A roguish long-haul truck driver named Jack Burton (Russell) has his rig, The Pork Chop Express, stolen in the course of pursuing a gang known as the Lords of Death after they kidnapped his friend Wang Chi's (Dennis Dun) fianc?e ? the lovely and green-eyed Miao Yin (Suzee Pai) ? for the ancient and evil Chinese sorcerer, David Lo Pan (James Hong), who is also the reclusive millionaire owner of a shipping business called the Wing Kong Exchange.