Continuity mistake: Toward the end of the film, when the creature captures Gracie, he jumps through a hole in the floor with her on his back. As he falls through the hole, his feet fall out in front of him and he is shown almost prone. Yet when the shot changes he lands firmly on his feet.
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: It was a long enough drop for the beast to adjust itself to land on its feet.
Jack Burton: Ok, you people! Sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning. And if we're not back by dawn... Call the president.
Trivia: Even though Kim Cattrall and Suzee Pai portray characters with green eyes, both actresses actually have brown eyes in real-life. Both had to wear green contacts for the film.
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.