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Summary: "John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China"
Review: Big Trouble in Little China (PG-13) [5}/5
Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, Kate Burton, Victor Wong.
Directed by: John Carpenter.
Synopsis: A tough guy truck driver and his friend must defeat a sorcerer that has kidnapped his friends fiancé.
Special Features: 2-Disc set: Feature Length Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Featurette, Interview, Still Gallery, Production Notes, Magazine Articles, Music Video, Trailers and TV Spots.
Review: The mother of all summer films comes to 2 disc glory at last! Wise talking tough guy truck driver Jack Burton (Russell), his friend (Dun), and the zaniest supporting cast in history must save their girls from the grips of an evil sorcerer in the depths of Chinatown. This hilarious action/comedy is one of my all time favorites. It sports action, comedy, and a clever script. Russell is fantastic as Jack Burton, Dun is great in one of his few film roles, Cattrall is cool as the love interest, but Victor Wong steals the show as the goofy Chinese wizard bent on taking out the evil Lo Pan. Carpenter directs to perfection with his trademark style again. He gives this film energy, style, and great pacing. As for the DVD? This is the DVD we fans have been waiting for. We revel in its two disc glory. All hail 20th Century Fox! All hail 20th Century Fox! Buy this now!
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Summary: Two parts comedy, one part action
Review: Director John Carpenter teams with Kurt Russell in this wonderfully unique spoof of the martial arts movie genre, and they hit on all cylinders in a film that is incredibly funny, surprisingly well-crafted, and just plain fun.Russell takes advantage of Gary Goldman and David Weinstein's script to deliver the best comic performance of his career as his swaggering trucker Jack Burton blunders through Chinatown in an attempt to recover his stolen truck and his friend's kidnapped fiancee. Masterminding the badguys is demon/ghost David Lo Pan, played wryly by James Hong. Hong parodies practically his whole career in this role, and has some priceless lines in so doing. His motive in the kidnapping is to marry a girl with green eyes, which will appease his demon-god and restore his lost vitality. The plot grows more absurd and hilarious as the movie progresses and Burton and his companion, Wang (Dennis Dun) enlist the aid of local magician Egg Shen (Victor Wong) to thwart Lo Pan. Russell and Dun are perfectly over-the-top in their deliveries, and they provide constant laughs to propel the movie rapidly along to its conclusion. It is very hard to find someone who doesn't like this movie, and with good reason. The film is so novel and so funny that it can be enjoyed over and over again--a real treasure.
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Summary: A Life Changing Experience
Review: Big Trouble In Little China. Big Trouble In Little China. Big Trouble In Little China. This Movie. I shouldn't even call it a movie, it is above that. This experience in perfection will never be beaten. It is and will always be the greatest movie ever made. Some people don't understand. They think, oh it is just some dumb movie with Kurt Russell in it. If you are one of these people, you are my mortal enemy. You don't understand what this movie is. I can't even write in words how good this movie is and i will not try. Just believe me when i say that this movie encompasses all that we as human beings enjoy when seeing a movie. John Carpenter and Kurt Russell are gods among men. All hail Big Trouble In Little China. It owns you all!
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Summary: Great! No other way to say it.
Review: More fun than ten barrels of monkeys, this movie is escapist entertainment at its sublime best. Outstanding humor, action, soundtrack, memorable performances from a great cast, and tight direction by John Carpenter combine for a terrific film. I've seen it many, many times, and there is something new to discover with every viewing. Highly recommended. Enjoy!
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Summary: Little Trouble with Big Trouble
Review: Director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell teamed up again for this martial arts fantasy from 1986. Hapless (but content) truck driver Jack Burton (Russell) is asked by his best friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun) to help resuce his kidnapped fiancee. The investigation takes them beneath the city of San Francisco's Chinatown, to the secret liar of Lo Pan (James Hong), a centuries old sorcerer who holds court over ancient spirits. Actress Kim Catrall tags along as Gracie Law, a thorn in Jack's side (and love interest)... The film is a rock 'em sock 'em adventure, that despite some problems, is lots of fun. BIG TROUBLE's...mix of martial arts and effects acts as a throw-back to the genre films of the 50s. Sometimes the plot gets a bit convoluted by too much eye candy. Still, I like the movie well enough to own the special edition 2 disc DVD set, as opposed to the single-disc version. There's no doubt though, that Carpenter and Russell enjoy working together. DISC 1-features the widescreen version of the film. It also has a kickin' DTS audio track that sounds cool. I have to say though, I was disappointed with the audio commentary, by Carpenter and Russell. The two men spend too much time on the track having a conversation about other things, rather than discussing the film, in any real way. DISC 2-has a generous amount of deleted scenes, the vintage making of featurette, an informative interview with effects guru Richard Edlund, a music video, and a few interactive magazine articles. The balance of the extras are your standard still gallery, production notes, theatrical trailers, and television spots A solid DVD set is offered, and despite a few reservations, is recommened with a **** star rating
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Summary: What more can I say but, DAMN!
