BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986) TWIN BROTHERS FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION!

Finally we have watched what could be considered one of the craziest, confusing and all around entertaining movies we've ever seen; Big Trouble in Little China is something everyone should see!
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[@robertmolton6761]

Kurt Russell's character is the audience's point of view, not ever knowing what the hell is going on.

[@nickthepeasant]

John Carpenter? Yes. Kurt Russell? Yes. Chinese folklore and random magic with a distinctly 80s flavour? YEEEEESS!

[@SupportGamin2024]

Fun fact:Big Trouble little china,is one of the movies that gave inspiration to the creation of the mortal kombat series

[@bjmombo]

The original Raiden😯

[@brockf5]

And shang tsung

[@lusciousmayweather8385]

Facts

[@dementare]

They even "Play the Game" when the two "Leaders" face off with their "Mystical powers" in the big fight. The Shang Tsung guy even looks like he's holding the "Controller" for the game system. I'd also bet the "Monster" inspired "Blanka" from Streetfighter. but that last bit is just my own speculation.

[@bjmombo]

@@dementare haha, you know good call! I always thought that scene was soo ridiculous lol, now that its "another" foreshadowing to the video game I have more respect for it haha. 😂

[@drewrayg]

I believe John Carpenter ( who directed this) described Jack Burton as a side character that thinks he is the lead character in his movie. And I believe that describes him and this movie to a T.

[@chrisleebowers]

Wang is the hero, Jack is the comic relief sidekick

[@jonnyyen7169]

Lo Pans quote says it all, "Mr. Burton, you were not brought upon this Earth to 'get it'!".

[@Acme1970]

INDEED!

[@jonnyyen7169]

@@Acme1970 I see what you did there. Lmfao

[@teddennison344]

One of the greatest lines in the history of Cinema.

[@togroglog2457]

This movie makes so much more sense once your realize WANG is actually the main character.

[@nimawhe]

Yep. It's pretty brilliant. Jack Burton is the hapless sidekick who thinks he's the hero.

[@secludedmisanthrope6388]

@@nimawhe Hold on, people didn't pick this up while watching the movie?!! He knocks himself out in the final fight...

[@mrneoneil999]

@@secludedmisanthrope6388 Yup and that's what makes it so funny

[@kylefisher5138]

@@nimawhe will you leave Jack Burton alone! ... we are in his debt (he did kill Lo Pan though .... )

[@stephenfox8685]

Actually you're near right. Director John Carpenter said that Jack is the main character, but he's so out of his depth, he seems like the sidekick. A unique and funny idea actually.

[@TumultuousM]

Imagine being like 11 years old seeing this for the first time. So much fun

[@mordicus420]

Yep I was that ago too 🔥🤘👊

[@floydster23]

I was 12. I saw it it three times at the cinema even though it was a failure and was only showing for about two or three weeks.

[@tiger1chu]

I was 10 and had my mind blown but as i got older, I appreciated it a lot more

[@TheMsLourdes]

Don't have to, I was there, and this movie is near and dear to my heart ;)

[@ozymandias192]

Real, my dad showed this to me when I was like 8, and this is still one of my favorite movies!

[@lestatdelc]

Truckers often talked to each other on CB radios (which is what Jack Burton is doing at the beginning of the film). And back in the day the metal detectors and security was only to get to the gates, and not in the main terminal.

[@Ugramosch]

Yeah, that was another time. we even could take a bottle of shampoo in our hand luggage and didn´t get shot for it.

[@natefuller4039]

CB radios are open broadcast, so a popular personality could almost have their own radio show in a sense, which is what Jack's doing.

[@hellavibesofficial]

This movie is filmed perfectly. Leaving the audience in the dark and asking " WTF is going on?! ", is exactly how Jack Burton feels the entire movie haha

[@tonyyul703]

They are the THREE STORMS........ ⛈️ THUNDER 🌧️ RAIN, AND LIGHTING ⚡ TOGETHER THEY ARE RAIDEN THE GOD OF THE THREE STORMS.... AND LO PAN IS THE INSPIRATION FOR SHANG TSUNG...

