Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · 100 min · Director: John Carpenter
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Truck driver Jack Burton arrives in Chinatown, San Francisco, and goes to the airport with his Chinese friend Wang Chi to welcome his green-eyed fiancée Miao Yin who is arriving from China. However she is kidnapped on the arrival by a Chinese street gang and Jack and Wang chase the group. Soon they learn that the powerful evil sorcerer called David Lo Pan, who has been cursed more than two thousand years ago to exist without physical body, needs to marry a woman with green eyes to retrieve his physical body and Miao is the chosen one. Jack and Wang team-up with the lawyer Gracie Law, the bus driver and sorcerer apprentice Egg Shen and their friends and embark in a great adventure in the underground of Chinatown, where they face a world of magicians and magic, monsters and martial arts fighters.
Emotional fingerprint
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Humor35%
- Excitement25%
- Awe20%
- Joy10%
- Surprise10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Awe. Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Action. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Awe. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Curiosity
- Fear
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Curiosity | Fear |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Curiosity | 48 % | 26 % | 45 % | 13 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Humor | 49 % | 30 % | 36 % | 13 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Tension | 57 % | 51 % | 34 % | 29 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Tension | 69 % | 68 % | 38 % | 46 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Tension | 65 % | 59 % | 43 % | 40 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Humor | 55 % | 44 % | 46 % | 28 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Curiosity | 57 % | 48 % | 53 % | 31 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Curiosity | 63 % | 56 % | 60 % | 36 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Curiosity | 64 % | 60 % | 57 % | 38 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Tension | 69 % | 68 % | 44 % | 45 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Tension | 73 % | 73 % | 33 % | 48 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Tension | 69 % | 66 % | 38 % | 43 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Curiosity | 64 % | 57 % | 53 % | 41 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Curiosity | 63 % | 57 % | 57 % | 41 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Tension | 65 % | 63 % | 51 % | 39 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Tension | 73 % | 70 % | 40 % | 41 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Tension | 79 % | 76 % | 29 % | 46 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Tension | 78 % | 73 % | 24 % | 44 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Relief | 66 % | 54 % | 19 % | 32 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 98′ | Relief | 53 % | 33 % | 15 % | 22 % |
Man in a hole
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
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Details
- Directed by
- John Carpenter
- Written by
- Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter, Gary Goldman
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1986
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Humor
- Data updated
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