Review: Listen. Stop right now and definitely don't even think about buying this if cheesy acting, even cheesier visual effects and music as well as gaping plot holes greatly affect your movie-viewing experience. Kurt Russell, with his loud mouth antics and John Wayne swagger plays Jack Burton, a California truck driver who, as it turns out, really doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. It gets him into a whole mess of trouble (hence the title) in San Francisco when his little Chinese buddy Wang loses his girl to a bunch of thugs. Wouldn't you know these thugs happen to be the minions of an ancient evil spirit, and when Wang and Jack, with a little help from some friends, try to take down this evil sorcerer with a little magic of their own, all hell breaks loose and the results are electrifying and hilarious. Definitely for fans of the Troma genre, Big Trouble in Little China demonstrates that all you need is some kick-ass fight scenes, Kurt Russell with a knife, and Kim Cattrall in a wet shirt and you have what I am proud to say is my favorite movie to watch on "a dark and stormy night." The Ox (the_ox@hungover.com)
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Summary: A Carpenter-Russell collaberation.
Review: John Carpenter's "Big Trouble In Little China" is an odd ball film in the Carpenter collection. It is a comedy first of all. Kurt Russell plays Jack Burton, a truck driver who's ego far exceed his skills. He is always in way over his head as the very anti-Ramboish hero. The film involoves Burton and his Chinnese-American friend going into San Francisco's Chinatown underworld looking for two kidnapped women. Burton, as I said, is the bumbling hero, and Kurt Russell is great at it. The movie is funny from beginning to end. It is also very ahead of it's time as far as kung-fu and Eastern Mystisism in American culture (way before "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"). Kim Catrall also dose a pretty good job as the romantic interest with a suprise at the end. The commentary is very funny to litsen to as John Carpenter and Kurt Russell talk about everything from the movie in question, to the TV mini-series they did together in 1980, "Elvis", and some slightly less relevent trivia. Their converstaion is very easy to listen to. They are friends and you can tell they really like each other, and that explins why their frequent collaberations are pretty good, if not always successful. But this is one of Carpenter's more underrated movies, and that isn't fair. They did not set out to make a serious movie, just a goofy, fantasy kung-fu adventure, and they pulled it off well.
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Summary: Double-disc edition is the only way to go for "Little China"
Review: This is one of those movies that just holds such a special place in my heart that I couldn't even try to play this review from an impartial standpoint. When I found out that they were putting out a double-disc special edition of it, I raced out and bought a DVD player. John Carpenter's modern-day Western with Russell as a big-mouthed hog trucker who gets caught up in San Fransico's Chinatown is just a tour de force of martial arts fantasy that never tries to take itself too seriously. Russell's Jack Burton is the hero who doesn't quite have what it takes to be a hero (ala Bruce Cambell's "Ash" from the Evil Dead movies) and he plays it perfectly. When his buddy's fiancee is kidnapped by Chinese mobsters and sacrificed to Little China's overlord, the evil David Lo Pan (a tremendously over-the-top James Hong), it's Jack to the rescue. If nothing else, "Little China" is a movie that knows how to have fun. It is an absolute blast from start to finish.
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Summary: A Carpenter-Russell collaberation.
Review: John Carpenter's "Big Trouble In Little China" is an odd ball film in the Carpenter collection. It is a comedy first of all. Kurt Russell plays Jack Burton, a truck driver who's ego far exceed his skills. He is always in way over his head as the very anti-Ramboish hero. The film involoves Burton and his Chinnese-American friend going into San Francisco's Chinatown underworld looking for two kidnapped women. Burton, as I said, is the bumbling hero, and Kurt Russell is great at it. The movie is funny from beginning to end. It is also very ahead of it's time as far as kung-fu and Eastern Mystisism in American culture (way before "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"). Kim Catrall also dose a pretty good job as the romantic interest with a suprise at the end. The commentary is very funny to litsen to as John Carpenter and Kurt Russell talk about everything from the movie in question, to the TV mini-series they did together in 1980, "Elvis", and some slightly less relevent trivia. Their converstaion is very easy to listen to. They are friends and you can tell they really like each other, and that explins why their frequent collaberations are pretty good, if not always successful. But this is one of Carpenter's more underrated movies, and that isn't fair. They did not set out to make a serious movie, just a goofy, fantasy kung-fu adventure, and they pulled it off well.
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Summary: Nothing or double I will see this movie again and again
Review: I cannot begin to describe how much I am a fan of this movie. I have the entire script memorized. I have muted the film and voiced out the entire film. My friends hate watching this with me; they think I am a freak. Big Trouble in little China is a whole lot of fun. China must be pretty bad these days if even Chinese wizards and Gods immigrated to the U.S. Which is good for us because it provides us with a lot of action packed hilarious entertainment. Kurt Russell acting like a klutzy John Wayne, every Asian that appeared on Bonanza, kung fu fights with six-shooters and Tommy Guns, Kim Cattrall before she banged everyone in New York. What else could you want? How about three storm Gods and big super charged fight on what looks like the stage of an Ozzy Osborne concert? I highly recommend this movie. If you don't like it then you are probably dead inside. Two things I wish were different about the film. 1. That they had advertised more so I would have seen it on the big screen. I never heard of this film until I saw it on video at a kids house I did not even like. 2. They had made a sequel. More Trouble in Little China, um Little Trouble in Big China, who knows all I want is a part two. Drunknerd@hotmail.com
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