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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.
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Logline: |
A man battles for the life of his friends fiancee against an evil ancient magician underneath San Francisco's chinatown. |
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| Genres: |
Action/Adventure, Comedy and Science Fiction/Fantasy |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 39 min. |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 |
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| Distributors: |
20th Century Fox Distribution
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| Production Co.: |
Taft Entertainment Pictures, Barish Group, Monash Productions
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| Studios: |
20th Century Fox
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$10,985,994 |
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| Filming Locations: |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Produced in: |
United States |
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