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12/12/1986 Action, Adventure, Comedy 1h 34m
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Eddie Murphy is the chosen one.

Overview

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."

  1. Michael Ritchie

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Eddie Murphy

    Chandler Jarrell

  2. Charles Dance

    Sardo Numspa

  3. Charlotte Lewis

    Kee Nang

  4. J.L. Reate

    The Golden Child

  5. Victor Wong

    The Old Man

  6. Randall 'Tex' Cobb

    Til

  7. James Hong

    Doctor Hong

  8. Shakti Chen

    Kala

  9. Tau Logo

    Yu

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-04-13
So, if something happens to the kid, the whole world goes to hell?

Eddie Murphy plays Chandler Jarrell, a man who devotes his time to finding lost children. When the beautiful Kee Nang (Charlotte Lewis) enters his life, she tells him he is the chosen one and he must find the Golden Child. Sceptical and driven purely by lust and intrigue, Jarrell gets involved without realising he's about to embark on a fantastical journey - one that involves peril and worst of all, the demon Sardo Numspa.

Is The Golden Child a product of its time? By that I mean, was Eddie Murphy and The Golden Child's ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$25,000,000.00

Revenue
$79,817,939.00

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