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A Balasaur Score of 67 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 65%, Metacritic 53/100. Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 76% of the 758 1980s action movies in this catalog.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes65%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
3,508 audience votes
Key crew
- David Z. WeinsteinScreenplay
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Alan HowarthOriginal Music Composer
- John CarpenterDirector
- Gary GoldmanScreenplay
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-TaThunder
- Peter KwongRain
- James PaxLightning
- Suzee PaiMiao Yin
- Chao Li ChiUncle Chu
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Themes
martial artskung fumagicsan francisco, californiakidnappingchinatownmercenarymythologytruck driveradventurermysterious1980s
The Best Movies of 1986
Big Trouble in Little China is #56 of 60
