
“Murphy slides through the picture with easy wisecracks and unflappable cool…entertaining from beginning to end.”—Roger Ebert

(Avg. 3.5)The Golden Child is a 1986 American mystical comedy film starring Eddie Murphy. Murphy plays Chandler Jarrell, a social worker who is confronted by a young Asian woman (Charlotte Lewis), who tells him that he is the Chosen One destined to save The Golden Child, the saviour of all mankind, from the clutches of the demon Sardo Numspa, played by Charles Dance. The film was directed by Michael Ritchie for Paramount Pictures.