The Golden Child

Name: The Golden Child
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Released: 1986-12-12
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 5.90
Cast: J.L. Reate, Charlotte Lewis, Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance

– A detective specializing in missing children is on a madcap mission to save a youth with mystical po..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

5.90 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 34 Minutes

Release Year:

1986

A detective specializing in missing children is on a madcap mission to save a youth with mystical powers who's been abducted by an evil cult. He battles a band of super-nasties, scrambles through a booby-trapped chamber of horrors and traverses Tibet to obtain a sacred dagger.

Styles:

Ridiculous, Entertaining, Funny, Fairy Tale, Comic, Offbeat, Light, Not Serious, Humorous, Exciting

Story Timeline:

1980s

Producing Country:

USA

Filming Locations:

Tibet, California, Los Angeles, USA

Genre:

Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Action, Mystery

The Golden Child (1986) - Trailer

Release Date:

12 Dec 1986

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Directed by:

Michael Ritchie

Story Written By:

Dennis Feldman

Main Actors:

J.L. Reate, Charlotte Lewis, Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance

Plot:

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.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production Company:

Paramount Home Video

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

26%

Metacritic:

37%