Big Trouble in Little China is one of my all-time favorite films, and it's not just because of certain scenes.
Suzee Pai stars as a woman who's abducted by a gang for money.
She's stashed in the back room of a house of ill repute.
But Suzee gets abducted AGAIN from the gang. This time an evil wizard wants her because of her green eyes. The green eyes are needed for a special ritual that the evil wizard wants to do. Some people have weird hobbies.
Kim Cattrall is also abducted by the bad guys and is memorably hogtied. Big Trouble in Little China is one of director John Carpenter's best films. It's a wonderfully rich fantasy story that introduced me to Asian cinema.
another scene that blew my young mind....the sudden cut to her tied up so helplessly like that on a brothel bed, to be sold as a sex slave, then the human sacrifice theme, just a pure old fashioned pulp scenario
ReplyDeleteThis has long been one of my favorite movies for just that reason. It's a great throw back to the classic pulp age.
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