Log-in to add movie to favourites

Movie added to favourites

Movie removed from favourites

Big Trouble in Little China

When trucker Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi, to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a perfect target for immortal sorcerer Lo Pan—who must marry a girl with green eyes so he can regain his physical form.

Director

John Carpenter

Year

Genre

action, adventure, comedy, fantasy

Box Office

$11,100,000

Production

TAFT Entertainment Pictures,20th Century Fox,SLM Production Group

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Homepage

http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/big-trouble-in-little-china/

You Might Also Like

Escape from New York, They Live, Enemy Mine, Prince of Darkness, Excalibur, This Is Spinal Tap, Highlander, Christine, Midnight Run, The Thing, Village of the Damned, Flesh+Blood, Crossing Over, Year of the Dragon, Escape from L A, Shrek Forever After, The Last Emperor, Army of Darkness, Sid and Nancy

Jack Burton

Gracie Law

Wang Chi

David Lo Pan

Egg Shen

Margo

Eddie Lee

Thunder

Rain

Lightning

Miao Yin

Uncle Chu

Needles

Joe Lucky

One Ear

White Tiger

Mrs. O'Toole

Chinese Girl in White Tiger

Pinstripe Lawyer

Chang Sing #1

Chang Sing #2

Chang Sing #3 (as Ken Endoso)

Chang Sing #4

Chang Sing #5

Chang Sing #6

Wounded Chang Sing

Sewer Monster

Chinese Guard

Tara

Chinese Gambler (as Paul Lee)

Wing Kong Hatchet Man

Wing Kong Hatchet Man

Wing Kong Hatchet Man (as Willie Wong)

William S. Wong

Wing Kong Hatchet Man

Wing Kong Hatchet Man

Yukio G. Collins

Wing Kong Hatchet Man

Bill M. Ryusaki

Wing Kong Hatchet Man

Wing Kong Hatchet Man

Wing Kong Hatchet Man (as Daniel Inosanto)

Wing Kong Hatchet Man

Wing Kong Security Guard

Wing Kong Security Guard (as Daniel Eric Lee)

Female Wing Kong Guard

Female Wing Kong Guard (as Dian Tanaka)

Female Wing Kong Guard

Donna L. Noguschi

Female Wing Kong Guard

Customs Agent (scenes deleted)

William B. Snider

Worker in Chinatown

Priestess

Dawna Lee Heising

Street Person

Chang Sing Member

Chang Sing Fighter in Ally

Wing Kong Hatchet Man

Wing Kong Man - Extra

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

View All Cast

No reviews yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this movie

Explore 176 Clips

Jack Burton Egg Shen Uncle Chu Wang Chi Thunder Margo White Tiger Pinstripe Lawyer Miao Yin

Would you stop rubbing your body up against mine - Big Trouble in Little China

Would you stop rubbing your body up against mine

We take what we want and leave the rest - Big Trouble in Little China

We take what we want and leave the rest

There have been others - Big Trouble in Little China

There have been others

OK. But if I'm gonna be your attorney, there are a few things I have to know that still don't make a - Big Trouble in Little China

OK. But if I'm gonna be your attorney, there are a few...

See? That was nothing. But that's how it always begins. Very small. - Big Trouble in Little China

See? That was nothing. But that's how it always begins....

This is Jack Burton at the Pork-Chop Express and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin'. - Big Trouble in Little China

This is Jack Burton at the Pork-Chop Express and I'm...

It's like I told my last wifeI says Honey I never drive faster than I can seeBesides that it's all in the reflexes - Big Trouble in Little China

It's like I told my last wifeI says Honey I never drive...

You just listen to the Pork-Chop Express and take his advice on a dark and stormy night. - Big Trouble in Little China

You just listen to the Pork-Chop Express and take his advice...

When some wild eyed maniac grabs your necktaps the back of your head up against a barroom wallhe looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if you've paid your duesyou just stare that big sucker back in the eye and remember what Jack Burton always saysHave - Big Trouble in Little China

When some wild eyed maniac grabs your necktaps the back of...