[@michelleaustin7322]

Wind not rain

[@OctoKrool]

SHANG TSUNG! I totally knew that was it but I totally forgot his name in the moment lol, it makes so much sense

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

@@michelleaustin7322 Thunder, Rain and lightning. When he appears in front of the two clans beating the shit out of each other, You can hear the shower sounds. IMDB (which gets its info from the releasing studio, lists Peter Kwong as "Rain".

[@Foksuh]

It's a movie where a guy wanders into a story and mythology he's got no clue about, much like the audience. We're just watching it from Burtons perspective, he's got an inflated view of himself and might think he's the hero, just like the audience expects. Wang is naturally the real hero while Jack is the loyal, reliable and trustworthy sidekick who's willing to help out his bud no matter how crazy shit gets.

[@chrisplett876]

Jack was the main character, but he wasn't the hero of the story. Wang was the hero and Jack was the sidekick. He just happened to be a sidekick that killed the main villain.

[@DTArtman]

Escape from New York, Top Gun, and True Lies are great films to watch.

[@bjmombo]

Sweet 3 choices😎

[@OctoKrool]

The only one I haven't seen is Escape from New York, it was also on the list this week! Hopefully we'll get to watch it soon :)

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Escape From New York is a ton of fun, like pretty much all John Carpenter movies.

[@jesselester9722]

@@OctoKrool please react to The Lost Boys (1987) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Interview With The Vampire (1994) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) Blood Simple (1984) The Others(2001) Black Hawk Down (2001) Gladiator (2000) Memento (2000) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) House Of Flying Daggers (2005) Hero(2002) 30 Days Of Night(2007) The Sixth Sense (1999) Poltergeist (1982) Carlito's Way (1993) Jackie Brown (1997) El Mariachi (1992) Desperado (1995) Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003) Ong Bak The Thai Warrior (2004) The Protector The International Cut (2005) Red Heat(1988) Coming To America (1988) The Blues Brothers (1980) An American Werewolf In London (1981) The Howling (1981) Gremlins (1984) Gremlins 2 The New Batch (1990) The Devil's Advocate (1997)

[@donsample1002]

Who's Jack talking to? Anyone with a CB radio who cared to listen. Today, he'd have a podcast.

[@HUEnshiro_do_Norte]

LOL! It does make fucking sense!

[@TimedRevolver]

The lightning guy in this is absolutely the inspiration for Raiden. Also, there's two movies you need to see: Showdown in Little Tokyo and Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon. I've only found one reaction to The Last Dragon. Would love to see how you two react to that cheese.

[@douglascampbell9809]

Show Nuff!!

[@jasonmartin9469]

Don't forget "Kung Fu Hustle"..One of my favs..

[@Ivy94F]

Classic 80s cheese! Loved it!!

[@jerryadams6799]

play time's ova, boy!

[@fighterck6241]

​@@douglascampbell9809the Shogun of Harlem!

[@OroborusFMA]

It's like a roleplaying game that came to life. There's a lot of Dungeons and Dragons in this movie, from the Beholder to the potions of heroism. Russell was doing a hammy John Wayne in this movie, much like Depp was doing Keith Richards in the Pirates movies.

[@OneEyedJack1970]

Potions of Heroism -- those were standard equipment for adventures I went on, in case we ran into undead (for some reason, we didn't have a cleric). Just give me a couple extra levels and cut me loose.

[@goglux2]

There's an actual board game based on this movie and it is very very good, Highly recommend it if you like the movie.

[@pietergreveling]

Same genre, same year, The Golden Child (1986)! 🤞🏻✌🏼

[@renacaseywilhelm]

yes!!! i was thinking the same thing!!

