Big Trouble in Little China

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

8 mistakes since 25 Sep '20, 02:48

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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.

Sacha

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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.

Bishop73

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Revealing mistake: After Lo Pan jumps over the truck, the dead soldier on the ground is replaced by a very obvious doll.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Wang is playing cards, the position and movement of his hands is not continuous between shots. (00:05:44)

Sacha

Revealing mistake: During the gang fight, whenever there's a close-up of someone falling on the road it wobbles and bounces giving away it's a rubber mattress. More evident after a guy is launched through a window and another is crushed against the road. (00:19:43)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Gracie and Jack are talking in the sewer tube, she lifts her foot up and you can see she is barefoot when she is wearing boots both before jumping in the water and when she gets out.

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Continuity mistake: When the flying soldiers appear, there's a wide shot and Jack and Wang disappear from inside the truck.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Jack asks "is this going to get ugly now?" and extends his arms. From the opposite angle they're lowered. (00:07:01)

Sacha

Jack Burton: Hey, I'm a reasonable guy. But I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.

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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.

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Question: When Lightning is crushed by the statue at the end of the movie, he sends out dozens of bolts of energy before he dies. The final wisp of electricity forms a Chinese character. Does anyone know what it means?

Answer: It's the symbol for "carpenter" after the director John Carpenter.

Grumpy Scot

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