Big Trouble in Little China | First Time Watching! | Movie REACTION!

[@tnx301]

"feels a little bit like Mortal Kombat" - it is the other way around, the lightning storm character was the inspiration for Raiden in Mortal Kombat, which came later in 1992.

[@kiranpunnoose2441]

Shang Tsung from Mortal Kombat is also an inspiration from Lo-Pan.

[@Hard-R-Energy]

@@kiranpunnoose2441 Yep, Tobias and Boon were heavily inspired by 80s action/fantasy films like Big Trouble in Little China, Bloodsport, Cyborg, etc.

[@thaddeus_maximus]

scrolled down to post the same thing. good thing I scan the comments themoreyouknow.gif

[@DavidPadilla-mm6qz]

1995 actually

[@isaacsato1700]

@@DavidPadilla-mm6qz en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(1992_video_game)

[@Uncle_T]

A rare movie where the "main character" is the bumbling sidekick to the real hero. Such a fun ride. 🙂🙂

[@minnesotajones261]

And he actually thinks he IS the hero! lol

[@Uncle_T]

@@minnesotajones261 Haha exactly!

[@AshLee92490]

​@minnesotajones261 Like, "Fool, you're just as confused as the audience" 😂🤣😂...

[@RetroRobotRadio]

He did kill the main villain and one of the storms!

[@VictorLugosi]

Actually untrue.. that was added later by carpenter to seem “PC” the main character is Kurt Russell and his love interest.. that’s why you never hear the Asian women speak until she speaks to her..

[@barryanderson8880]

Hi guys. Kurt Russell and John Carpenter did a film called Escape from New York. Also a classic.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Yes-Absolute classic! It was also Kurt Russell’s first foray into ‘tough guy’ territory. Growing up, Kurt had been a child star in Disney films, so Escape From New York was his way of breaking away from those more wholesome & silly Disney characters he’d played in his youth.

[@andrewforbes1433]

And the wrongly-maligned Escape from L.A., a self-reflexive satire whose joke everyone apparently missed.

[@charleshartley9597]

Yes, a definite must see for Carpenter and Russell fans! KR has so many iconic characters, a true Hollywood legend.

[@raymondbrolly18499]

Kurt Russell as Snake Plisken is legendary. Great cast.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

Highly recommend. Like The Terminator, they do a LOT with a limited budget 🤟😎

[@oldcdog91]

“What’s in the gourd, Egg, magic potion?” “Yeah.” “Good, thought so. What do we do, drink it?” “Yeah.” “Good, thought so.” Idk why that exchange always makes me laugh, but it never fails. 😂

[@bradpolegato4545]

Lol

[@onemuststand7353]

The joke behind that exchange was that Jack was constantly questioning and challenging everything that was happening in the movie and by that point he just accepts whatever and just rolls with it.

[@TheChickenlittle11]

Especially how Egg just casually says yeah

[@DoktorStrangelove]

I love this movie. It deserved to be a huge hit, but was about a decade ahead of the audience. Seeing it in the summer of 1986 in a theater was a trip. First time my friends and I saw wire flying stuff on the big screen, maybe for the first time at all. All of us thought it was great.

[@maplenutsreact]

I can't believe it wasn't a hit right away!!

[@DoktorStrangelove]

@@maplenutsreact Its box office failure is one of the great indictments of the lack of taste and adventure of American moviegoers.

[@bighuge1060]

@@maplenutsreact The director's Christine also did poorly theatrically. It's great that home video gave movies like these a second shot at being appreciated. I think in the case of Big Trouble', critics and audiences didn't get the lead character speaking like John Wayne and being knocked out, pinned and not knowing how to take the safety off a firearm. My siblings and I love this movie. I only wish Dennis Dunn's career soared. He continued acting but he really had charisma and a great presence in this movie

[@kosk11348]

I saw it in theaters too! With both my parents and my sister! It's great to see it grow into a cult classic. John Carpenter was so underrated at the time. I'm glad to see him getting his due.