[@furqanmahdi8936]

Facts both good ass movies

[@amyfrench8678]

This is one of my guilty pleasure movies. I call it that because no one else I know likes it. So, I'm happy to see that others out there think it's worth a watch.

[@4000mack]

Nice one

[@valtonsteve1]

So I see u know movies..LETS GO!!!

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

This is really a film that needs to be seen a few times to truly understand how wonderful it really is.

[@BLACKWALLSTREET98]

This movie came out when I was 7 years old. I’m 42 now. This is the shit!! On a Sunday afternoon, rainy outside, you could ALWAYS count on HBO to show this.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

It's a movie that pokes fun at the genre but also honours it somehow. I am so glad Kurt Russell and John Carpenter made movies together. OK they were no Scorcese and De Niro but every movie Kurt starred in and John directed were timeless classics

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

You ask “Why would they need a truck?” They’re gangsters. They steal things & sell them, as gangsters do. They’ll sell it.

[@Heegaherger]

Fun Fact: This was originally written to be a Western, which explains much of it's quirks. Jack Burton is a sidekick in his own movie.

[@Cifer77]

This was such a great one! I knew a guy who had Jack's speech on the CB at the end completely memorized, and would just pull it out of nowhere in crowds of people lol. This movie is apparently free to watch on youtube too!

[@A_Drift...]

The genuine disbelief and envy in that, "Why is his hair so nice!?" 😆

[@mojosodope45]

Oh hell yes. One of the greatest movies ever made!

[@andresmejia2695]

True💯

[@jaycutie09]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES EVER😭😍

[@jmhaces]

That scene in the elevator where they start talking about how good they feel is the smoky juice kicking in.

[@shieasepuryear7038]

They don't make em like this anymore! Good stuff.

[@lianne2339]

They live is another John Carpenter film worth a watch.

[@Kainlarsen]

I love this movie so much. Jack Burton is basically *us*, the audience; We are the outsider looking in at a world that is far beyond our understanding, Jack is merely our guide. That said, for all his buffoonery, Jack is still a vital compainion to Wang. One alone could never have succeeded without the other. Jack is kind of the high-charisma Barbarian in the DnD party, while Wang is the Kensai. Egg-Shen is the Mage, Gracie is the Bard.

[@bambusbjorn3508]

This movie is a refreshing outburst of creativity

[@tsotighguy]

Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon is one y'all gotta watch soon!

[@franciscomendez4653]

There is a really badass commentary with this movie with Kurt Russell and the director John Carpenter

[@mitchclement3773]

Yeah I seen it.. Was funny in the beginning because they both haven't seen each other in so long and we're jus catching up lol.

[@McD5791]

That scene when Kurt is running to the truck with the security shooting at him - in the commentary they said that one of the 'squibs'(?) on the wall went off sooner than expected. Kurt and John's reaction to that always makes me smile.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

Yeah, as with most of their commentaries they’re working their way through a cooler full of beer as the movie goes on, just hanging out and being cool dudes. 😎

[@frankwhite630]

This is what the new mortal kombat movie tried to be but missed the ball entirely 😂

[@monsterlair]

KZbin reactors are FINALLY discovering this awesome movie!

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

And aren't doing fake crying

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. The three storms in this movies inspired the Raiden Character in the Mortal Kombat game, You should watch The Golden Child a movie that came out the same time with similar ideas.

[@derred723]

This is just classic wild, over the top, nonsensical wonderfulness. It's just crazy over the top adventure. Also i used to live in San Francisco and we'd be out partying at bars etc, and it was always fun to just imagine that a block away there's an underground world of demons and sorcerers and ninjas.

[@Ivy94F]

Omg, I would’ve absolutely loved to imagine that if I grew up there! That’s awesome, especially if you were a kid.

[@ajclements4627]

This film needed a sequel years ago when Kurt was in his prime. Try to check out The Last Dragon at some point, it’s a great, fun film.

[@garysmith3037]

I've watched this movie so many times, and it never grows stale to me, just a fun ride every time.

