Big Trouble

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The frantic pacing of Big Trouble is surely intentional, but the movie leaves you wanting more of... something. Not more characters--it's got plenty of those--but more room for them to breathe in a top-heavy plot that recalls Get Shorty (also directed by Barry Sonnenfeld) without reaching those heights of ingenuity. Based on the bestseller by syndicated Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry, this Miami-based mayhem bears the distinct imprint of Barry's humor, in which absurdities pile up like rush-hour traffic, involving a former journalist (Tim Allen) connected by circumstance to a wealthy schemer (Stanley Tucci), his bored wife (Rene Russo), Russian mobsters, mismatched cops (Janeane Garofalo, Patrick Warburton), power-crazed FBI agents (Heavy D, Omar Epps), a Frito-loving drifter (Jason Lee), cretinous criminals (Tom Sizemore, Johnny Knoxville), and a gigantic toad that shoots hallucinogenic saliva. Culminating in an airport bomb smuggling (prompting the film's delayed release after the tragedy of September 11, 2001), Big Trouble needs the brilliant cohesion of Dr. Strangelove; what it gets is Sonnenfeld's knack for sustained chaos, and a few decent belly laughs. --Jeff Shannon

I'm surprised about the low ratings and bad reviews this film got. It was pretty funny. Perhaps a little silly and all over the place at times, but it had a nice charm about it. The great dialog kept me laughing throughout. Heck of a cast too.

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[AzStevenCal]

I'm surprised about the low ratings and bad reviews this film got. It was pretty funny. Perhaps a little silly and all over the place at times, but it had a nice charm about it. The great dialog kept me laughing throughout. Heck of a cast too.

It's one of our favorite movies, we re-watch it at least annually. I mentioned it on this board before and was surprised at the negative reactions I received. Sizemore's grin as he follows his "treasure" downward is enough to drag me out of a bad mood all by itself. As I said, it's a favorite.

Steve

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

I was hoping this was going to be about a "Big Trouble in Little China" reboot/remake/sequel.

Rats!

 

[AzStevenCal]

I was hoping this was going to be about a "Big Trouble in Little China" reboot/remake/sequel.

Rats!

Keep your voice down, if Hollywood hears you they'll be spitting out a remake before you know it. To me, Big Trouble in Little China is like the Evil Dead movies, the best thing about either of them is the melding of the lead character/actor and you don't remake movies like that. Okay, Hollywood remakes movies like that but they shouldn't. Take Kurt out of BTLC or Bruce out of the Evil Dead movies and you have a piece of crap not worth viewing IMO.

Steve

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Keep your voice down, if Hollywood hears you they'll be spitting out a remake before you know it. To me, Big Trouble in Little China is like the Evil Dead movies, the best thing about either of them is the melding of the lead character/actor and you don't remake movies like that. Okay, Hollywood remakes movies like that but they shouldn't. Take Kurt out of BTLC or Bruce out of the Evil Dead movies and you have a piece of crap not worth viewing IMO.

Steve

Why not a sequel with Kurt Russell then, with some "Used Cars" references for good measure?

That would be cool!

 

[Stout]

Yeah, this movie was funny as all get out.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Why not a sequel with Kurt Russell then, with some "Used Cars" references for good measure?

That would be cool!

I could do with a sequel as long as Kurt can still do his John Wayne impression. And as far as the "hijack" goes, I figure they wouldn't start a thread if they didn't want us to hijack it. But, just to keep it honest, they could offer Sizemore a role as Jack's sidekick.

Steve

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

I could do with a sequel as long as Kurt can still do his John Wayne impression. And as far as the "hijack" goes, I figure they wouldn't start a thread if they didn't want us to hijack it. But, just to keep it honest, they could offer Sizemore a role as Jack's sidekick.

Steve

IMHO a Scagnetti-like Tom Sizemore would be perfect in the role of an extra sidekick, or maybe even a Lo-Pan henchman. You still need Dennis Dun as Wang to pull it off.

 

[AzStevenCal]

IMHO a Scagnetti-like Tom Sizemore would be perfect in the role of an extra sidekick, or maybe even a Lo-Pan henchman. You still need Dennis Dun as Wang to pull it off.

If you want him in an NBK Scagnetti kind of role, henchman probably works best. As for Dun, I don't even know if he's still on this planet - I'll have to look him up. It's been 15 years since I've seen him in anything (he was in an episode of Charmed).

Steve

Edit: It turns out Dun was recently a recurring character in an HBO show called Luck that from the description sounds pretty good. Unfortunately, HBO bowed to pressure from the likes of PETA and cancelled it. I don't know how I missed hearing about this show. I'm also off by a few years about his episode on Charmed, it was just a dozen years ago. Anyway, it sounds like he's still working so we can add him to our BTLC sequel, when do we start filming?