A cult favorite (and one of director John Carpenter's personal favorites), '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. Kurt 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 ...(more)
A cult favorite (and one of director John Carpenter's personal favorites), '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. Kurt 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. (less)
