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Hey everyone, we finally watched Big Trouble in Little China! You all said we would love this movie and guess what... you were absolutely right!! Kurt Russell is so dang charming and we've loved every John Carpenter movie we've seen, so it totally makes sense that we loved this wild ride of a movie! Thank you so much for suggesting we watch it ❤️❤️❤️

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Noah Vogt

Never have I been so excited for one of your reactions! Glad to read that y'all loved it. It's absolutely a top 3 Kurt Russell film for me and one of Carpenter's best. There's no bad Kurt Russell performance, but my Kurt Russell recommendations. - Overboard - Tango & Cash - Tombstone - Escape From New York - Unlawful Entry - Christmas Chronicles (but I'd wait until the Holiday Season to watch) - Dark Blue

MaplenutsReact

Yay! I remember you specifically recommending this movie, so a special thank you to you!! ❤️❤️❤️

This Justin

Im in the middle of watching this reaction now. I'm pulling to have someone react to a movie called Toy Soldiers, as it is a hidden gem. It's Die Hard meets Home Alone. It stars Sean Ashton (Sam Gamgee) and Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher).

This Justin

Regarding Kurt Russel, Escape from New York is one of my favs.

Noah Vogt

You're most welcome! 👍

Robert C

Captain Ron is a great Kurt Russell comedy.

Wade Wallenstein

Happy you enjoyed this! I had HBO growing up and this played on there often. Also happy nobody has ever tried to do a sequel or a remake. There is a couple of Graphic Novels called Big Trouble in Little China which is a sequel to the film and also Old Man Jack. Somebody even made a NES game for it in the style of a game called Bad Dudes! Search "[NES] Big Trouble in Little China DX" to see the gameplay. Some trivia: The Three Storms were partly the inspiration for the popular character of lightning god Raiden from Mortal Kombat fighting video game series, while David Lo Pan was the inspiration for the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung. And the three storms was inspired by the Lone wolf and cub movie. John Carpenter envisioned the film as an inverse of traditional scenarios in action films with a Caucasian protagonist helped by a minority sidekick. Jack Burton, despite his bravado, is constantly portrayed as rather bumbling; in one fight sequence he even knocks himself unconscious before the fight begins. Wang Chi, on the other hand, is constantly portrayed as highly skilled and competent. The vehicle Egg Shen drove in the movie was a 1936 White touring car. That car is now in Yellowstone National Park (the location, for which it was originally built), named "Hollywood," and gives tours out of Old Faithful.

MaplenutsReact

I really want to see that one!! I've heard it's great.

MaplenutsReact

Omg I need that graphic novel!! I also love your trivia... I knew I was getting Mortal Kombat vibes for a reason!

Robert Durant

Yeah the entire basis for the Jack Burton character is that he's really supposed to be the sidekick and his friend Wang Chi is the real hero but nobody picked up on this until years after the movie came out. And since people are recommending other Kurt Russell films I highly recommend the movie "Miracle", all about the true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and Kurt Russell plays the coach Herb Brooks. With the Olympics going on it would be a great film for you two to enjoy.

Oliver

Jack Burton is my spirit animal.

MaplenutsReact

I totally missed that he's the sidekick, it's such a fun idea! And thank you for the recommendation ❤️

MaplenutsReact

He's gotta be one of my most favorite characters in a movie ❤️

packersamurai

You guys are the best! Kurt Russel asks so many questions in this movie, if you were to do a supercut, it's the whole movie. "Ole Jack Burton always says, WHAT THE HELL?"

packersamurai

This reaction made me sign up to your Patreon. Too much wholesomeness to be denied!

packersamurai

BTW, the game of Fan-Tan they are playing at the beginning of the movie is Cockroach races.

Barry

Escape from L.A. (1996) and Soldier (1998)

Miles E Coburn

Great reactions, Chandra and Jordan! And I’m so very, very happy you enjoyed it. It is one of my favorite John Carpenter movies. I’ve seen a number of reactors who either didn’t like it, or didn’t understand it. I think when people don’t “get it” they don’t understand Jack Burton (Kurt Russell’s character) ISN’T THE HERO. The hero is Wang Chi (Dennis Dun), with Jack as the sidekick / comedy relief. The part of the movie that genuinely creeps me out is when the younger Lo Pan gets out of his chair and GLIDES across the screen. Just the way that movement looks makes me recoil. My favorite comedic part is when Jack is barreling down the corridor, backwards, in the old-style wheelchair. Just the look of panic on Jack’s face, the scream, and him desperately trying to grab onto the walls to slow himself sends me into fits of giggles.