Kung Fury
2015 · Directed by David Sandberg
Original language: English
- action
- comedy
- science fiction
- fantasy
The story
During an unfortunate series of events, a friend of Kung Fury is assassinated by the most dangerous kung fu master criminal of all time, Adolf Hitler, a.k.a Kung Führer. Kung Fury decides to travel back in time to Nazi Germany in order to kill Hitler and end the Nazi empire once and for all.
What it’s like
Saturated neon over a flat black void, chunky pixel-edged graphics, and a scratchy VHS sheen that makes every frame look dragged out of a late-80s rental tape. The whole thing plays like a cop-action movie that was recorded off a television during a Saturday-night blackout: wobbling tracking lines, hard cuts, and a synth-pulse score built from gated drums and arpeggiated bass that never lets up. Scenes are staged in cheap, cartoonish sets, with a sun-striped Miami-style sky, glowing grid floors, and bright tiled corridors in which kicks and laser blasts fly. The mood is giddy, gleefully juvenile and self-aware, a loud 80s-nostalgia rush that rarely slows to breathe. Its violence is constant but cartoonish: flashy kung fu fights, exploding bodies, comic-book gore and zapped-out enemies, with nothing that lingers in a disturbing way. Strong language and crude jokes appear throughout. It suits a late-night laugh with friends, arcade-and-retro fans, and anyone who wants pure silly chaos rather than anything gentle or contemplative.
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