dos.--Paul Tonks

Newest Review: ... mysticism, mythology and black magic, as Jack and a sympathetic street gang led by sorcerer Egg Shen (played by Victor Wong, ... more

 ... also of Karate Kid and Gremlins) must fight to rescue Wang's fiancé (and Jacks too) before Lo Pang can marry them in order to return to human form and wreak fresh havoc on the mortals of Earth. There are some brilliant action scenes on offer, in particular one in which Jack stumbles upon a huge fight between two rival oriental street gangs, who go at eachother with tommyguns, staffs, fists and meat-cleavers before Lo Pang's supernatural kung-fu-masters turn up and start slaughtering both parties indiscriminately. ...more

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Jake+Speed
Crowned Review Big Trouble In Little China (DVD): "I was born ready." (1309 words)
by - written on 24/03/09 (Very useful, 309 readings)
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'A Mystical, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Kung Fu, Monster, Ghost story!' Jack Burton (Kurt Russell), an all-American truck driver with a John Wayne swagger, wins a bet gambling with old friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun) while in San Francisco. While he waits for his winnings, Jack gives Wang a lift to the airport where Wang's bride-to-be Miao Yin (Suzee Pai) is due to arrive. However, Miao has green eyes and this has attracted the attention of 2000-year-old sorcerer David Lo Pan (James Hong) who needs a green eyed girl in order to restore his youth and flesh and blood. Lo Pan's gang kidnaps Miao from right under the noses of Jack and Wang and soon the two friends, ...  Read the complete review

clownfoot
Crowned Review "It's all in the reflexes!" (1197 words)
by - written on 28/11/04 (Very useful, 183 readings)
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The eighties, for me at least, was a golden age of cinema! Family and kids films were produced without being sickly sweet or condescending in tone and produced decent plots that did not require the needless extravaganza of modern day CGI blockbusters that now supliment and cover-up the lack of any decent or intelligent story. Compared with today's family orientated cinema eighties films provided audiences with enjoyable, refreshing and original tales that played out in a mostly camp, witty, smart and hip way. The Princess Bride, The Goonies, Tron, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Time Bandits, The Last Star Fighter, Willow, Flash Gordon, Short Circuit and Ghostbusters, among ...  Read the complete review

Silent+Bob
Crowned Review Big Trouble In Little China (DVD): Hey, I'm a reasonable guy. But I've just experienced ... (1622 words)
by - written on 04/06/01 (Very useful, 106 readings)
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Jack Burton - Next time some eight-foot-tall, wild-eyed maniac taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall and asks you if you've paid your dues, well, you just do what ole Jack Burton always does at a time like that. You stare that sucker right back in the eye. "Have you paid your dues, Jack?" "Yes, sir, the cheque is in the mail." Originally panned by critics and avoided by audiences all over the world, John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China eventually become a cult hit finding it real home on video, so the success should be repeated on DVD, it is no doubt John Carpenters most under rated and under seen ...  Read the complete review

Burning_Darkness
Premium Review Jack Burton's in Big Trouble....... (392 words)
by - written on 12/10/09 (Very useful, 20 readings)
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What a weird mix of themes this one is! Big Trouble in Little China stars Kurt Russell as truck driver Jack Burton, who along with his friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun) becomes embroiled in a bizarre kidnapping, in which Wang's fiancé, -an Asian girl with incredibly rare green eyes- is taken by a 2000 year old Chinese Sorcerer (Lo Pan) living in a vast, ancient hidden complex within San Fransisco's Chinatown neighbourhood.The film mixes traditional 80s gun-toting action with martial arts and ancient oriental mysticism, mythology and black magic, as Jack and a sympathetic street gang led by sorcerer Egg Shen (played by Victor Wong, also of Karate Kid and Gremlins) must fight ...  Read the complete review

blissman70
Premium Review Big Trouble In Little China (DVD): Big trouble in little China town (791 words)
by - written on 09/09/08 (Very useful, 60 readings)
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Director: John Carpenter Producer: Larry . Franco Writers: Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein and W.D. Richter Stars: Kurt Russel, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong and Victor Wong Released in the summer of 1986 this hour and forty minute movie follows the life of a truck driver who happens upon some 'Big trouble in Little China' town. **BRIEF PLOT** Jack Burton, (played by Kurt Russell) is a truck driver with a simple life, the love of money, drinking, Gambling and his beloved Truck, until one day when he and his friend Wang Chi, (played by Dennis Dun) go to the local airport to pick up Wang's ...  Read the complete review

 
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