Well, you see, I'm not sayin' that I've been everywhere and I've done everything. - Big Trouble in Little China

Well, you see, I'm not sayin' that I've been...

I can't believe you're stuck on even. - Big Trouble in Little China

I can't believe you're stuck on even.

- What do we got? - Big Trouble in Little China

- What do we got?

Heaven and earth, boys. - Big Trouble in Little China

Heaven and earth, boys.

Is this gonna get ugly now I hope notI thought what we were here racial differences asidewas a coupla old friends both of us Californians - Big Trouble in Little China

Is this gonna get ugly now I hope notI thought what we were...

Nothin' or double. - Big Trouble in Little China

Nothin' or double.

You'll gang up on Jack so fast he won't know what the hell happened - Big Trouble in Little China

You'll gang up on Jack so fast he won't know what...

OK. But not that bottle. This bottle. - Big Trouble in Little China

OK. But not that bottle. This bottle.

OK. You're outta your mind, Wang. God bless ya! - Big Trouble in Little China

OK. You're outta your mind, Wang. God bless ya!

I gotta go somewhere No you don'tI do How about we meet in my restaurant in a few hours I pay thenYou pay now Where you gotta go The airportYeah right Over my dead body If need be - Big Trouble in Little China

I gotta go somewhere No you don'tI do How about we meet...

So who are we pickin' up A girl I don't wanna talk about itA girl Where from PekingThis is a big day in my life I should have gone home and gotten 40 winksA girl from China All right I never done thatI picked up girls from everywhere else but never from - Big Trouble in Little China

So who are we pickin' up A girl I don't wanna talk...

That's why the bottle didn't slice My mind and my spirit are goin' north and south - Big Trouble in Little China

That's why the bottle didn't slice My mind and my...

Flight number 26 has just arrived at gate number seven. - Big Trouble in Little China

Flight number 26 has just arrived at gate number seven.

Whoa. Who is that? She has green eyes. You know how rare that is, Jack? - How can you tell from here - Big Trouble in Little China

Whoa. Who is that? She has green eyes. You know how rare...

- Can I ask you a serious question? - Big Trouble in Little China

- Can I ask you a serious question?

Wait a minuteDon't Don't whatThe Lords of Death Street gang Punks from Chinatown What are they doing here - Big Trouble in Little China

Wait a minuteDon't Don't whatThe Lords of Death...

Let's you and me have a little talk, friend. - Big Trouble in Little China

Let's you and me have a little talk, friend.

Wait a minute, pal. - Big Trouble in Little China

Wait a minute, pal.

Where? Call the cops! - Big Trouble in Little China

Where? Call the cops!

Son of a bitch must pay - Big Trouble in Little China

Son of a bitch must pay

What's goin' on, Wang? - Big Trouble in Little China

What's goin' on, Wang?

What the hell They got a clubhouse where they hang outTo sharpen their knives I can't ask you toWhere is it Thank you Jack - Big Trouble in Little China

What the hell They got a clubhouse where they hang outTo...

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. - Big Trouble in Little China

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

- Go right, down that alley. - Big Trouble in Little China

- Go right, down that alley.

- Where the hell are we? - Big Trouble in Little China

- Where the hell are we?

No. Keep moving. - Big Trouble in Little China

No. Keep moving.

- What is it? - Big Trouble in Little China

Wang, these guys, these Sing Dings. - Big Trouble in Little China

Wang, these guys, these Sing Dings.

- What's happening, Wang? - Big Trouble in Little China

- What's happening, Wang?

- Don't look, Jack! - Big Trouble in Little China

- Don't look, Jack!

He says it was the Storms. - Big Trouble in Little China

He says it was the Storms.

