Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Name: Big Trouble in Little China
Director: John Carpenter
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Released: 1986
Duration: 100 min

"Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun."

ThumbScore

👍 87%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 62% (RT: 72%, MC: 53)

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Director

John Carpenter

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG-13

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

7.2/10 (3,274 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

72%

Metacritic

Cast

Kurt Russell as Jack Burton · 76% avg

Kim Cattrall as Gracie Law · 72% avg

Dennis Dun as Wang Chi

James Hong as David Lo Pan · 73% avg

Victor Wong as Egg Shen · 77% avg

Kate Burton as Margo · 68% avg

Donald Li as Eddie Lee

Carter Huang Chia-Ta as Thunder

Is Big Trouble in Little China good?

Yes. 87% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 62%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#219 / 1971 · Action

Rank in its year

#14 / 58 · 1986

Rank among its director's films

#7 / 18 · John Carpenter

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