Story Telling- Unit
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Big Trouble
in Little China
This is a film by John Carpenter which was later turned into
the comic book series
There are 3 main character is the story the main character is
Jack Burton who is a no nosecone trucker who has a John Wayne accent. Jack believes
that he is the hero even though he goes through the movie only to get his truck
back. Wang is Jack’s friend and sidekick he is a more of a calm composed character
who believes in body energy and inner peace Wang who is always the one who is
saving Jack during fights. The main evil character is Loa Pan, Loa Pan is an
old sorcerer who had a curse put on him many years ago, he goes through the
stories trying to lift his curse and become human again
There are many side character in the story one being Gracie
who is the love interest of Jack and she is a sometimes nosey but is always
trying to do good she is a news reporter who is trying to get a story of who
Loa Pan is. Eddie is the assistant of Wang’s uncle’s restaurant and is Wang
friend he is a comic relief character. Margo is another reporter who is friends
with Gracie and is also trying to get a story of who Loa Pan is to launch her career.
Miao Ying is the girlfriend of Wang she movies to America from China to be
reunited with her lover Wang but is kidnapped by Loa Pan. Loa Pan’s henchmen or known as the Strom are 3
characters Rain, Thunder and Lightning these are 3 loyal henchmen of Loa Pan
who want to help their master lift his curse. Finally there is Egg Chan who is
another sorcerer but uses his powers for good unlike Loa Pan he works as a tour
bus driver who does tours around China Town.
There are many emotional themes in the movie one being
action the film has a whole range of different action and fight scene in the
movie. Another theme is romance and love this can be seen as almost all of the
main characters have love interests Jack and Gracie have a growing relationship
throughout the movie there is also Weng and Miao Ying who the whole story is
based around as Weng trying to save his Love from the clutches of Loa Pan
finally there is also a small romance between Eddie and Margo as during the story
it is revealed that Eddie has a small crush on Margo
There are many characters who have a motivation in the film
Jack Burton main motivation in the film is not to help his friend Wang but to
get his truck back from Loa Pan’s gang and to get the money that Wang owes him.
This shows that Jack is a rather selfish and low character as during the whole film
he thinks of himself as the hero but in reality he only wants to get his truck
and money. Wang main motivation is probably the most pure in the whole film as
all he wants to do is to save his love Miao Ying from the clutches of Loa Pan
and defeat Loa Pan. This shows that Wang is the real hero of the film as he wants
to save his love from being married to an evil sorcerer and to defeat the evil
Loa Pan Gracie and Margo both have relatively similar motivations in the film
as they both want to infiltrated Loa Pan’s operation and launch their reporting
careers. Loa Pan main motivation in the story is to lift the curse that was put
on him all those years ago and to become human to do this he must find a girl
with green eyes which he does in Miao Ying. Finally Egg’s main motivation in
the story is to defeat Loa Pan and lift the evil from China Town.
The film beginning is Jack making a delivery to China town
and there he sees his friend Wang they start gambling and when Wang lose and
owes Jack money he goes to the airport to get money from his newly arriving
girlfriend Miao Ying. Miao Ying get captured and Jack and Wang try to track her
down but they get caught in a gang fight after escaping and losing Jack’s truck
they get away and get to Wang’s Uncle’s restaurant. Gracie a news reporter arrives
and tells them where they hold the kidnapped girls in the brothel. Jack tries
to get inside the place but Miao Ying get captured by one of Loa Pan’s henchmen
In the middle of the film Jack and Wang try to save Miao Ying
from Loa Pan’s warehouse but they get captured so do Eddie, Gracie and Margo.
