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Big Trouble in Little China
1986
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Big Trouble in Little China
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Average Rating
3.8
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2.5
Its a good enough performance, but it needs a movie around it, and a movie needs characters.
Rogerebert
2.0
A few monsters are gross and may frighten kids too young to see through the obvious costumes.
Common Sense Media
5.0
Contains the single drop dead funniest moment in all of Carpenters filmography.
E Film Critic
5.0
Best of all is an outstanding commentary track by Russell and Carpenter, who have made five films together.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
This is just one of those movies that... lives and breathes on the back of its star.
You Tube
1.5
The film is probably best characterized by a comment from a review quoted in the DVD commentary by Kurt Russell: Absolutely fabulous and terminally hi ..
Pop Matters
4.5
Kurt Russell has a blast the infinitely charming and dashing All American hero Jack Burton.
Cinema Crazed
4.0
It might just be the most unintentionally funny piece of film to survive the 1980s.
Bullz-Eye
3.8
The whole movie is a winking exercise in collective madness that happily proceeds at breakneck speed, the better to avoid questions.
Groucho Reviews
5.0
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
3.5
Correspondingly, for every genuine martial arts feat or gruesome monstrosity, theres a sequence of riotous slapstick to counter the brief seriousness.
4.0
This is a bizarre, fun, action packed film, filled with wild characters and an adventurous, imaginative and campy spirit.
Matts Movie Reviews
3.0
Given that its ridiculousness is often strained, Big Trouble should be an even bigger drag than it is, yet Russell repeatedly elevates the material wi ..
Nicks Chager
4.5
It is an odd, sometimes nightmarish delight and one that rewards multiple viewings by those brave or foolish enough to return to this cinematic middle ..
Battleship Pretension
5.0
Naturally, it took the rise of post modernism in the next decade for people to notice the greatness in it, but Carpenter at once understood the comple ..
Cine Passion
4.0
Kung fu, monsters, sorcery, 18 wheelers, swordfights and world saving heroics against impossible odds: What more could you want
Net Flix
1.0
I knew we would have fun talking about it, but this movie was so crazy it almost feels unfair...its so out of pocket.
Podomatic
5.0
The high octane action comedy takes all that was worthwhile from decades of B flicks and distills it into a maximum concentration explosion of cinemat ..
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