[@kegr1066]

Chandra: That looks like a beholder. Me: I didn't realize Chandra spoke D&D. I'm impressed.

[@Melancthon7332]

If you watch their Honor Among Thieves reaction, they talk about how they're both regular role/roll players

[@maplenutsreact]

Haha I'm still a super noob D&D wise, but I do love it to death!

[@WillMuny]

It is NOT a Beholder it is a Spectator. AD&D 2nd Edition Monster Manual 2, page 112.

[@ernesthakey3396]

​@@WillMuny Beholder-light!

[@happyninja42]

While this movie is filled with great lines, I think one of my favorites, is a very quick one, that is more telling about the moral character of Jack than I think most realize. It's early on, after Miao Yen has been kidnapped, and they're driving in the truck, and Wang tells Jack where they took her. You can see Wang begin to ask Jack if he would help him get her back, saying something like "I know I can't ask this of you" or some similar line you'd get in an action flick, when one action guy is asking another action guy to go out of his way to help. But Jack doesn't even let him finish the sentence. He just cuts him off "Where is it?!" no questioning, no hesitation. Assholes kidnapped a girl, and it also happens to be the girl of a close friend of his, he's just not gonna let that stand. You don't have to ask for Jack's help in this, you have it, literally without question. Another great line is at the end, when Jack is leaving, and he's shaking Wang's hand, and he very quietly, humbly, just asks "We really shook the pillars of heaven didn't we Wang?" and he just smiles and says "No horseshit jack." Which sounds like just a callback to the line from before, but given the mythology they were dealing with, it's also 100% true. They took on, literal beings of creation and destruction in Chinese mythology, or at least comparative beings with the serial numbers filed off. A handful of mortal warriors, storming the fortress of an immortal necromancer and his lieutenants to stop a demonic sacrifice, and Save the Princess. Comedy beats aside, they did some epic shit. I also loved pretty much EVERY word uttered by Egg Shen 🤣 I love Egg Shen

[@shainewhite2781]

One of the funniest martial arts action comedy fantasy movies ever made!

[@66JesterDeath]

My fav film of all time, Jack plays the role of the audience so well, we are learning as he is

[@waterbeauty85]

Victor Wong (Egg Shen) had to travel down to Hollywood to film the movie's prologue right after attending the wake for his son, Lyon, who had been killed by a high school football player who shouted anti-Asian and homophobic slurs at Lyon and his friends before running up behind Lyon, who tried to walk away, and striking him in the head, knocking him to the ground and fracturing his skull. When the Wong family was told that the killer would get a light sentence because he was a juvenile, they inquired whether the killing could be prosecuted as a hate crime (because the killer shouted r@ci$t and homophobic insults before attacking) so the killer could be tried as an adult, but they were told that, because the killer was a minority, it couldn't be a hate crime. The killer ended up serving just 6 months for killing Lyon.

[@joshfacio9379]

Thats so beyond sad. Question: id always thought hate crime laws werent until the 90s or so.

[@waterbeauty85]

@@joshfacio9379 I don't know enough on the subject to give a definitive response, but I know for a fact that crimes committed against someone based on their sexual orientation were added to California's hate crime statute in 1984, so the basic hate crime statute had to have existed before then. BTW what's even sadder is that channel 7 (the local ABC affiliate) was going to run a story about Lyon's death and the miscarriage of justice in its "7 on Your Side" advocacy segment on its news broadcast to gain public support for the Wong family's case, but it was cancelled to give more time to coverage of the Challenger space shuttle disaster. Also, Victor suffered the first of two strokes after filming the movie's prologue, and some people believe the grief and stress surrounding Lyon's death may have been a contributing factor. Coincidentally, I had a stroke last month, and I'm still sweating over whether I'll ever walk again, so it hits way differently from when a friend who knew Victor from the Asian American Theater Company took me to see "Big Trouble in Little China" when it premiered in San Francisco and first told me about what happened to Victor and his family as we waited for the movie to start.

