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Big Trouble in Little China
1986PG-131h 40m7.2 / 10
Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun.
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
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Synopsis
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
Cast, crew and production details
About Big Trouble in Little China
Cast
Kurt RussellJack Burton
Kim CattrallGracie Law
Dennis DunWang Chi
James HongDavid Lo Pan
Victor WongEgg Shen
Kate BurtonMargo
Donald LiEddie Lee
Carter Huang Chia-TaThunderCredits
- Directed by
- John Carpenter
- Written by
- David Z. Weinstein, Gary Goldman
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $11.1M
Production
- Taft Entertainment PicturesUnited States
20th Century FoxUnited States
SLM Production GroupUnited States
Themes
1980sadventurerawestruckchinatownfantasyhilariouskidnappingkung fumagicmartial artsmercenarymysteriousmythologysan francisco, california
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