"The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai" (Across the 8th Dimension) [1984]

 

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"The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai"

(Across the 8th Dimension)

[1984]

Its almost impossible to pin down the "genre" of this film, which makes it stand out among most other films. John Carpenter's "Big Trouble In Little China"  [1986]  has a very similar vibe, and rumors have been floating around for 4 decades that "Big Trouble" was originally intended as a sequal to "Buckaroo." It makes perfect sense, however; all film makers and writers involved have always denied this. So its fun to contemplate, but who knows what the ultimate truth is.