[@cwell510]

12:19 "What was that backscratchers!?" I'm dead😭😭😭

[@terririnella4032]

I always saw David Hong's fight with the Purple and Green figures as him playing a videogame, He's hitting the shoulder buttons and using the triggers

[@legionaireb]

Look more carefully. It's ACTUALLY Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots.

[@DanJackson1977]

This movie started out as a sequel script for The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (1984), which is very much like this, but even more random. But since it kinda bombed at the box office it was retooled. That flick is worth a watch. Like Big Trouble it has a huge cult following, and has one of the best casts of any 80s movie (Peter "Robocop" Weller, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd... and a bunch of others)

[@notsogood9449]

I can't believe that you guys are just now watching all these classic movies. What type of movies were you guys watching when you were growing up?

[@wheresatari668]

Kurt deserved an oscar for this performance.

[@albertjimeno5315]

Yeah right

[@moonfisher]

Knowing I grew up watching this and PeeWee’s Playhouse means that I know exactly why I’m such a weirdo now.

[@deborahlepage1789]

Lol. I like your suggestion of a tv series following Jack Burton on the road and periodically getting involved weird magic, supernatural things happening around the country. Jack is kind of Wang's sidekick here, so, maybe by making Jack and some sort of presence that brings everything together, like a prophecy "kick-starter" lol. Thanks for sharing guys.

[@ScarletWidow52]

I love the mirror confusion in amazement throughout this whole reaction

[@scottlouis]

Seriously one of my all time favs. I love the score, the music, the action, acting. So much fun. 💜💜

[@mikkaelrodriguez1770]

If you liked Kurt Russell in this role, you have to watch Escape from New York. He is a bad ass as Snake Plissken. You won't be disappointed.

[@kryaxe]

I love that you did a reaction to this film! I saw it back in the 80s and it's one of my favorite movies. It's a story about good vs evil. Lo Pan was an evil sorcerer for ancient China. He was cursed for his evil ways, and had to marry then sacrifice the girl to break the curse. Breaking the curse would allow him to take over the world and plunge it into darkness, and so the heroes had to stop him. Also, Wang needed his woman back! The smoky potion they drank that allows you to "Can see things no one else can see. Do things no one else can do." is the reason for most of Wang's flipping around. I feel Jack's "indifference to what was happening" as you put was that he want the money owed to him and this is what he needs to do to get it. He's also a good guy from the 80s, so of course he's going to help. About all the caskets that the Chin Sing (Yellow Turbans) would need for their allies, I like to think they would load them all on a flatbed trailer and have Jack pull it behind his truck for the service.

[@monicawism]

Another 80's cult classic is "The Princess Bride." Please react to it!!

[@mojoshivers]

I love that Jack is basically the sidekick in his own movie. Kurt Russell even confirmed that’s what they were going for, to have the point of view basically be someone who thinks they’re the hero but are actually just the plucky comic sidekick. Lol

[@reamce]

I like watcyhing Chris and his brother, Studly Meatforce.

[@martinholt8168]

The character of Raiden in MORTAL KOMBAT was in fact based on the Lightning Storm from this movie.

[@johnmcclay3016]

You guys are hilarious! One of my favorite rewatchable movies.

[@SZaccheo]

I love that you’ve kept Chubby Rain going!! Hahaha

[@OctoKrool]

Greatest film title ever made.

[@jacobnatal8440]

Egg shen is a magic sorcerer and he gave jack and wang a potion to do impossible things like flying and catching the knife in mid air. Lo Pan is a evil Sorcerer who was cursed a thousand years ago to live form less and needs to marry and kill a woman with green eyes to live again in flesh and blood. Wang girl was kidnapped by a Chinese gang so they could sell her to a brothel where she was kidnapped again because she has green eyes.

[@Ivy94F]

I loved your reaction to this movie. I was totally expecting a different movie when I first saw it and it blew my mind. WTF is going on??? Should be the tagline because its wild. This became one of my fav films!

