THE best Carpenter-Russell collaboration
John Carpenter had a string of hit movies with Kurt Russell. Some are far more famous such as The Thing or Escape from New York, but hands down, in my opinion their greatest collaboration was Big Trouble in Little China released in 1986.<br /><br />First, it was one of the first American movies to include Hong Kong style action production, and actually brought over one of their martial arts stars, Carter Wong, to be featured in this movie.<br /><br />Things start with Victor Wong being interviewed by a San Francisco attorney about what happened with Jack Burton, Russell’s character. Wong talks about the role of magic. He warns it always starts off with something very small and miniscule and then becomes much bigger. That’s foreshadowing what will happen in the story.<br /><br />Jack Burton, a truckdriver roles into San Francisco and wins a huge amount of money from his friend Dennis Dun playing Wang Chi. Dun says he’ll pay him back, but first he has to pick up his fiancé from the airport. There she’s kidnapped by a gang calling itself the Lords of Death who work for an infamous and mysterious businessman, David Lo Pan played by James Hong. Things turn towards the supernatural afterward. First, during a gang battle between the Lords of Death and a rival gang of good guys the Chang Sing the Three Storms appear representing the elements of thunder, rain and lighting. One of them is played by Hong King star Carter Wong. The Storms quickly dispatch the Chang Sing. Then David Lo Pan shows up and is untouched when he’s run over by Burton’s truck. It turns out Lo Pan wants Dun’s fiancé to end a thousands year curse. Russell and Dun have to save the woman and fight off Lo Pan with the help of Victor Wong who is a Chinatown magician.<br /><br />The movie is great from beginning to end.<br /><br />First, Russell lays down a series of great lines one after another. For example, “I’m a reasonable guy. But, I’ve just experienced some unreasonable things.” or “You people sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning. And if we’re not back by dawn…call the president.”<br /><br />Second, the action and especially the fighting is in Hong Kong Kung Fu style. That means lots of leaping and flying via wires.<br /><br />Third, the movie doesn’t take itself too seriously. Jack Burton is completely over the top. That’s to keep things light and funny. Basically the movie was not afraid to laugh at itself.<br /><br />All together this is why Big Trouble In Little China is worth your viewing time. It is the quintessential John Carpenter movie.
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