Wouldn't it have been awesome to see Jack Burton travelling in his truck, kicking ass (and getting it kicked in return) in a fun ongoing adventure series? Instead, we got to see a guy in a Bill Shatner mask killing teenagers. Over. And over. And over. It stretched to the point where even Paul Rudd was fighting Michael Meyers. Paul Rudd would have been way better suited to the fast paced, witty dialog of a Big Trouble in Little China sequel.
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And look how progressively worse the sequels got. Why would you want that for Jack Burton?
shareTrue. Though there's only so much you can do with a slasher flick, at least sequels to this could offer a variety of adventures that Burton could get mixed up in, at least some more entertainment value and new formulas if not constant decent quality too.
shareWell... they only had Carpenter involved in the 1st sequel, which had an amazing 3rd act.
Look at the Scream series they are all watchable... the 3rd one not so much even though they had Craven, they didn't have Williamson writing, but overall Craven was responsible for keeping everything together... I repeat not masterpieces, but watchable slasher films.
Not enough bank.
shareBecause they got it right the first time.
shareI would have loved a sequel, but Halloween succeeded at the box office, where this went belly-up, arguably because of a lack of promotion and may be it was a bit ahead of its time.🐭
shareHalloween didn't just make money. It was incredibly cheap to make and it was owned by a small studio.
Big Trouble was a Universal Picture, cost relatively a lot to make and didn't make much of a profit.
BUT yes Jack Burton traveling to other-parts of the US and getting roped into crazy supernatural fantasy adventures would have kicked ass.
Old Trouble in New Orleans... Jack Burton vs Voodoo?
The reason had a great deal to do with a lack of decent advertising. The suits had no idea how to properly market it. I enjoyed other JC films but had no idea this film even existed until I caught it on cable in the early 90's. From what I've read, poor advertising and poor opening week resulted in an early exit from theaters. From the title alone most probably thought this was some garden variety chop-socky film.
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