[@mblackwl]

@@joshfacio9379 It gets sadder. On September 11, 2001, Wong and his wife Dawn Rose spent the day trying to get news of their sons who were in New York City during the September 11 attacks. (they were unharmed) After Rose went to sleep, Wong stayed up to continue following the news of the September 11 attacks. He died of a heart attack at some point during the early hours of September 12, 2001. He was 74.

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

​@@waterbeauty85A few years ago the "Stop Asian Hate" campaign kicked off, but of course once people realized that almost all of the attacks against Asians were done by Black people instead of White people, the whole thing just fizzled out.

[@RajeshJustaguy]

i watched this when i was young.. im 45 now... You dont know how much of a cult following this movie has... I'm happy that people enjoy it now.

[@maplenutsreact]

It totally makes sense, this movie was so unique and fun!

[@notjustforhackers4252]

"Christine" for your next JC movie.

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

YES!

[@MrLovegrove]

My love for Kurt Russell can't be measured by science. Even his 'bad' movies are enjoyable because he's in them. I recommend pretty much all of them, but here's a few to try. Captain Ron, 3000 Miles To Graceland, Tango & Cash, Used Cars, and of course Escape From New York.

[@robgraham5697]

I regard this movie as a fine metaphor for America in Asia. Jack Burton is so American. Well meaning but really out of his depth. And despite his enormous fuckups and multiple near death experiences he comes out of it with his optimism intact. It's a wonderful movie that I'll never get tired of watching.

[@matthewteague623]

Action Comedy legend. So many quotable scenes, and so many hilariously overdone fight scenes that are just so Fun to watch. I watch this movie once every 2-3 years, and it never gets old.

[@vicabramov8983]

Escape from New York from the 80’s with Kurt Russel

[@burri06]

Came here to say this! The ultimate Carpenter/Russell combo after this and The Thing

[@BensSoZen]

Been waiting for someone to react to that flick

[@UrbanAnywhere]

One thing that's not obvious is thatJack Burton is actually the sidekick as mentioned by John Carpenter. Also the warehouse if you recognize it is the Ghostbusters Firehouse “He’s definitely unique, there’s no doubt about that,” Carpenter says. “Jack is a character who doesn’t know he’s a sidekick. He thinks he’s the hero of the story but he’s not. He’s a sidekick.”

[@maplenutsreact]

Hehehe that's a great quote. Also WHAT!? That was the Ghostbusters Firehouse?! I have to go back and see that!

[@patrickbateman7369]

One of the greatest films ever made!

[@o.b.7217]

There actually exists a *"Big Trouble in Little China"* video game. It was released in 1986/87 for the Speccy, the Amstrad and the C64. And yes: it is a side-scrolling beat'em up. XD

[@dupersuper1938]

There was also a comic book series a few years back.

[@maplenutsreact]

I must find this game and play it!

[@maplenutsreact]

@@dupersuper1938 Omg yeeeess!! I want this!

[@christheimp]

They also made a deckbuilding card game through the Legendary series with the same name, I own it and it's one of my favorite goto card games to play with my friends.

[@sithlordkaeyl21]

Chandra mentioned that this seemed sort of “Mortal Kombat-y”, well, that’s funny, because the designers got the ideas for Raiden and Shang Tsung from Lightning and Lo Pan from this movie.

[@maplenutsreact]

Heck yeah! I love that so much!

[@christopherkowalczyk4405]

I've never been able to find a definite answer but my thought is that Egg Shen is the Gandalf of this story. Immortal to stop LoPan. LoPan knows him, "you never could beat me Egg" after the video game fight . Others have pointed out that Jack is Wang's sidekick. It's cheesy but the toast is great, it shows that no matter how much of their culture the residents of Chinatown have held on to they are Americans. It taught me a lesson as a kid and after everything that happened with Covid it's something important to remember.

[@AshLee92490]

In middle school, we had to design our own dollar bill in art class, so on the back, I drew a soldier with a flag on one side, and an eagle on the other, while quoting toast written with it lol...

