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Gompa, I have ruined myself with the American. He is a fool.

He thinks of nothing but protecting his own feelings.

But if you touch his heart, there's nothing he wouldn't do for you.

He is a callous, thoughtless, undisciplined fool.

Yes. I, too, like him very much. It's very hard not to.

Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, and James Hong in The Golden Child (1986)

Eddie Murphy and J.L. Reate in The Golden Child (1986)

Eddie Murphy and Charlotte Lewis in The Golden Child (1986)

Eddie Murphy

J.L. Reate

Charles Dance

Dennis Feldman

A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child whom dark forces want to eliminate.

Michael Ritchie

The Golden Child

A FUN FANTASY ADVENTURE FROM MY CHILDHOOD

&quot;The Golden Child&quot; is one of Eddie Murphy&apos;s most underrated films of the 80&apos;s but even though it&apos;s not well liked by many, well i have always loved it for the fun fantasy adventure it is &amp; Eddie Murphy is still good fun here with his witty comedy.

Eddie Murphy, who is a hero of mine from growing up, here he plays a great role &amp; play&apos;s it more straight &amp; restrained, he&apos;s still funny but not overly energetic or crazy &amp; i like his performance alot!!! He plays Detective Chandler Jarrell who specialises in missing children cases, discovers he&apos;s &quot;The Chosen One&quot; to help find a missing magical Tibetan Child who has great powers that can save the world from Evil, it&apos;s a totally fantastical Comedy adventure story with excellent pure 80&apos;s special effects &amp; music &amp; has a feel or vibe like the Classic &quot;Big Trouble in little China&quot; but not as great, &amp; also stars two actors from that movie with Victor Wong &amp; James Hong. The look &amp; production design is excellent &amp; some of the down town L.A scenes are actually very grimy &amp; gritty, actually it&apos;s quite a dark movie with it&apos;s theme of child abduction &amp; there&apos;s a very dark scene of a young girl found face down &amp; dead in a grubby &amp; gritty area of Los Angeles. Without the Fantasy &amp; Magic side it would be a more Darker Noir Detective Thriller which in a way it really is!!! But that&apos;s also a plus point to this movie is it&apos;s basically set in the real dangerous world where these evil things do really happen but the Fantasy part helps to cope with it &amp; gives a nice comforting feel that even the comedy legend Eddie Murphy has to come accross evil in the world. The demon monster villain at the end is Awesome &amp; looks great still.

&quot;The Golden Child&quot; is so 80&apos;s &amp; so much fun &amp; was Directed by Michael Ritchie who has done many excellent films such as Fletch (Chevy Chase) &amp; Fletch Lives &amp; The Couch Trip (Dan Aykroyd) &amp; Cops &amp; Robbersons (Chase), he knows great comedy.

It&apos;s a different type of role for Eddie Murphy &amp; he&apos;s great in it. &quot;The Golden Child&quot; is very underrated &amp; i can see why some didn&apos;t enjoy it because it&apos;s not the usual Murphy brand of antics, he&apos;s more serious &amp; reserved in a way but definitely suits the movie because of it&apos;s dark atmosphere &amp; as a kids family type fantasy Comedy it has some scary stuff in here.

Yes i have Nostalgia for this flick but it&apos;s a film i have always loved &amp; enjoyed. I love most films that critics hate anyway!!! I love the 80&quot;s

Official Trailer

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"The Golden Child" is one of Eddie Murphy's most underrated films of the 80's but even though it's not well liked by many, well i have always loved it for the fun fantasy adventure it is & Eddie Murphy is still good fun here with his witty comedy.

Eddie Murphy, who is a hero of mine from growing up, here he plays a great role & play's it more straight & restrained, he's still funny but not overly energetic or crazy & i like his performance alot!!! He plays Detective Chandler Jarrell who specialises in missing children cases, discovers he's "The Chosen One" to help find a missing magical Tibetan Child who has great powers that can save the world from Evil, it's a totally fantastical Comedy adventure story with excellent pure 80's special effects & music & has a feel or vibe like the Classic "Big Trouble in little China" but not as great, & also stars two actors from that movie with Victor Wong & James Hong. The look & production design is excellent & some of the down town L.A scenes are actually very grimy & gritty, actually it's quite a dark movie with it's theme of child abduction & there's a very dark scene of a young girl found face down & dead in a grubby & gritty area of Los Angeles. Without the Fantasy & Magic side it would be a more Darker Noir Detective Thriller which in a way it really is!!! But that's also a plus point to this movie is it's basically set in the real dangerous world where these evil things do really happen but the Fantasy part helps to cope with it & gives a nice comforting feel that even the comedy legend Eddie Murphy has to come accross evil in the world. The demon monster villain at the end is Awesome & looks great still.

"The Golden Child" is so 80's & so much fun & was Directed by Michael Ritchie who has done many excellent films such as Fletch (Chevy Chase) & Fletch Lives & The Couch Trip (Dan Aykroyd) & Cops & Robbersons (Chase), he knows great comedy.

It's a different type of role for Eddie Murphy & he's great in it. "The Golden Child" is very underrated & i can see why some didn't enjoy it because it's not the usual Murphy brand of antics, he's more serious & reserved in a way but definitely suits the movie because of it's dark atmosphere & as a kids family type fantasy Comedy it has some scary stuff in here.

Yes i have Nostalgia for this flick but it's a film i have always loved & enjoyed. I love most films that critics hate anyway!!! I love the 80"s

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