Big Trouble in Little China Blu-ray Review
It's all in the reflexes.
Without a doubt, Big Trouble in Little China is the apex of ’80s cheese. It features neon lighting, a synth soundtrack, muscle shirts, hokey effects and – quite possibly – the worst music video of all-time (featuring the director singing a song with the same title as the movie in appropriately awful ’80s attire).
That said, it’s also one of the most entertaining films that spawned from that particular decade.
Coming from the demented mind of John Carpenter, Big Trouble in Little China has a charm that only the ’80s can encapsulate. It’s genre filmmaking at its finest; one of the greats at the top of his game. And while years might have passed since its theatrical run, it still retains all the quirks and properties that have helped it find a second life on home video.
Long delayed, Fox has finally brought the ’80s cult classic to Blu-ray, along with all the supplemental material from the long-since-discontinued, 2-Disc Special Edition DVD. For fans, this is a big selling point; the barebones, standard definition copy has been the only version readily available for years. New artwork, much to the chagrin of fans, also adorns the Blu-ray.
Such discussion is irrelevant to the first time viewer, more worried about whether or not Fox hosed them with a grainy, mediocre transfer typical of the era. Or to the impulse buyer wondering how Kurt Russell looks in muscle shirts in 1080p. Not to mention the tween raised on Harry Potter that does not understand the practical application of Chinese black magick.
But this is how it always starts.
Unfortunately, none of the captions read 'Hell of Boiling Oil'.
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Great review!
I have a similar affection for this movie. Unfortunately Fox have not bothered to even announce a release date for the UK let alone allow us to buy it!
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