Don't look Jack I already did - Big Trouble in Little China

Don't look Jack I already did

Lucky us. - Big Trouble in Little China

Mutual Fidelity Insurers of SacramentoWell there's gotta be a listing honey I pay 'em six G's a year in premiumsChina is here Mr Burton The Chang Sing the Wing KongThey've been fighting for centuries What does that mean China is hereI don't know what that - Big Trouble in Little China

Mutual Fidelity Insurers of SacramentoWell there's...

I don't know what that means All I know is this Lo Pan character comes out of thin airin the middle of an alley while his buddies fly around cuttin' everybody to shredsand he stands there waiting for me to drive my truck straight through himwith light - Big Trouble in Little China

I don't know what that means All I know is this Lo Pan...

Yeah it did Two hours ago Tall guy weird clothes First you see him then you don't - Big Trouble in Little China

Yeah it did Two hours ago Tall guy weird clothes First you...

I'm gonna tell you about an accident and I don't wanna hear act of God OK - Big Trouble in Little China

I'm gonna tell you about an accident and I don't...

What are you doing here Don't panic It's only me Gracie Law - Big Trouble in Little China

What are you doing here Don't panic It's only me...

This is my neighborhood Sure it was a warAnd anybody that showed up was gonnajoin Lem Lee in the hell of being cut to piecesHell of being what The Chinese have a lotta hells - Big Trouble in Little China

This is my neighborhood Sure it was a warAnd anybody that...

And what the hell is Gracie Law doing here She can't get enough of me - Big Trouble in Little China

And what the hell is Gracie Law doing here She can't...

But I have it on good advice that the punks thatjumped me and took his truckthey took the girl they kidnapped to the White Tiger's for a quick sale Who was sheMy fiancée The White Tiger's Oh God I'm sorryIf we go tonight we can buy her back A warrant's - Big Trouble in Little China

But I have it on good advice that the punks thatjumped me...

Then that was your abandoned truck Abandoned like hell - Big Trouble in Little China

Then that was your abandoned truck Abandoned like hell

Jack listen I need more of your help I can't pay you today OKShit How can I I need the cash for Miao YinAnd it's gonna cost She's got green eyes Seriously That's an extraIt's like leather bucket seats Double the price - Big Trouble in Little China

Jack listen I need more of your help I can't pay you...

- Relax. - I am relaxed. - Big Trouble in Little China

- Relax. - I am relaxed.

I'd go in there with you but they know my face and they'd wanna push it in - Big Trouble in Little China

I'd go in there with you but they know my face and...

Excuse me for a second, guys. - Big Trouble in Little China

Excuse me for a second, guys.

What's she doing now? - Big Trouble in Little China

What's she doing now?

That building there. - Big Trouble in Little China

That building there.

How do you do, ma'am? - Big Trouble in Little China

How do you do, ma'am?

- Too long. - Big Trouble in Little China

This is just so shocking I mean I mustjust be so monumentally naive - Big Trouble in Little China

This is just so shocking I mean I mustjust be so...

Wait a minute I'm a reasonable guybut I've experienced some unreasonable things - Big Trouble in Little China

Wait a minute I'm a reasonable guybut I've...

OK You people sit tight hold the fort and keep the home fires burningIf we're not back by dawn call the president - Big Trouble in Little China

OK You people sit tight hold the fort and keep the home...

- This is gonna take crackerjack timing. - Big Trouble in Little China

- This is gonna take crackerjack timing.

I love working nights. - Big Trouble in Little China

I love working nights.

Wang - Big Trouble in Little China

Good work, Jack. - Big Trouble in Little China

Good work, Jack.

What does that say? - Big Trouble in Little China

What does that say?

Goat butts against a hedge and its horns become entangled. - Big Trouble in Little China

Goat butts against a hedge and its horns become entangled.

- Look. - Yeah. - Big Trouble in Little China

- Look. - Yeah.

This is gonna take crackerjack timing Total concentration You ready Jack - Big Trouble in Little China

This is gonna take crackerjack timing Total concentration...

- You did that, right? - Big Trouble in Little China

- You did that, right?

Jack, check this out. - Big Trouble in Little China

Jack, check this out.

