'Big trouble in little China' trivia and fun facts

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.

Vestuario

In the scene where Kurt Russell is attempting to infiltrate the brothel, he is wearing the same outfit that he wore in 'Used Cars'

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.

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.