[@pantlessreactions]

You can call me anything you want, just don't call me late for dinner

[@OctoKrool]

Our grandma literally said this to us all the time

[@tonyyul703]

Another CLASSIC you guys neeeed to watch is *The GOLDEN CHILD* with Eddie Murphy... It's funny, action packed, and the same guy who plays Mr. Egg Shin, is in it, as well as the Actor Charles Dance who you know as Tywin Lannister in GOT

[@pennyj777]

Yes! Love this movie guys! Crazy mind blowing. 😳😎

[@lusciousmayweather8385]

This movie came out when i was 8yrs old & it was my favorite movie. Then it really became my favorite movie when i was 16 & Smoking Weed 😂😂😂 That's When i realized Wang was the True Hero.😂😂

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

I was 9 years old loved it must have watched it on VHS millions of times

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

Watched this back in the late 80s early 90s was one of my favourite films in my early teens 👍 your reaction was hilarious

[@christinehorror8178]

Hey the shadow curtis and big teddy bear chris! So glad you guys watched this, its one of my favorite movies from my childhood! It's funny to see people's first reaction to this.. it's always "I dont know what's going on, but I'm into this". I've watched it so many times and know most of the lines, so I fully understand this movie. So I laugh when people are confused by it.

[@BadMoonHorrors]

After the unfortunate failure of this one at the boxoffice, Carpenter went back to low budget horror with Prince of Darkness and brought Dennis Dun (Wang) & Victor Wong (Egg Shen) along. Just as The Thing, nowadays Big Trouble in Little China is considered ahead of it's time.

[@dubg06]

REACT TO MISERY. ONE OF STEPHEN KINGS BEST MOVIES/BOOKS

[@r.howardlawrence3527]

The white glasses are actually used by artic expiditions, with all the white surroundings you risk snow blindness with ordinary goggles so these were designed to limit light intake and still provide decent vision through the slits.

[@alexanderkantakusiniii8411]

wang, jack, all of them drank the potion from the 6 demon bag....thats why they had them super powers

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

I was raised on John Carpenter. As a kid I had this movie memorized. I was so terrified of the yeti on heroine. I have green eyes so I was always afraid he was gonna come after me. Especially since my dad was a truck driver. Thought he might have hitched a ride.

[@willcool713]

If you liked the weird combination of genres in this movie, I bet you guys would like the series, Brisco County Jr, a sci-fi western with Bruce Campbell. It only lasted one season, but it was fun like this.

[@johnstachon9262]

One of John Carpenters best. And 1982 The Thing. Man is a genius.

[@ejpsycho1]

If you guy think this movie was weird,watch A Movie called They Live,Pro Wrestling legend Roddy Piper is in that movie and John Carpenter also directed that too.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

One of many John Carpenter classics. Was a fun reaction

[@denicoleward69]

One of my childhood fav, loved your reaction! And I think you name @OctoKrool should be "Sir beardmens"...

[@thefatman2780]

JACK BURTON ALWAYS SAYS. "THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL"

[@davidanderson3776]

You guys should react to the old poltergeist its a classic

The long hair is from 70's kung fu movies, Kung Fu masters would appear with white or black long hair. Usually the main villain, a veteran old kung fu master, would have long stylized white hair. It's these 70's kung fu movies plus Bruce Lee who started the heavily choreographed martial arts craze in hollywood, just before it movie's fights were done with boxing mixed with judo which were teached in the Army at those times.

[@valtonsteve1]

u GUYS ARE KILLING IT...So u know where the inspiration of Raden came from..which is from Japanese Folklore

[@esclad]

One of the best movies ever, with amazing fight choreography, and the music score is fantastic ;) Another John Carpenter great. You need to check out his other movie 'They Live' next.

[@staciepoole8161]

No one seems to appreciate how funny Kurt Russel is! He’s pretty awesome.

