A cult favorite, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is a fantasy-action film that is brilliantly imaginative, funny, & absorbing. Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, & underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown. An ancient Chinese prince & Chinatown crimelord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancee to Jack's best friend. Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless & immortal spirit. Carpenter uses all the best elements of martial arts films, 1940s old action serials, Chinese mythology & straight-forward American adventure to make up a tale wild with imagination. Russell is wonderful as the brash, brave, & reluctant hero Jack Burton, who is hysterically out of place in this world of magic potions, goblins & curses. A visually stunning work that ranks as one of Carpenter's best films.