In a film full of colorful sequences and characters, Hong's work is one of the movies highlights. On to the technical side of things. It is of course given an anamorphic transfer, which blows away all previous home video incarnations. The first thing I was struck by was how very vibrant the colors appeared. Saturation is dead on the money with everything popping off of the screen.
Black levels are also outstanding, and they possess a great deal of depth as well as detail.
The only problems I could detect were the occasional nick or scratch, but it appears that the print was cleaned up for this release and those imperfections are few and far between. The presentation also shows the finest amount of film grain, but this is something that is basically inherent to the source material and is hardly cause for alarm. Overall I can't imagine Big Trouble in Little China looking any better, and hats off to Fox for their fine work. There are several sound options available, which basically sound the same. Even though on the packaging the Dolby Surround is listed as 5.1, it's really 4.1.