On the DVD commentary for Big Trouble in Little China , Carpenter and Russell discuss this among possible reasons for the film 's disappointing box office gross. On Rotten Tomatoes , a review aggregator that collects both contemporary and modern reviews , the film has an 82 % approval rating based on 38 reviews ; the average rating is 6.9/10 .
Critics gave the film Big Trouble in Little China mixed reviews in the beginning but changed their view later on .