Oh my god, this Internet movie database is resurfacing old &cheesy but classic movie memories!! I just finished adding a comment for the great B movie "Hands of Steel", also made in 1986 (so I guess that was a good year for this type of movie), but no, Big Trouble... is a CLASSIC in the most pure sense of the word.
The movie is successful because it milks stereotypes. Yes, it's using the perfect stereotype for every character. The typical New Yorker Trucker gwailo (Kurt Russel, of course), the typical ancient samurai warriors and evil lords, the typical chinese sidekicks. In fact, I bet this movie was what inspired (or allowed to be ripped off) the whole Mortal Kombat thing!
Then it gets hilarious with all the stereotypical hyper paced almost random fight scenes in the Eastern style, but this movie has Kurt Russel's character's viewpoints adding comic relief throughout the movie making it uniquely American! Yes, the clashing of the stereotypes!
This is a movie you HAVE to watch for it's action, and at the same time, its comedy. It's great fun! The only other movie I can really say that about is Fist of The North Star... the ANIMATED one, people! Yes, a true classic.
The movie is successful because it milks stereotypes. Yes, it's using the perfect stereotype for every character. The typical New Yorker Trucker gwailo (Kurt Russel, of course), the typical ancient samurai warriors and evil lords, the typical chinese sidekicks. In fact, I bet this movie was what inspired (or allowed to be ripped off) the whole Mortal Kombat thing!
Then it gets hilarious with all the stereotypical hyper paced almost random fight scenes in the Eastern style, but this movie has Kurt Russel's character's viewpoints adding comic relief throughout the movie making it uniquely American! Yes, the clashing of the stereotypes!
This is a movie you HAVE to watch for it's action, and at the same time, its comedy. It's great fun! The only other movie I can really say that about is Fist of The North Star... the ANIMATED one, people! Yes, a true classic.