Big Trouble in Little China

What would you call a guy in a dim sum restaurant with a gluten allergy and a closed bathroom?  Big trouble in little China! And that’s the movie this week, John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, and James Hong. Kurt Russel is Jack Burton, a big talking truck driver who finds himself in Chinatown to track a gang who has kidnapped his buddy’s green-eyed girlfriend and then ends up in the middle of a gang war, which is interrupted by an ancient sorcerer and his magic henchman dressed like pagodas. Shit just gets so much crazier from there, and you’re going to have to watch it; otherwise, we’ll be here all day.  Made for $25M, this movie brought in an ulcer-inducing $11 million, and allegedly prompted John Carpenter’s decision to return to independent films, but has otherwise enjoyed a massive cult following and a surprising 79% on Rotten Tomatoes - seemingly before they became a corrupt shitbag of a site.  This is a super weird question considering everything we’ve discussed so far, but you know I must ask…does it hold up?  Listen in as Jon, Colin, and Brent discuss demigod fashion and non-sequiturs as we try to determine if this flick is big trouble for little china or movie history.