 Somewhere in the 80s, trucker Jack Burton arrives in a small town to deliver his cargo and win a few bucks playing cards with the locals down at the Chinese market. Practically bankrupting nearly all of his opponents, his friend Wang bets him a game of "double or nothing" to try and regain his cash and loses. Jack wants his well earned money, but Wang explains he doesn t have the cash on him and that ll he pay later because he s due to pick up a long, lost girlfriend from the airport. Convinced Wang s pulling something sly, Jack insists he drive Wang to the airport so they can stick together. However, at the airport Wang s girlfriend is captured by the Lords of Death, a streetwise Chinatown gang. She is essential for an upcoming plan to revive a thousand year old Chinese sorcerer and bring him back to the world as a mortal again. So begins a daring adventure to rescue Wang s girl and stop the ruthless operation that s going on down in Little China. Teaming up with a cast of very different individuals, Jack and Wang delve deep into an uncovering conspiracy in which everything s not exactly as it seems. Here comes big trouble...