[@jasonbeatty831]

One of the most fun times you could ever have at a movie theatre. If this is ever screened anywhere near you, GO.

[@maplenutsreact]

Oh yeah, I bet!!

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

Get ready for the Pork Chop Express!!! Was great fun seeing this in the cinema

[@daveb947]

One of my fav movies. Love how the "hero" isnt portrayed as the hero for so much of the movie.

[@happyninja42]

yeah the director has said on a commentary track (if not elsewhere) that the idea was to have the story be from the "sidekicks" perspective, but he doesn't know he's the sidekick.

[@salsonny]

This is where Mortal Kombat got the idea from

[@RobynHoodeofSherwood]

Love your reaction. You both actually get it. So refreshing after I've seen a few other reactors who were completely puzzled by this movie. I love it. Just quirky good fun.

[@blindsurvival8570]

Since you're checking out & talking about all of these John Carpenter movies, don’t forget about Prince Of Darkness. And by the way, Jack Burton is actually the side character in this movie.

[@maplenutsreact]

Oooo I've never heard of that one! We've both loved everything by John Carpenter so far though, so I bet we love that one too haha

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

The actors for Wang and Egg Chen are both in Prince Of Darkness! It's a great movie for a Friday night with popcorn.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

This is such a delightful fever dream of a film!🤣

[@darrendavalos2525]

Love that you 2 get it. American hero totaly lost in a different world.😂😂😂

[@0okamino]

A hero so out of his depths, he had to be the sidekick.

[@maplenutsreact]

Hahaha Yes!! I loved this idea so much

[@k3n12ock]

Ahh a classic. Some of the best campy action w/ LOTS of great asian actors OTHER than James Hong. Also, Kurt Russel is NOT the main character, he's the side kick to Wang, lol

[@maplenutsreact]

I couldn't agree more!!

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

No, Jack is clearly main character of the movie, he just isn't the hero.

[@GatorScribe726]

You guys have been the most fun reactors to watch watching this movie. You totally got into the spirit of it.

[@rottieshepcalibre9156]

some reactors take it too serious and that’s what u shouldn’t do

[@DanielTate-wt9jt]

One of my all-time favorite Kurt Russell films! Another great 80's film to check out that has the same actors that played Egg Shen (Victor Wong) and David Lo Pan (James Hong) is "The Golden Child" (1986) with Eddie Murphy. I used to watch them as a double feature. Because both movies came out the same year. You should give it a watch. It's got a very similar feel, but one has that Kurt magic and the other that Eddie magic.

[@anonymes2884]

Ah Charlotte Lewis. She was a, err, formative influence on me as a youngster :). (and of course the legendary James Hong also recently appeared in "Everything Everywhere All at Once", finally _actually_ the age he's been playing for about the last 40 years :)

[@mikegilgenbach4840]

Tango and Cash. A fun 80s action Stallone/Russell mashup.

[@Dartanyoogles]

I recommended this one too! Lol.

[@80smoviesfan]

It's all in the reflexes. 🔪

[@DanielTate-wt9jt]

If you want to check out another great Kurt film, check out "Overboard" (1987) with Kurt and his real-life wife Goldie Hawn (well they're not married but they've been a couple for 40 years). It's an 80s classic, and it was done the year after this one was.

[@LeisureTimeLarry]

Yes! I've been screaming this from the rooftops to reactors, but it finally seems like it's catching on.

[@mojoshivers]

Yeah. As mentioned by others, it’s inspired to have your main character be the sidekick instead of the hero. Even better, it’s a guy who thinks he’s the hero but is clearly the helper. Lol

[@terrygracy8345]

His John Wayne type character is great

[@mojoshivers]

@@terrygracy8345 I think Kurt Russell just was born to play an action star. He just gives off the demeanor that he could eff you up as soon as he finishes his beer and smoking his cigar.

[@terrygracy8345]

@@mojoshivers agreed.

