What other movie would make a great double-bill with this one?


I would choose Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) or Flash Gordon (1980).

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Big Trouble in Little China, I'd say?

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W.D. Richter was involved with both films, and I've always had a tendency to think of them as a natural pairing - so I'd say: good call!

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Oddly enough, there was the mistaken thought (it was even in the trivia section of IMDB's "Big Trouble in Little China" page) that W.D. Richter had originally written the script for "Big Trouble..." as the sequel for Buckaroo Banzai, "Buckaroo Banzai versus the World Crime League." It was believed that the character of Lo Pan from "Big Trouble..." was a renamed Hanoi Xan (the person responsible for Buckaroo's parent's death), and the action in the original script would have had Buckaroo going after his nemesis Hanoi Xan.

It turns out that none of that was true... but further cements the quirky style that seems to permeate both films.

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I watched it with Repo Man (1984) recently. Good double bill, there.

I never earned a nickel from another man's sweat!

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Cool.

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The phantom.

Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!

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UHF

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Big Trouble in Little China is the first one I thought of because of the link between the two.

However, Repo Man might be a little bit off for the same audience (though, still a great film too!).

For some reason, Trancers (Future Cop) came to mind. What do people think of Runaway? Both from 1984.

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I would put Star Wars Return of the Jedi or Highlander or if I could choose something newer Guardians of The Galaxy vol 1

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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Both somewhat quirky action hero movies that have cult status. Both movies wanted(but never got)sequals.

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A bit of Streets of Fire in there as well.

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