Big Trouble in Little China vs. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Did you know that Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a ripoff of John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China ? Let me tell you why. After his love (Miao Yin; Elizabeth Swann) is abducted by an evil immortal (David Lo Pan; Captain Hector Barbossa), a young man (Wang Chi; Will Turner) teams up with a man named Jack (Jack Burton; Jack Sparrow) to rescue her. The two main characters compete against each other when they first meet (Burton and Wang play fan-tan, a Chinese gambling game; Will and Sparrow engage in a swordfight). Jack's mind is set on reclaiming his vehicle (Porkchop Express; Black Pearl) after it is stolen by a legendary villain (Lo Pan steals the Porkchop Express after Jack accidentally runs him over; Sparrow's crew mutinied against him and marooned him on an island). During a confrontation with antagonists, the two main characters get trapped in close quarters while underwater (Burton and Wang get trapped in a flooding elev