[@AshLee92490]

​@@mojoshivers If I remember correctly, he auditioned for Han Solo & Luke Skywalker, but he had a different project already lined up that conflicted with scheduling. He was would have made an awesome Han Solo. He just has such amazing, natural charisma and charm...

[@mojoshivers]

@@AshLee92490 Didn’t know he came that close to getting it. That would’ve been cool.

[@sithlordkaeyl21]

I absolutely LOVED this movie when it came out in theaters. There were a lot of karate/kung fu/ninja movies coming out during this time (which I was a huge fan of), so I was already hooked on the premise, and then John Carpenter threw in a great score, fun characters, awesome fantasy aspects, and a pretty cool story, too. I still watch it pretty regularly for a fun time.

[@ballymenabob]

"There were a lot of karate/ Kung Fu/ ninja movies coming out during this time" You might say, "Everybody was Kung Fu fighting". 🎶🎵 Oh ho-ho ho!

[@WayneCoston-kj1go]

Backdraft, Breakdown, Tango & Cash, Executive Decision and Escape from New York are all great Kurt Russell movies.

[@LeisureTimeLarry]

"Soldier"

[@kevinstull8552]

Miracle

[@Dystopia1111]

Tombstone. Ah, what a movie, so many quotable lines.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

5:16 love synchronized laughter 😆❤️

[@lewismaddox4132]

By the way, that was Kurt Russel's homage to John Wayne. Listen to the line delivery and cadence. It's pure Wayne!

[@allisterfiend_2112]

Here are a few Kurt Russell recommendations. ‘Used Cars’, one of his first acting rolls not related to Disney. ‘Overboard’, A great Romantic Comedy where he met his future wife (Goldie Hawn). ‘Soldier’, sci-Fi, and ‘Escape From New York’, the inspiration for the video game Metal Gears ‘Solid Snake’

[@The_Great_Lopan]

This reaction will appease my Emperor indeed!

[@zeer0squared]

Finally! I LOVE this movie! Such a classic, now.

[@stevedavis5704]

They made an incredible movie with a relatively small budget. It was said in an interview that almost two thirds of the movie budget was used for the big fight.😊

[@jennifervalentine8955]

This was my childhood right here

[@SammyRebbo]

Ah yeah! Love this movie! Glad you got to watch it and that you liked it! A Kurt Russel movie recommendation? I'd have to go with Tango & Cash! You get not only Kurt Russel but ALSO Sylvester Stalone! You know you want to see that duo!

[@daveemerson6549]

You guys would probably really enjoy The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, by the same guy who wrote the screenplay for this. Big Trouble... was originally meant to be the sequel to Buckaroo Banzai (called Buckaroo Banzai vs The World Crime League), but they changed the main character when the studio wanted to go in another direction.

[@Brian-qn7fn]

That is a myth. Big Trouble never had anything to do with Buckaroo.

[@platinumspider7859]

Big Trouble in Little China was originally conceived and scripted by two newcomers to Hollywood. The following two quotes are from Starlog Magazine (Issue 109, August 1986, Volume 10) pages 10-13. The name of the article is "John Carpenter - Kung Fu Hollywood Sytle" by Steve Swires and the two quotes can both be found on page 11. "Originally conceived as a period western by neophyte writers Gary Goldman and David Weinstein, Big Trouble was updated, streamlined and extensively rewritten by Richter." "Due to a ruling by the Writers Guild of America, Gary Goldman and David Weinstein receive sole screenplay adaption, with Richter credited only for 'adaption.'"

[@fidel2xl]

Good reaction, guys. The point most people totally missed about this movie is that Kurk Russel's character (Jack Burton), although ultimately the hero of the movie and having the most screen-time, is not the main “action-star” hero ---- he's really just the goofy side-kick. He's the comic relief. The real “action star” hero of the movie was his friend 'Wang Chi'. Jack Burton was actually Wang Chi's side-kick...lol

[@robertelliott2737]

YES one of my favorites. I was in college me and some friends saw it in theaters. Laughed our asses off. Another hilarious Kurt Russell movie Captain Jack.

