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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

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    “Big Trouble in Little China is a far more enjoyable mash-up of classic Westerns, Saturday-morning serials, and Chinese wuxia than any of the Indiana Jones movies, with Kurt Russell in full bloom as Carpenter’s de rigueur hard-drinkin’, hard-gamblin’, wise-crackin’ loner hero—a bowling-alley John Wayne.” — Scott Foundas, The Village Voice

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    Made at the height of his creative powers, John Carpenter’s deliriously entertaining genre mashup collides martial-arts fantasy, supernatural horror, screwball comedy, and old-fashioned adventure serial into one gloriously overstuffed package. Kurt Russell stars as Jack Burton, a swaggering truck driver who believes he’s the hero of the story, only to find himself hopelessly out of his depth after stumbling into a hidden world of ancient sorcery beneath San Francisco’s Chinatown. Featuring lightning-shooting sorcerers, ghostly warriors, underground labyrinths, and one of Carpenter’s greatest ensembles, Big Trouble in Little China gleefully upends action-movie conventions while delivering some of the most imaginative set pieces of the 1980s. A box-office disappointment in its day, it has since earned its place as one of the defining cult classics of the decade.

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    • Genre Action / Comedy
    • Director John Carpenter
    • Released 1986
    • Runtime 1h 39m
    • Rated PG-13
    • Studio 20th Century Fox / Disney
    • CountryUSA

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    7.2/10 IMDB Rating
    64% Tomatometer
    82% Audience Score

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