A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child who dark forces want to eliminate.
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Title: The Golden Child (1986)
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Cast
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J.L. Reate | ... | The Golden Child |
| Eddie Murphy | ... | Chandler Jarrell | |
| Charles Dance | ... | Sardo Numspa | |
| Charlotte Lewis | ... | Kee Nang | |
| Victor Wong | ... | The Old Man | |
| Randall 'Tex' Cobb | ... | Til | |
| James Hong | ... | Doctor Hong | |
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Shakti Chen | ... | Kala (as Shakti) |
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Tau Logo | ... | Yu |
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Tiger Chung Lee | ... | Khan |
| Pons Maar | ... | Fu | |
| Peter Kwong | ... | Tommy Tong | |
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Wally Taylor | ... | Detective Boggs |
| Eric Douglas | ... | Yellow Dragon | |
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Charles Levin | ... | TV Host |
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Eddie Murphy plays a detective with a speciality of finding lost children. He is told he is the 'Chosen one' who will find and protect the Golden Child, a Bhuddist mystic who was kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Murphy disbelieves the mysticism but finds more and more evidence of demon worship as he investigates. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 December 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Auf der Suche nach dem goldenen Kind See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$12,000,000, 14 December 1986Gross USA:
$79,817,937Company Credits
Production Co:
Paramount Pictures,Eddie Murphy Productions,Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) See more »
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1.85 : 1
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The first Eddie Murphy movie to get rated PG-13 from an absence of f-words typical in Murphy's 80s and early 90s movies. His next PG-13 movie would be The Nutty Professor (1996), a decade later. See more »Goofs
(at around 35 mins) When Jarrell is fighting Tommy Tong in the restaurant, Tong uses his weapon to chop the top portion of Jarrell's fighting stick. The end is then clearly frayed, yet a second later in the next shot, the end appears as if it has been cleanly and evenly cut off. See more »Quotes
Chandler Jarrell: So, you're just gonna let that booger freeze up on your jacket like that?See more »
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I first saw this movie on television some years ago and frankly loved it. Charles Dance makes one of the most terrifying villains anyone can imagine. His sophistication is such a perfect contrast to the crudely good hero. I have never been much of an Eddie Murphy fan but find his irritating portrayal here a winner: a bit of "Axel Foley Through the Looking Glass". Charlotte Lewis is, to utilize a hackneyed phrase but the only one applicable, luminously gorgeous. Some scenes are wonderfully created: the dream sequence, the bird, the silly fight scenes, and the climactic confrontation. Through it all Murphy is the modern man suddenly dropped into an oriental myth, a stunned and quieter version of Kurt Russell in his oriental fantasy romp. Like that movie we have James Hong, the incomparable actor whose scenes, however short, raise the quality even of Derek. Since 1955 Hong has defined the fine supporting actor, the "class act" of his profession. "The Golden Child" is silly; it is not perfect; but it has so many redeeming features that it is an enjoyable and amusing fantasy, well worth watching. After four years I have seen "The Golden Child" again; I enjoyed it even more! It truly is great fun.