The film would also be released on VOD and YouTube.
When I first heard about this, I was so hyped. A short film homage to the 1980s? As someone who loves the 80s, I had to check this out.
The film focuses on a cop in 1980s Miami known as Kung Fury, a police officer who fights crime with super-human level skills in martial arts. He finds himself having to battle Adolf Hitler, aka Kung Fuhrer, who had managed to come to 1980s Miami to rule the world. In an attempt to kill Hitler in Nazi Germany, Kung Fury accidentally gets knocked back to the Viking Age, where he finds allies in a pair of gun-toting Valkyries and the Norse God Thor.
There is only one world that I can use to describe this film: Insane. This film is utterly insane. In a very good way. It's a fun ride in a world where everything goes by two rules: the Rule of Cool and the Rule of Funny. The film is mostly done in CGI, but it has the look of a worn VHS played on an old VCR, which really helps add on to the 1980s feel of the film.
David Sandberg (who also wrote and directed the film) is in the title role, and he plays Kung Fury as a man who is very flat emotionally, but it's intentional. It's funny.
It's a great little short film, and if you have a half-hour to kill and want to spend it watching a fun action film with laughs and an awesome soundtrack, check this film out. You won't regret it. And in even better news, Sandberg is working on a feature-length version of the film, so that'll be something exciting to see.
I had forgotten about this movie, actually. Watched it with a couple of friends, and it was incredibly entertaining!
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