Year 1 - Big Trouble in Little China Report

Big Trouble in Little China

    Big Trouble in Little China was not based on a specific book however it did get a comic-book series made after it (June 2014) as well as, vinyl figures (February 2015), a board game (July 2016), card game (August 2016) and a tie-in video game (1986).

    The main characters are: Jack Burton played by Kurt Russell, Wang Chi who is Jack's friend played by Dennis Dun, Gracie Law a lawyer who teams up with Burton and Chi played by Kim Cattrell and David Lo Pan an evil villain played by James Hong.
    The sub-characters are: Egg Shen played by Victor Wong, Margo Litzenberger played by Kate Burton, Eddie Lee played by Donald Li, Thunder played by Carter Wong, Rain played by Peter Kwong, Lightning played by James Pax, Miao Yin played by Suzee Pai, and Uncle Chu played by Chao-Li Chi.
    The emotional themes of all characters show big and small differences. Jack and Wang both show emotions of love, Jack's love is towards his truck mainly but also towards Wang and Gracie Law, whereas Wang's is more towards his fiancée Miao Yin.
    The characters show different motivation for what they want to achieve, Burton's motivation appears to be finding his truck that was stolen during a street fight between two ancient societies (Chang Sing and Wing Kong) and The Three Storms (Thunder, Rain and Lightning). Wang's motivation is finding his fiancée Miao Yin after she was taken by a street gang called the Lords of Death when Jack interfered.
    The beginning of the film shows Jack and Wang's journey to pick up Wang's from the airport followed by his fiancée getting kidnapped and them following the gang to find her. The middle of the film shows them trying to retrieve her from a brothel where they think she is located with them failing. They then find out that to break a curse on Lo Pan he must have a green-eyed girl (Miao Yin). They then free Miao Yin and celebrate their victory with Wang and Miao preparing to marry, and Jack leaving China and things that could tie him down behind.
    The main characters relationships don't appear to change as Jack and Wang stay friends, Wang marries Miao, Gracie and Jack stay just as friends and Eddie pairs up with Gracie's journalist friend Margo.