[@Heller103085]

John carpenter movie scores….never disappoints even when he doesnt do them

[@InvisibleMag]

"Theres a problem with your face" might be one of the most unnecessarily funny ass lines ever

[@Fred_L.]

Big Trouble in Little China does have some very old video games. Speaking of NES, apparently there also is an unofficial NES game, a conversion of the game Bad Dudes.

[@TheChi9ski]

I hope someone has mentioned before that John Carpenter produces / composes the scores for his movies. I look forward to your reaction to Escape from New York for some more Carpenter and Russel. More KurtRussel: Hateful 8 and Death Proof from Tarantino, Captain Ron With Martin Short, Over Board With Goldie Hawn, Best of Times with Robin Williams. Of course Tombstone but I think you've already reacted to that. Love the reactions!

[@davidfausel9029]

I LOVE this movie - and was lucky enough to see it in the small window when it was in theaters. Stone cold classic.

[@andrewforbes1433]

John Carpenter's stealth homage to the screwball comedies of Howard Hawks.

[@JsscRchlDrsy]

The movie STARMAN is a really wonderful film from the 80s. It was a huge success and a huge departure from what you would expect from John Carpenter as a director.

[@weldonwin]

It takes a special kind of movie to make just saying the word "Indeed!" quotable, but having James Hong in it certainly helps

[@ItsMe-cz1pi]

just about every transport truck in the 80's said "Haulin' A$$" on the font.

[@rf3899]

I was 16 when this came out and me and my older brother watched this over and over enough that we both knew every word of every line of this movie.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

8:20 this movie is NOT like Mortal Kombat. Mortal Kombat is like this movie.

[@mikeyd7749]

The guy who played LoPan is a VERY famous Asian-American actor from California. He is still alive and 95 years old!

[@josephparsons-62015]

This is one of absolute favorite movies. Takes me right back to my childhood. My son is 16 now, but when he was 4, he just about wore out the DVD.

[@MattKayser]

I know a hundred people have posted about how Jack is the sidekick, but I love how perfectly he is the proxy for the audience. As much as he doesn’t have a clue what’s going on… neither do we! We just roll with it 😂

[@drewforward]

This isn't a movie. It's a video game 🎮. Change my mind. 😂

[@tomesofawesome8041]

At 37:49, SO Basically, this movie runs on a similar vein to Percy Jackson. In P.J, the Greek Gods and all of Greek mythology had migrated into America, taking on new identities, but basically picking right up where they left off. So in this movie, you've basically got several thousands of years of Chinese Demonology, sorcerers, immortal Madmen and monsters and magic, all living behind the fecade of a local hang war with two rival gangs in San Francisco China Town. The three Storms are exactly what you thought. They're basically sorcerers. Think of them as human vessels that contain their very namesake, leashed within. So when Thunder realizes his boss is dead. The boss that he's either been serving or enslaved to for several thousands of years. It's not just that his boss is dead. It's that he failed. Either that, or now that he knows Lol Pan is dead, Lo Pan's construct i.e. Thunder's human body, begins to fall apart. Either way, he can't leash the thunder within any more and explodes. The more you study Chinese Demonology, the more it makes sense. But since the main character is a clueless American, your confusion is also logical. 😂

[@Bruce-Wayne79]

Chandra funny you should mention Mortal Kombat, this movie came out way before the game and is what help inspire the characters. Lightning of the 3 Storms inspired Rayden, David Lo Pan inspired Shang Sung and actor Jean Claude Van Damme from the movie Bloodsport inspired Johnny Cage. Another cool Carpenter/ Russell film y’all should see is Escape From New York. And more Kurt Russell movies , check out Tombstone.

[@Mulder-Scully]

Also since you mentioned you liked the score, Carpenter always does his own music scores in his movies, very multi talented gentlemen.

[@pauld6222]

I remember this coming out when I was in high school. Being a huge fan of all the old Kung Fu movies, this movie was definitely a fun watch. Ive seen it may times over the years.

