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Big Trouble in Little China
(1986)
Some
people pick the darnedest places to start a fight!
Director: John Carpenter, rated PG-13 for language,
sci-fi violence
  Starring:
Kurt Russell, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong, Kim Cattrall,
Kate Burton, Donald Li, Carter Wong, James Pax
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★☆
- near perfect
"... it's all in the
reflexes." - Jack
Burton
Why watch this?
It's packed full of action, sci-fi, martial arts and laughs.
Plot Summary:
Trucker Jack Burton gets pulled into a supernatural conflict
when his friend Wang's fiancée is kidnapped in San Francisco's
Chinatown. They discovers an ancient sorcerer named Lo Pan is
behind the abduction, seeking to break a curse that keeps him in
spirit form. Jack, Wang and their allies must battle mystical
forces and formidable foes to save the girl and stop Lo Pan's
sinister plan.
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Dad's Preview: This was Carpenter's last great film IMHO. It has a little bit of
everything: heroes, damsels, martial arts, Chinese mysticism,
hairy 8-foot monsters, floating zombie heads, you know, the usual.
Kurt Russell is iconic as
Jack T. Burton, an over-confident truck driver who waaayyy
over-estimates his charm. Still, there's a lot to love about
the big lug in a wife-beater t-shirt. Dennis Dun, as Wang, keep's Burton under control, while James Hong is also superb as the evil sorcerer Lo Pan.
You can watch the film free on the Internet
Archive site
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Larry J. Franco; 20th Century-Fox
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