Of course the Chinese mix everything up Look at what they have to work withThere's Buddhism Confucianism and Taoist alchemy and sorceryWe take what we want and leave the rest Just like your salad bar - Big Trouble in Little China

Of course the Chinese mix everything up Look at what they...

Jesus Christ! - Big Trouble in Little China

Hey, you! - Big Trouble in Little China

Shit, Jack. - Big Trouble in Little China

I don't get this at all I thought Shut up Mr BurtonYou are not put upon this world to get it Come on Lo Pan is like - Big Trouble in Little China

I don't get this at all I thought Shut up Mr BurtonYou...

You got a tongue Dave Ask her yourself - Big Trouble in Little China

You got a tongue Dave Ask her yourself

Mr Burton if you have an influence over your youthful friend you better exert it nowOtherwise I will send both of you to the hell where people are skinned aliveIt's that simple UnderstandAre you crazy Is that your problem No he means it Jack - Big Trouble in Little China

Mr Burton if you have an influence over your youthful friend...

Are you crazy Is that your problem No he means it Jack - Big Trouble in Little China

Are you crazy Is that your problem No he means it Jack

When I find her I will marry her NeverCh'ing ti will be happy and my curse liftedYou can rule the universe from beyond the graveIndeed Or check into a psycho wardWhichever comes firstWhat I'm supposed to buy this shit 2 000 years and he can't find a broad - Big Trouble in Little China

When I find her I will marry her NeverCh'ing ti will be...

Ch'ing ti will be happy and my curse liftedYou can rule the universe from beyond the graveIndeed Or check into a psycho wardWhichever comes first - Big Trouble in Little China

Ch'ing ti will be happy and my curse liftedYou can rule...

You can rule the universe from beyond the graveIndeed Or check into a psycho wardWhichever comes first - Big Trouble in Little China

You can rule the universe from beyond the graveIndeed Or...

What I'm supposed to buy this shit 2 000 years and he can't find a broad to fit the billCome on Dave you must be doin' somethin' seriously wrong - Big Trouble in Little China

What I'm supposed to buy this shit 2 000 years and he...

There have been others to be sure There are always others are there notYou seem to be one who knows the difficulties between men and womenhow seldom it works outAnd yet we all keep trying like fools - Big Trouble in Little China

There have been others to be sure There are always others...

Who are these people Friends of yours Now this really pisses me off to no end - Big Trouble in Little China

Who are these people Friends of yours Now this really pisses...

- Are you OK, Jack? - Big Trouble in Little China

- Are you OK, Jack?

With the easing of trade restrictions, next year we'll start importing a lot of strange things from Peking. - Big Trouble in Little China

With the easing of trade restrictions, next year we'll...

Two three feet thick I'll bet Probably welded shut and covered with brick by nowDon't give up Jack OK Let's just chew our way outta here - Big Trouble in Little China

Two three feet thick I'll bet Probably welded shut and...

Which Lo Pan Little old basket case on wheels or the ten foot tall roadblock - Big Trouble in Little China

Which Lo Pan Little old basket case on wheels or the ten...

Big Trouble in Little China poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

When trucker Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi, to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a perfect target for immortal sorcerer Lo Pan—who must marry a girl with green eyes so he can regain his physical form.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: John Carpenter

Writer: Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter

Production: TAFT Entertainment Pictures,20th Century Fox,SLM Production Group

Genre: action, adventure, comedy, fantasy

Year: 1986

MetaScore: 53/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: $11,100,000

Released: 02 Jul 1986

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

Homepage: http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/big-trouble-in-little-china/

Also watch: Escape from New York, They Live, Enemy Mine, Prince of Darkness, Excalibur, This Is Spinal Tap, Highlander, Christine, Midnight Run, The Thing, Village of the Damned, Flesh+Blood, Crossing Over, Year of the Dragon, Escape from L A, Shrek Forever After, The Last Emperor, Army of Darkness, Sid and Nancy