Continuity mistake: When Jack runs Lo Pan over with the truck, he signals Jack to drive towards him. A shot later when the truck hits him, his hand is lowered.
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Plot summary
Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Dennis Dun
Kurt Russell is a cocky truck driver, who drives through Chinatown with his friend and they witness a rival gang fight between two rival gangs in an alley way, until three strange martial artists show up and start beating both gangs. Kurt Russell and his friend leave Russell's truck and go to a local oriental eatery, and find out, that the three martial artists they witnessed fighting, kidnapped his friend's girlfriend for a oriental master who is very old and needs women with green eyes to become young again. Kim Katrall also stars as a reporter who helps Kurt Russell and his friend find his girlfriend. With the help of the wise eatery owner, they all break into the masters layer and try to rescue the girlfriend before its too late.
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Suggested correction: Between the robe LoPan wears and angle of the camera, it can't be determined if his hand is lowered, or in the same position.
You can tell the hand is lowered because his hand should be visible as it was above his shoulder. And to point out the obvious, when it cuts to the front of the truck, it's a dummy in place, so we know his hand isn't up. We also see the dummy fall over as it's hit making it more obvious the hand isn't raised.
Jack Burton: Hey, I'm a reasonable guy. But I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.
Trivia: Kim Cattrall was surprised when she got to the set for the prison scene one morning, as no one told her she would be hogtied for the entire scene (in the story, it was due to a deleted scene when she made trouble for her guards). She endured it like a professional, occasionally having her gag removed so she could drink water. When asked by John Carpenter whether or not she was uncomfortable, she simply replied 'I've been in tighter situations than this!'
Question: Why didn't Jack and Wang run to Jack's truck instead of the basement in the alley after the gang fight?
Answer: Because the battle between the Chang Sing and Wing Kong was between them and the truck.
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