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Splatter University Rating - 9 out of 10 skulls
Not a splatter film, but this gem is so good, it deserves to be here. More of a action/comedy than horror, this unofficial sequel to "Buckaroo Banzai" is one of John Carpenter's greatest films. Kurt Russell steals the show as Jack Burton, the dimwitted pig trucker who helps out his friend Wang Chi in rescuing his fiancee from the evil David Lo Pan, a 2000 year old villian.
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Availabilty - On dvd
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BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986)
Action/Adventure/Fantasy
A cult favorite (and one of director John Carpenter's personal favorites), BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is a fantasy-action film that is brilliantly imaginative, funny, and absorbing. Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown. An ancient Chinese prince and Chinatown crimelord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancee to Jack's best friend. Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless and immortal spirit. Carpenter uses all the best elements of martial arts films, 1940s old action serials, Chinese mythology and straight-forward American adventure to make up a tale wild with imagination. Kurt Russell is wonderful as the brash, brave, and reluctant hero Jack Burton, who is hysterically out of place in this world of magic potions, goblins and curses. A visually stunning work that ranks as one of Carpenter's best films.
CAST
Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Dennis Dun, Victor Wong
DIRECTOR
John Carpenter
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