Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Expected more

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

I hadn't seen this movie before, I just watched it today and I had a blast! It was fun, still holds up to this day imo!

I will try to keep this review short, if you want a film with lots of laughs, magic and far fetched action look no further, This is the film for you. It's Kurt Russell at his best and his character Jack Burton is a legend, his lines are pure comedy gold. Some of my favorite lines From good old jack, speaking to Lo Pan Are you crazy... Is that your problem? And This is gonna take crackerjack timing, Wang. Short Summary: Get on this film.

This movie is a complete and total mystery to me. Things just happen in this film and Jack, the main character, is in the same complete confusion that the audience is. Normally this would be a big negative for the film as a whole but for this movie it just adds to its strange enduring quality. And when I say things just happen in this movie I am not over exaggerating. This movie goes from a pulpy trucker flick to a gang movie to a supernatural action film in the first 20 or so minutes of screen time and it is just too good to miss. In a world so far removed from the 1980's in ways that have changed how movies are made (which is neither inherently good or bad) its just so exciting that I as a 20 year old millennial got to see this for the first time without any kind of information on it at all. To put that in comparison I know the how the entire next few years of Marvel's movie empire are going to go with what characters I should expect to enter the universe and what story lines are going to be used. But for this flick I honestly couldn't have told you more than I've seen some of the directors other movies. That's it. There's magic in not knowing and as a person who grew up in the years of CGI being in damn near every major movie in my lifetime it was a strange feeling to see the monsters and effects in this movie and go "wow, now how the hell did they manage to do that?" I know its not real but at the same time there is this piece of my brain that is trained to pick up on CGI that was just screaming that the effect was genuine. It may be a silly and at times stupid movie but its one that everyone going into film should see at least once to just get a feel of what things can be done with practical effects better than CGI and what things should be left to a computer.

A John Carpenter's classic, this movie is so close to perfect it's unbelievable. Not as classic cinema, not as biting satire or high drama, but as fantasy comedy or a parody of fantasy adventure movies, it's the best I've ever seen. Everybody has fun in this movie. Russell shines as an Indiana Jones/Snake Plissken parody (a parody of Snake? Yes, indeed...). Carpenter's script is, as always, a combination of light action, horror and fantasy, with his usual meticulous research into his subject matter. Yes, all of the core fantasy elements are taken from Chinese fairy tales and mythology. Great cheesy lines, wonderful Day-Glo set design, some very weird hells, sloppy but enthusiastic wire-work and a furry monster that just won't go away make this a classic.Russell takes advantage of Gary Goldman and David Weinstein's script to deliver the best comic performance of his career as his swaggering trucker Jack Burton blunders through Chinatown in an attempt to recover his stolen truck and his friend's kidnapped fiancée. Masterminding the bad guys is demon/ghost David Lo Pan, played wryly by James Hong. Hong parodies practically his whole career in this role, and has some priceless lines in so doing. His motive in the kidnapping is to marry a girl with green eyes, which will appease his demon-god and restore his lost vitality. The plot grows more absurd and hilarious as the movie progresses and Burton and his companion, Wang (Dennis Dun) enlist the aid of local magician Egg Shen (Victor Wong) to thwart Lo Pan. Russell and Dun are perfectly over-the-top in their deliveries, and they provide constant laughs to propel the movie rapidly along to its conclusion. It is very hard to find someone who doesn't like this movie, and with good reason. The film is so novel and so funny that it can be enjoyed over and over again a real treasure.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.