Big Trouble in Little China

May 30, 1986

1h 40m

★ 7.2

Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun.

Overview

Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Fantasy

Adventure

Production Companies

Taft Entertainment Pictures

20th Century Fox

SLM Production Group

Big Trouble in Little China Trailers

Cast

Jack Burton

Kurt Russell

Gracie Law

Kim Cattrall

Wang Chi

Dennis Dun

David Lo Pan

James Hong

Egg Shen

Victor Wong Chi-Keung

Margo

Kate Burton

Eddie Lee

Donald Li

Thunder

Carter Huang Chia-Ta

Rain

Peter Kwong

Lightning

James Pax

Miao Yin

Suzee Pai

Uncle Chu

Chao-Li Chi

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