
REVIEW: Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
In a nutshell: On a brief stopover in San Francisco, long-distance trucker Jack Burton finds himself in over his head, caught in between a battle of good and evil supernatural forces in and around Chinatown. Big Trouble in Little China is an odd beast. Originally written as Western, the film views Eastern mysticism through an American lens, including moments of both horror and slapstick. It’s lead, Jack Burton, to put it bluntly, is a self-deluded buffoon and in reality, actu