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FOOTAGE FETISHES: “BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA”

By | September 2003

It’s time for another trip in the Way-Back Machine with Pete Vonder Haar as he takes a look at “Big Trouble in Little China.” “I suspect many of those reviewing ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ during its initial run were unprepared for a smirking buffoon as a lead character and over-the-top martial arts fight scenes…”

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