[@shasta810]

my favorite part is when Lo Pan tells Jack Burton " about 5 10 minutes"

[@georgefillhart6410]

In case no one else has mentioned it, Kurt Russell does an amazing job in the movie Soldier from 1998. Also, his son Wyatt plays a younger version of Kurt’s character in the movie.

[@rabooey]

James Hong, playing the character Lo Pan, is also the voice of Po in the Kung Fu Panda series. He has a massive and diverse body of acting and voicing work, having started his career in the 1940's. My favorite Hong movie is Balls of Fury (2007), in a comedy role. Highly recommend, adult type humor, off the wall, and most of all FUN. "Balls" as in ping pong balls, no sex/nudity.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

One I didn’t really think about until watching others react, but the “bumbling sidekick that needs things explained” is such a good tool to be able to give the audience info without them feeling stupid. Us: what the he… Jack: what’s going on? Movie: Chinese black magic. Us: oh, duh, how could Jack not know that?! He’s so confused. Jack: well, ok then. If you’re going to “say, not do”, that’s an excellent way to implement it.

[@russellhutchison7811]

The KZbin video 'Jack Burton asks a lot of questions ' is 5 minutes of Jack Butron confused as hell. It's pretty funny

[@someonesane]

33:13 - Yep, it’s an escalator, lol. This was one of my favorite movies, as a kid. Still watch it often.

[@enidrobertson4858]

Other Kurt Russell faves are the hockey movie "Miracle" and the western "Tombstone".

[@tsogobauggi8721]

19:03 Yeah, those effects look really fantastic. :)

[@paulsefton2833]

This film is so much fun, so glad new people are still enjoying it!

[@KevMcKean]

Thanks for reacting to one of my childhood favourites. Endless fun and entertainment. Complete the Carpenter/Russell filmography with Escape From New York and Escape From LA. Another Kurt Russell classic is Breakdown - one of my favourite edge of your seat thrillers!!

[@broodhunter21]

This movie is so good that the best way to watch it in my experience is the watch it 3 times in a row (because you pick up new things every time) and the 2 watching should start at about 2 AM. That last viewing will solidify your belief that this is the best film ever made. This is the best of the modern Pulp movies.

[@one1charlie643]

The three storms are Lo Pan's bodyguards. When Jack killed him, they basically failed in the only job they had for 2000 years. Thunder inflating himself until he burst was a matter of honor

[@erictaylor5877]

Since you guys are loving John Carpenter, I recommend Escape From New York (also with Kurt Russell), and Vampires, a 90's Carpenter movie with some great effects as well!

[@parappasan]

Wow, your film choices are like my childhood of cable TV and VHS rentals! Loved this reaction as much as your Highlander one.

[@nitrokid]

One of the rare tropes in Hollywood movies - urban fantasy about Chinese mysticism. The whole movie feels like some sort of an arcade video game 😂 Also, MK's Raiden character took inspiration from the lightning bad guy. This movie is awesome.

[@jeromedeparis]

You will love "Ghost of Mars" by John Carpenter.

[@ninevoices9401]

There was a side scrolling beat-em-up game. it was on the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. i am old enough to remember having to put a cassette tape in and waiting for it to load while looking at a screen of rainbow coloured lines. Also a great double bill of Kurt and Carpenter (or triple if you include The Thing) is this movie and 'Escape From New York'. If you listen to how Kurt speaks in both movies and you are a movie buff you will notice that in Big trouble he is doing a John Wayne impression and In Escape he is channelling Clint Eastwood. Once you notice you can't unhear it.

[@BobarissGish]

Me too mate loved that game.

[@shawnpatrick1877]

8:27 This movie was one of the inspirations for Mortal Kombat, along with "Blood Sport," and "Enter the Dragon."

[@rromano158]

There are a lot of Kurt Russell movies, two more that were directed by John Carpenter with Kurt starring (action/adventure type) are Escape from New York and Escape from L.A. More Kurt Russell movies to set up on your Patreon polls are; Soldier (action), Overboard (comedy), Tango and Cash (comedy/action) (also starring Sylvester Stallone), Stargate (SciFi action), Elvis (biographical).

