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1986 • 1h 40min • PG-13 • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Big Trouble in Little China

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

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.

IMDb 7.2

RT 75%

MC 53

Director

John Carpenter

Writers

David Z. Weinstein

W.D. Richter

Composer

John Carpenter

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Kurt Russell

Jack Burton

Kim Cattrall

Gracie Law

Dennis Dun

Wang Chi

James Hong

David Lo Pan

Victor Wong Chi-Keung

Egg Shen

Kate Burton

Margo

Donald Li

Eddie Lee

Carter Huang Chia-Ta

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Kurt Russell Jack Burton

Kim Cattrall Gracie Law

Dennis Dun Wang Chi

James Hong David Lo Pan

Victor Wong Chi-Keung Egg Shen

Kate Burton Margo

Donald Li Eddie Lee

Carter Huang Chia-Ta Thunder

Peter Kwong Rain

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Suzee Pai Miao Yin

Chao-Li Chi Uncle Chu

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