Saturday Night Showcase> Big Trouble In Little China

Chinese gangs and ancient wizards beware. Jack Burton is in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA!

Big Trouble In Little China is a 1986 movie that has gained a cult following for being awesome in the most fun way possible. Kurt Russell is truck driver Jack Burton. Agreeing to help his friend Wang pick up his fiance, Miao Yin, from the airport, Jack and Wang are dragged into a world of dark magic when agents of David Lo-Pan kidnap Wang’s girl after Jack stops them from grabbing their intended target, who was in the care of a lawyer named Gracie. (The girl won’t matter to story past that.) All Lo-Pan wants is a girl with green eyes as part of a ritual to regain his flesh and blood body after 2000 years. I’m with Jack, if she doesn’t need to be Chinese, why DID it take so long? They add Gracie to the ritual and she’s American. Not even Chinese-American, the “descended from some European country” American.

Now Jack will stumble and fight his way (mostly stumble) to help Wang retrieve his girl and well as rescue his own lady. Oh, not Gracie; they also took his rig, the Porkchop Express. At least Jack knows a truck isn’t as important as a human life, so he’ll help Gracie, too.

I don’t know if the YouTube version is region locked. Tubi also has it available in the US, but this link doesn’t work for you, either, you really need to see this movie.  Also, YouTube made it so you have to go to the site itself to watch it, which I didn’t know until it was too late to look for everything else. I hate that! They’re still making all the ad revenue so I don’t see the point. That’s why I put the trailer up to help convince you. There’s also the music video I posted a couple of weeks ago that led to me finding out this was available for Showcasing. Enjoy.