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)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
1 mistake since 1 Jan '23, 01:08
Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Dennis Dun
Jack Burton: Hey, I'm a reasonable guy. But I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.
Trivia: The weapons Lightning uses in the street-fight scene are known as ema-piercers - sharpened spikes mounted on finger or hand rings, capable of rotation. However, the rotation usually comes from the motion the user makes in combat; Lightning apparently uses his own power to make them spin like rotors.
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?
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Answer: It's the symbol for "carpenter" after the director John Carpenter.
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