Big Trouble in Little China
Big Trouble in Little China
Directed By: John Carpenter
Release Date: 1986
Source: Retail DVD
Synopsis: Jack Burton is a reasonable guy who’s about to experience some very unreasonable things as he and his buddy Wang get caught up in a mystical battle of kung fu and chinese magic in Chinatown. The kicks are higher and the action is bigger in this martial arts spoof that never lets up and keeps you glued to your seat.
Drive-In Totals: 57 Dead Bodies, 1 Kidnapping, 4 Motor Vehicle Chases, 1 Wheelchair Chase, 1 Yellow Slavery Ring, 1 Machine Gun Massacre, 1 Machete Battle, Multiple Blue Finger Flame, 1 Zombiefied Levitating 2000 Year Old Man With Really Bad Fingernails, Exploding Building, Exploding Temple, Knife To the Forehead, 1 Ocean Of Chained Skeletons, 1 Palace Of Golden Buddhas, Poison Gas, 9 Kung Fu Scenes. Four Stars, Joe Bob says CHECK IT OUT!
Joe Bob Briggs Quote: Big Trouble In Little China a great but underrated John Carpenter movie. Critics just hated that movie when it came out. They acted like it was supposed to make sense! But it was obviously a parody of Hong Kong movies. In fact Carpenter said that one of the films that influenced it was The Swordsmen Of Mount Shock and it was definitely shot in the Hong Kong style. They used the huge Stage Six on the 20th Century Fox lot and they built every single set; even the outdoor scenes were done on a big soundstage. I think it’s hysterical but it didn’t do that well in 1986, it’s one of those movies that people started watching later on, on cable. I hate that, when that happens; cause by then it’s too late. You can’t help the film makers; it’s too late to help the actors. If the movie doesn’t succeed at the box office it’s always considered a failure. I can’t believe we’re breaking for commercial in the middle of the most amazing kung fu sequence ever filmed! This thing goes on forever and it has every kung fu trick I’ve ever seen and a lot of them I’ve never seen. This is where they spent about half of the $23,000,000 budget of the movie! So let’s get back to it, now…Go!
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