A cult favorite (and one of director John Carpenter's personal favourites), BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is a fantasy-action film that is brilliantly imaginative, funny, and absorbing. Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown. .. Read more
| Starring | Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun |
|---|---|
| Director | John Carpenter |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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A cult favorite (and one of director John Carpenter's personal favourites), BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is a fantasy-action film that is brilliantly imaginative, funny, and absorbing. Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown. An ancient Chinese prince and Chinatown crimelord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancee to Jack's best friend. Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless and immortal spirit. Carpenter uses all the best elements of martial arts films, 1940s old action serials, Chinese mythology and straight-forward American adventure to make up a tale wild with imagination. Russell is wonderful as the brash, brave, and reluctant hero Jack Burton, who is hysterically out of place in this world of magic potions, goblins and curses. A visually stunning work that ranks as one of Carpenter's best films.
| Starring | Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun |
|---|---|
| Director | John Carpenter |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 36 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1986 To Rent: DVD: 06 May 2002 |
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Misfiring attempt to equal the nonsense of the Indiana Jones sagas; occasional effective action moments don't stop the whole from being tiresome.
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80s Action Spoof
Funny 80s action spoof with a star turn from Kurt Russell as a John Wayne-esque trucker hero who doesn't actually do anything. Could have hyped up the ... read more »
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Original Script
Great film. The actors compliment each others abilities and the film was very funny. The script is original and so are the special effects.
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A Classic
Brilliant movie, ive seen it many times before. It never gets old. A classic, action funny movie.
A must to be in your DVD collection.
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China like one of the best films ever!
You can't help but love the kung-fu craziness in John Carpenter's classic action flick Big Trouble in Little China.
Kurt Russell is on top ... read more »
Alexa Muir Catalogue Manager Q: Your favourite on-screen couple? A: Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. They had great chemistry in Romancing the Stone and in War of the Roses. Q: The best date movie? A: Depends on the date but personally if someone put on Big Trouble In Little China I would likely love them forever. Q: Actor/actress you’d love to take on a date? A: Jeff Bridges – he’s bound to be funny, he’ll have great stories and he’s one cool Dude. Q: Best... Read more
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