[@swacfan100]

I went to the theater and saw this as a kid, great crowd, had so much fun. This was my 1st Kurt Russell film, still one of my favorites.

[@professionaljackass]

What's great about this is that everyone knows that Jack is the sidekick. Except Jack.

[@Ant-bm1qk]

You guys are awesome and this is one of my favorite movies of all time I’m glad to see you guys reacting to this

[@hernanpisano7913]

One of my favs when i was a Kid, i saw in 1988/89 in tv and blow my mind.Great movie

[@jeremiahweiberg3458]

China has their own Sasquatch, a red-haired creature called the Orange Man

[@JayStar-yj9pu]

The West Coast INversion of Ghostbusters...the most underrated performance of a minority actor, Dennis Dunn who (everyone knows) is the REAL hero of this movie

[@Cleron_O_Andarilho]

Its fantasy horror comedy movie, and Mortal Kombat was based on this movie. In my country it took a lot time to came here, so we always thought that was Mortal Kombat Movie.

[@Mugthraka]

38:34 John Carpenter is at first a musician and sound designer. Nearly all his movies have him do at least some of the tracks you hear. In The Thing the movie soundtrack was also His. Another John Carpanter's movie thats worth a watch is "John Carpenter's Vampires" with Ed Wood and one of the Sheen bros

[@SUPREMEgoldchain_REAKTZ]

I remember seeing this in the theater 😊

[@claywandei9129]

Great vid guys. I highly recommend you watch the movie Apocalypto. It’s a movie you’ll never forget.

[@mitchclement3773]

Mel Gibson's masterpiece.

[@douglascampbell9809]

One Airport security didn't get crazy like it is now until the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Two In the 80's sunglasses were crazy. Look up punk and new wave sunglasses from the 80's on Google images. For an earlier triple Raiden reference watch Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) An introduction to Japanese samurai movies.

[@robertravare3992]

Had the pleasure of meeting James Hong who played Lo Pan. Cool guy.

[@TheGundamsword]

This is one of my all time most favorite movies ever.

[@OneEyedJack1970]

He's just talking on the CB. That's what you do if you have one. Old-school tech.

[@donsample1002]

If Jack was still truckin' today, he'd be live streaming a podcast as he drove.

[@melissaharper2003]

A childhood favorite that now seems crazy as hell 😂

[@Qdub34]

I think the opening scenes where he's driving through Chinatown is San Fran. Please add Higher Learning and Lawless to the polls

[@Codametal]

All the shots with the truck driving is in San Francisco, and everything up to after they turn into the alley was San Francisco Chinatown. But everything after that was in a studio lot. But, there has always been rumors there are secret tunnels beneath Chinatown, if they all didn't collapse in the 1906 earthquake.

[@Qdub34]

@@Codametal Yeah, i figured it was china town because of the hills. I didn't know about the tunnels, that's pretty cool. You can tell the alley shot on a lot, but it's all good, because the movie doesn't take itself that seriously; it's just good fun.

[@jsapcakrrow]

This is such a great movie. Another great Kurt Russell comedy is Overboard with Goldie Hahn his love time love. Y’all need to watch some Jackie Chan movies. His martial arts are so much fun to watch & he did all his own stunts. At the end of his movies would be outtakes of his stunts gone wrong.

[@williamwoll4703]

The 3 storms are: Thunder (the powerful guy), Rain (nimble pretty hair guy), and Lightning (obviously).

[@nateisler3]

The only reason Jack killed Lo pan the way he did is because he took that magic drink the Egg Chen gave him in the earlier scene

[@CraftsWithCrafts]

WOO! Love this movie! The part that people didn't get was that this wasn't Jack Burton's story at all, it was Wang's. Jack only serves to be the interlocuteur for the movie-viewing public. Jack represents the viewer getting taken on this weird-ass ride.

[@AshLee92490]

Jack is the guy who thinks he's the hero, when really he's the sidekick...

[@legionaireb]

You guys are probably the best reaction I've ever seen to this movie.