[@TheChi9ski]

Stargate for sure!

[@Seannyboy70]

Starman!!! John Carpenter's sci-fi drama mixed with close encounters of the third kind!!

[@panamafloyd1469]

Great reaction! I've often described it to my fellow film fans as "..what Mars Attacks did for y'all that love '50s Sci-Fi, this one does for us who love old Hong Kong 'Kung Fu' movies." I knew I was going to love "Kill BIll" when Tarentino threw up the old Shaw Bros. logo in the opening production logo sequence. Those things were what my local TV station used to throw up at night (I was a teen in the 1970s) before those insipid 'infomercials' were invented. "Ol' Jack Burton says you need dim sum. Little balls of protein and carbs that keep ya goin' through the night."

[@ChrisReise]

Kurt Russell said he used his impersonation of John Wayne for the role of Jack.

[@Dartanyoogles]

This is one of my all time favorite movies, and it makes me so happy to see how much you guys enjoyed it!! I will give you not one, not two, but THREE Kurt Russell movie recommendations! Tango and Cash: Fantastic Action/Comedy that teams Kurt Russell up with Slyvester Stallone, and they have amazing chemistry together! James Hong, the actor who played Lo Pan, is also in it! Soldier: An extremely underrated Sci-Fi with a unique Kurt Russell performance. He plays an emotionally vacant soldier who was trained since he was a kid. He gets stranded on a Garbage Dump planet, and ends up protecting a colony of civilians from the evil Military organization that trained him. It's directed by the guy who did Mortal Kombat, and I think it's his best film! Used Cars: A gem of a comedy directed by Robert Zemeckis, with Kurt Russell playing a charismatic car salesman who has to defend his car shop from being taken over by the deceased owner's crooked brother. Hilarity ensues!

[@orlandoruizjr3834]

You guys should check out everything John Carpenter did. The man was versatile. I highly recommend Escape From New York from 1981. It's the first time Russell and Carpenter worked together. Also, check out John Carpenter's Star Man from 1984., Stars Jeff Bridges. It's a dramady about an alien who occupies the body of a woman's dead husband. Also very good. I also recommend 1992's Memoirs of Invisible Man. Carpenter directs and it stars Chevy Chase and Sam Neil. It's a comedy, but it's also a suspenseful cat and mouse chase fim. Underrated as hell. Loving your reactions. Congratulations on your new bundle of joy.🎉

[@number9434]

If you haven't seen the movie Legend yet, the makeup, the creatures and the set design will blow your mind. One of the characters still haunts me today.

[@Mulder-Scully]

Your right John Carpenter does nail it with everything.

[@RamblingRose08]

We had a hanful of movies we would choose from and watch on Saturdays. This, Tremors, Scream, Adventures in Babysitting, and The Adventures of Baron Munchousen. It's great that you two enjoyed and appreciated it so much. Great reaction!

[@Vohaul86]

The first time I saw any of this was in the mid-90s from an old VHS recording that only had the last 15-20 minutes of the movie when I was about 9 years old. I was so baffled what I saw. Telling about the movie to my friends at school some "smarter" kids said it was probably the Mortal Kombat movie that was just coming to cinemas. Kids can be so silly (but there indeed was a connection with MK's Raiden and this movie's Lightning). I was way over 30 when I finally saw this fully after buying it on blu-ray, and it has become my favorite Carpenter movie even over The Thing.

[@Mulder-Scully]

Carpenter has said that Kurt is basically channelling John Wayne for his character....lol

[@flrrb]

It's kids like a Beholder. Dang, I love you both!!! Lol

[@KennethSorling]

"Sonofabitch must pay!" is one of my favorite bad-ass lines in all of moie history.

[@mickmack1409]

Kurt Russel movies, hmmm Escape from New York (1981), Tombstone (1993), Executive Decision (1996).