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Big Trouble in Little China

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Big Trouble in Little China

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Summary

Action adventure starring Kurt Russell as tough truck driver Jack Burton, who's drawn into a supernatural world beneath San Francisco's Chinatown when he attempts to rescue his best friend's fiancée from the clutches of an evil magician.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

John Ferguson

Horror maestro John Carpenter (Halloween) is clearly in awe of Hong Kong movies, but this brave attempt to fuse martial arts action with a westernised adventure story sadly doesn't quite gel. Kurt Russell makes an amiably inept hero as the dense lorry driver who gets mixed up with ancient Chinese cults and magic when he ventures beneath the streets of San Francisco. But the fight scenes are surprisingly stodgy and, in the end, the special effects take over.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameJack BurtonKurt RussellGracie LawKim CattrallWang ChiDennis DunLo PanJames HongEgg ShenVictor Wong (2)MargoKate BurtonEddie LeeDonald LiThunderCarter WongRainPeter KwongLightningJames PaxMiao YinSuzee PaiUncle ChuChao Li Chi

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rolenameDirectorJohn Carpenter

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Theatrical distributor

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Released on

1986-11-14

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence and swearing.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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