Episode 397: Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

The Projection Booth

Tv & Film, Film Interviews, Film Reviews, Film History

4.6 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2019

⏱️ 186 minutes

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Summary

John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China (1986) tells the story of Wang Chi (Dennis Dun), a restaurateur whose finance, Miao Lin (Suzee Pai), gets kidnapped by the nefarious forces of David Lo Pan (James Hong), a seemingly innocent old man who is actually the embodiment of the evil spirit of Lo Pan, a demon who needs a woman with green eyes in order to become corporeal again and begin his reign of terror on earth.

And, there are some other white people involved in the story, too.

Tony Black and Vincenzo Natali join Mike to discuss this bizarre mash-up of Chinese mysticism and American action that only W.D. Richter could write.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.5	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:07.1	This is Jack Burton and the Porkchop Express, and I'm talking to whoever's listening out there.
0:12.9	It's a pretty amazing planet we live on here, and a man would have to be some kind of fool to think we're all alone in this universe.
0:21.3	There is a hidden world where ancient evil weaves a modern mystery.
0:26.6	What's going on here? Is this some kind of...
0:28.5	Magic, the darkest magic.
0:30.7	Ow!
0:32.9	Yes.
0:35.0	They call it Little China.
0:36.8	Finally, we shall bring the order out of chaos
0:39.8	It's where big trouble was waiting for Jack Burton
0:49.2	Who? Jack Burton, me
0:52.0	Jack?
0:52.7	Jack!
0:54.0	They told him to go to hell We make one move Jack Burton, me. Jack. Jack!
0:56.2	They told him to go to hell.
0:58.3	We make one move.
1:02.1	And that's just where he's going.
1:07.8	Somebody, I don't care who tell me what is going on.
1:12.0	How are you going to spring us?
1:15.8	I have no idea.
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