Kung Fury

[yorkie]

Who has seen this?

It's a free 30-minute crowdfunded short movie, available here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85bkCmaOh4o
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fury

Kung Fury is a 2015 English-language Swedish martial arts action comedy short film written, directed by, and starring David Sandberg. It pays homage to 1980s martial arts and police action films. The film stars David Sandberg in the title role with Jorma Taccone, Leopold Nilsson, and a cameo appearance by David Hasselhoff.

The film was crowdfunded through Kickstarter from December 2013 to January 2014 with pledges reaching US$630,019, exceeding the original target goal of $200,000....

When you consider the budget constraints, they did a great job.

My favourite part is the 'hacking' scene which brilliantly parodies the ludicrous way in which 'hacking' is portrayed in movies. Look out for the Power Glove!

Even if you don't want to watch the movie, I at least recommend you at least watch this music video, which was made to promote the movie:
David Hasselhoff - True Survivor

Those who like modern, yet 80s sounding electronic music, are likely to enjoy the soundtrack which features artists such as Mitch Murder and my favourite artist to listen to right now, Lost Years.

 

[sprinterguy]

My friends and I think it's great: So many eighties idioms and action clichés condensed into little more than half an hour that still feels like a proper feature length film. You certainly can't criticise the plot for being slow-paced!

I'm pleased to hear that there's a sequel in the works, too.

'True Survivor' is a great track and video, too: It's reassuring to know that it's still possible to produce a mid-eighties classic in the twenty first century.

 

[HSTEd]

This film is incredible - it is a brilliant send up of the 'plot' contrivances and outright absurdities of early 80s action movies. Before Die Hard broke the mould.

 

[DaleCooper]

Great fun and a worthy successor to spoofs like Airplane, The Naked Gun and MacGruber, That David Sandberg looks like a young Johnny Depp.