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Year: 1986
Runtime: 99 min
Language: English
Director: John Carpenter
In the midst of San Francisco's Chinatown, truck driver Jack Burton finds himself entangled in an otherworldly adventure. When his best friend's fiancée is kidnapped by an ancient Chinese prince and a ruthless crime lord, Jack must navigate a mystical underworld to rescue her and break the curse that keeps them all bound together.
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