EP. 13 - BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986)

Jack Burton brought a knife to a magic fight - and still somehow thinks he carried the team. Join us as we discuss "Big Trouble in Little China".

Recorded: 04.28.2026

- Flick Details -

Country of Origin: US

Release Date: July 2, 1986

Run Time: 1 Hr 39 Min

Director: John Carpenter

Cast: Kurt Russell (Jack Burton), Kim Cattrall (Gracie), Dennis Dunn (Wang), James Hong (David Lo Pan), Victor Wong (Egg Shen)

Budget: 25M

Box Office: 2.7M opening weekend US & Canada, 11M worldwide

Tagline: “Adventure doesn’t come any bigger!”

Watch On: Prime Video

IMDb - 7.2/10 (167K)

Letterboxd - 3.7/5 

Rotten Tomatoes - 71% critic / 82% audience

Metacritic - 53 critic / 7.3 audience

Critic Consensus (RT) - “Brimming with energy and packed with humor, Big Trouble in Little China distills kung fu B-movies as affectionately as it subverts them.”

Movies around the same time: Top Gun, Platoon, Cobra, Ferris Bueller, Labyrinth, Stand By Me, Three Amigos, Short Circuit

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 3.1

Jesse: 3.6

Dawson: 4.2

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