Eddie Jack and Margo manage to escape and rescue the others. During the escape
Gracie gets captured by Loa Pan’s creature Loa Pan tells Gracie that he plans
to make they both his wife
In the end of the
film Jack, Wang, Egg and fighting tong gang get into Loa Pan’s warehouse to
stop his wedding there is a massive fight and they manage to kill Loa Pan and
save Gracie and Miao Ying and Jack get his truck back he leaves the city and
leaves Gracie behind but on his truck is a stowaway the creature that captured
Gracie earlier in the film
Many of the characters relationships change in the film at
the start of the film when Jack and Wang are gambling Jack it can be seen that
Jack doesn’t trust Wang when Wang tells him he needs to go and get the money to
pay Jack and throughout the film the viewer can see that their friendships
grows and Jack and Wang start to trust and respect each other more. Jack also
has another relationship with Gracie at the start of the film Gracie seems to
not like Jack as they argue and fight at the start of the film but as the film
goes on they start to fall in love with each other after Jack saves her from
Loa Pan
The story starts when jack has to make a delivery of pigs to
china town he starts gambling with his old friend Wang when Jack beats Wang for
everything he has got and more. Wang makes a deal with him to get the money
from his girlfriend Miao Ying who is migrating from China. At the airport jack
meets Gracie a news reporter who is saving a girl who is arriving from China,
during this time Miao Ying is kidnapped by a gang Jack and Wang try to chase
after the gang but they end up in the middle of a gang war here they see Lo Pan
and his 3 henchmen Rain, Thunder and Lightning they manage to escape the gang
war and they get back to Wang’s uncle’s restaurant. At the restaurant they meet
Eddie who is an assistant in the restaurant they also meet Gracie and Margo who
are both reporters trying to get an insight of Loa Pan’s operation Gracie tells
Jack about a brothel where they hold kidnapped girls
Jack, Wang, Eddie,
Gracie and Margo all go on the infiltration but only jack goes into the brothel
while he is in the brothel one of Loa Pan’s henchmen takes Miao Ying to Loa Pan’s
hideout. Jack and Wang set a plan to infiltrate Loa Pan’s warehouse during this
they get captured and come face to face with Loa Pan and he tells them his plan
to marry Miao Ying and lift his curse so he can be human again he then locks
Jack and Wang in a cell. At the same time Margo, Gracie and Eddie try to rescue
Jack and Wang but they all get captured Gracie and Margo are put with all the
other kidnapped girls in cages while Eddie is put in the same cell and Jack and
Wang. Jack, Wang and Eddie all mange to escape the cell by tricking one of Loa
Pan’s henchmen they then go to save Margo and Gracie they manage to defeat the
guards and free all the captured women. The swim down a sewer pipe to get to
the top level of the warehouse where outside they have Egg Chen a tour bus
driving waiting. They all manage to get out of the sewer and get to the
entrance of the warehouse apart from Gracie who is captured by one of Loa Pan’s
creatures without anyone noticing. The rest of the gang mange to get out the warehouse
and make it to safety. Gracie is confronted by Loa Pan and he tells her he
plans to marry both her and Miao Ying. Jack and Wang plan to go back to the
warehouse but with more firepower as they have the fighting tong gang and Egg
Chen. They use a passage to get to Loa Pan’s warehouse, during this time Gracie
and Miao Ying are put under a spell so they have no resistance to Loa Pan and
Loa Pan starts to plan his wedding. Jack, Wang, Egg and the gang get into Loa
Pan’s hideout and are given a potion they will make them faster and stronger
Loa Pan is aware of their present due to his guardian a grossest blob with many
eyes so their element of surprise is gone they go in the wedding where Loa Pan
is being the process of lifting his curse and a huge fight breaks out between
the lords of death who are Loa Pan’s loyal gang and the lords of death while
Wang is fighting one of Loa Pan’s henchmen and Egg is going after Loa Pan. During
this fight Gracie and Miao Ying mange to break the spell but Loa pan curse is
already lifted he manages to escape from the fighting with Miao Ying and one of
his henchmen. Jack, Gracie and Wang go after him Wang starts to fighting with
the henchman while Jack goes after Loa Pan after a long monologue Jack kills
Loa Pan by throwing a knife in his head. The henchmen after seeing his boss
dead the henchmen starts to inflate and kills himself the gang mange to escape
the warehouse and make it back to Wang’s Uncle’s restaurant. Jack gets his
money and his truck back and leaves the gang and his love interest Gracie going
back on the road with his truck little does he know one of Loa Pan’s creatures
in lurking on-board
Jack Burton
Jack Burton is American trucker his main motivations in the
movie are to get his truck back after Loa Pan steals it and to get the money
that Wang owes him. His main friends in the movie are Wang who is his side kick
who always does all the fighting in the movie. He also has a love interested in
Gracie they have a strained relationship at first but towards the middle of the
film their affection for each other grows
Wang
Wang can be seen as the true hero in the film as he is the
one who does all the fighting and saves Jack his main motivation is to save his
girlfriend from being wed to Loa Pan and to defeat Loa Pan. His main Relationships
in the movie are his girlfriend Miao Ying who he does everything to save her
and Jack who is his friend and helps Wang in his quest even if it is only for
himself.
Loa Pan
Loa Pan is the films main antagonist his main motivation in
the film is to lift his curse that was put on him so many years ago and to
become human again. Loa Pan’s main motivation in the film is to wed Miao Ying
and lift his curse and gain his power once again. Loa Pan’s main relationship in
the movie is with his 3 henchmen Thunder, Rain and Lightning who respect him
and do all that he commands.
Gracie
Gracie is the love interest to Jack but has a lot to do with
the stories as she is a news reporter who has been tracking Loa Pan for a long
time so she knows the location of Loa Pan’s hideouts. Her main motivation in
the movie is to infiltrate Loa Pan’s hideout and get a story out of it hoping
it will launch her career