As
absurd as the poster for the movie Big Trouble In Little China is, it
doesn't lie. A lot of movies from the 80's will have crazy ass
posters and b full of things that never even happen in the movie.
Everything on this is in the movie. Swords, guns, wizards, a big ass
truck. All of that is in this. I had not seen this movie in a while
and forgot how insane it was and also how ineffective Jack Burton
played by Kurt Russell was.
Burton
is a trucker that ends up giving his friend a ride and gets caught up
in the middle of a kung fu gang war in an alley. Then all of a sudden
some guys come down from the sky shooting lightning and blades and
start killing everyone. Then Lo Pan shows up and gets run over by the
truck but lives and blinds Burton with lights from his mouth and
eyes. This all happens!
At an
airport a green eyed Asian chick is kidnapped. A reporter played by
Kim Cattrall who has been hot for decades joins them because she
thinks Lo Pan is just an old ass business man that never shows his
face. Jack and his friend get taken while at a brothel and the movie
just gets stranger from here. There are fur monsters, eyeball
monsters, and more lightning fights.
This
movie was made 30 years ago and directed by John Carpenter. The
special effects manage to still look good all this time later. I
remember seeing this when I was little and I wanted so bad to have
the ability to shoot kung fu lightning from my hands. I also realized
while watching this that Burton gets his ass kicked a lot and the
guys whose names I don't know do the most damage to bad guys. During
the biggest battle scene Burton knocks himself out.
This
movie ends in a way that could possibly lead to a sequel but that
never happened. I don't think I'd want it to at this point or even a
remake. God, that would be depressing. If I wore tanktops outside of
the house I would own a Jack Burton style tanktop but not those
boots. Those are women boots. I don't care what anyone says.
2 comments:
One of my favorite movies. I used to be able to say every line in the movie before the character did. Been awhile since I've watched it though.
You should check it out. It aged very well considering how long ago it came out.
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