Title: Big trouble in little China
Original Title: Big trouble in little China
Year: 1986
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 99 Minutes (1 hour 39 min)
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Genre: Action Adventure Comedy
- Studios: 20th Century Studios
- Distributor: 20th Century Studios
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- United States: July 02 1986
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Plot
Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) is a lorry driver in the city of San Francisco. One day in the Chinese part of town of the city he wins a big sum of money off Wang Chi (Dennis Dun). The man promises to give him his money but only if he goes and picks up is fiance, Miao Yin, from the airport. He agrees to this but when he gets to the airport the girl is kidnapped by Chinese gangsters. Jack will decide to save the girl but that will mean going inside the dangerous world of Lo Pan, a 2000 year old magician who governs the world of spirits. He will have to fight against demons and strange threats in his race to save the girl before it's too late.
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Videos
Original trailer for 'Big trouble in little China
April 5 2017
Modern trailer for 'Big trouble in little China
April 5 2017
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Trivia
Fever
Kurt Russell suffered a bad case of the flu during the scene just after the brothel, so the sweat on his body is real, caused by the fever.
Mortal Kombat
The Three Storms were partly the inspiration for the popular character of thunder god Raiden from Mortal Kombat fighting video game series. while David Lo Pan was the inspiration for the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung.
Almost western
According to John Carpenter and Kurt Russell in the DVD commentary, the story was originally written as a western, but Carpenter decided to set it during modern times.
Soundtrack from 'Big trouble in little China'
Big Trouble in Little China
Compuesta por
John Carpenter
Interpretada por
The Coupe de Villes
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