Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

"You belong to Ching Dai. I must sacrifice you..."

This poster for me has been such a long and rewarding process. Number 2 in my cult classics poster series, I present John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China. Kurt Russell stars as Jack Burton, a big-talking, wisecracking truck driver who’s suddenly hurled into a wild adventure even he could never invent. At the root of it all is Lo Pan (JAMES HONG), a 2,000 year old evil magician who rules an empire of spirits beneath San Francisco’s Chinatown. Doomed to a fleshless existence, he can only be saved by a green-eyed Asian beauty. When the fiance (SUZEE PAI) of Jack’s friend (DENNIS DUN) is kidnapped by Lo Pan’s minions, Jack goes to the rescue. He finds himself dodging demons, grappling with goblins and facing baffling terrors like the Room of the Upside-Down Hell as he battles his way through the labyrinth of Lo Pan’s dark domain.
This piece focuses on the scene in which Lo Pan is being wed to both Miao Yin and Gracie Law; two girls with green eyes that he must sacrifice to Ching Dai, an ultra powerful black magic demon that can grant Lo Pan with eternal life. Will he succeed?? Will Jack Burton save the girls in time??