Big Trouble in Little China
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Oct 28, 2026
JimHOST
All right.
JimHOST
And if you haven't heard of John Carpenter, They Live, Escape from New York, Escape from L.A., The Thing, Christine, Big Trouble in Little China.
JimHOST
He actually did the, do you guys remember the movie Starman with Jeff Bridges? Yeah.
JimHOST
That was him.
Neil RogersHOST
Um, uh and i think uh yeah who else could do a sasha movie but john carpenter so yeah really really like this one uh we're moving into our top 10 now and as you said we're on some masterpieces so tell me what's coming in at number 10 for you jack
JackGUEST
big trouble in little china
Neil RogersHOST
wow okay that is coming in at my third um that is really high i absolutely adore this movie
JackGUEST
i could wake up tomorrow and this could be number three Like that's how, that's how amazing this like list of 10 movies is.
Neil RogersHOST
Jack Burton is an amazing character.
Neil RogersHOST
We love Jack Burton on this podcast.
Neil RogersHOST
We would have talked about Jack Burton and Big Trouble in Little China when we talked about Sam Raimi.
Neil RogersHOST
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Matt SingerHOST
by grossly spewing in their mouths, which is absolutely disgusting, and also probably kind of a metaphor for the AIDS crisis, which was very much happening at the time.
Matt SingerHOST
It's got a little bit of Big Trouble in Little China.
Matt SingerHOST
It has several of that movie's stars, including Dennis Dunn and Victor Wong.
Matt SingerHOST
And it's also got some Halloween in there, this idea that evil exists.
WhiteyHOST
He did Elvis the TV movie.
WhiteyHOST
No, then he does Escape from New York, then he does Big Trouble in Little China.
WhiteyHOST
Or Starman.
WhiteyHOST
Oh, Starman, yeah.
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DanHOST
I like who John Carpenter became.
DanHOST
I love some of his films.
DanHOST
The Thing and Big Trouble in Little China are some of my favourite films that we ever talk about.
DanHOST
This film is fucking awful.
DustinHOST
Yeah.
DustinHOST
This movie lives in the Big Trouble in Little China universe.
CharlieHOST
I could see that.
DustinHOST
Possible.
DustinHOST
No, but this movie lives in...
DustinHOST
I'm like, man, I feel like it could live there.
DustinHOST
We're going to Chinatown.
DustinHOST
I was like, I fucking knew it.
JoeHOST
He's like a classic henchman, martial artist, always a bad guy.
JoeHOST
Big Trouble in Little China.
JoeHOST
Big Trouble in Little China, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Rapid Fire, one of my faves.
JoeHOST
I know him
MarkHOST
as Genghis Khan from Bill and Ted.
NathanHOST
Yeah.
NathanHOST
I think I was reading a little bit that like this movie comes after Big Trouble in Little China.
Matthew NevesHOST
Oh, okay.
Matthew NevesHOST
Underperforms.
Matthew NevesHOST
Yeah.
NathanHOST
right and actually made money it actually made money it made 14 million theatrically
Matthew NevesHOST
that makes sense though because I think two of the actors from Big Trouble are in this film it was Dennis Dunn Walter and Victor Wong the professor yes they were both in it which is funny because their performances in Big Trouble are obviously more comedic than this film and i think it just shows their acting range and it shows that carpenter wanted to work with them again and that's why i think this cast despite it having those 80s moments of cliches
NathanHOST
yeah
Jacob LuxHOST
His next film two years later in 1986, however, is incredibly memorable, as there really isn't another film anything like it.
Jacob LuxHOST
I'm talking, of course, about the Kurt Russell starring Big Trouble in Little China.
Jacob LuxHOST
Russell plays a bumbling truck driver that stumbles his way into a rescue attempt in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Jacob LuxHOST
Along the way, he encounters all sorts of crazy kung fu-inspired characters and a sorcerer attempting to break a centuries-old curse.
Arnold T. BlumbergHOST
And hear it.
Arnold T. BlumbergHOST
Big Trouble in Little China is written by Gary Goldman and David Weinstein, but it's a John Carpenter movie.
Arnold T. BlumbergHOST
Then you get into the 90s.
Arnold T. BlumbergHOST
Memoirs of an Invisible Man, I feel, is where things go way off the rails.
Neil RogersHOST
Once a month, we here at The Complete Picture will endeavour to traverse our way across the filmographies of some of the world's most exciting, notable, and, for better or worse, interesting filmmakers that have graced the silver screen.
Neil RogersHOST
As I said, today we are discussing the works of John Carpenter, a renowned master of horror and accomplished filmmaker, who is famous for bringing the slasher genre to the mainstream with Halloween, his iconic collaborations with Kurt Russell across pictures like The Thing, Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China, etc., and for crafting dread-infused synth scores that have been the soundtrack to our nightmares for decades.
Neil RogersHOST
Joining me to discuss this great filmmaker, I am thrilled to welcome Jack Warren back to the podcast for the second time.
Neil RogersHOST
Jack is a Dublin-based filmmaker and programmer hailing from the haunted hills of New York State.
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Neil RogersHOST
I mean, who's your favorite out of the collaborators that you've seen pop up throughout his career?
Jack WarrenGUEST
Oh, man.
Jack WarrenGUEST
Well, the last, the movie, shamefully, which I had not watched until this podcast recording is big trouble in little china and kurt russell is just so stellar in that movie the
Neil RogersHOST
best he's the best and and so that's been
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