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Kung Fury

2015

Comedy

Sci-fi

Short Film

31m

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. (imdb)

Directed by:

David Sandberg

Written by:

David Sandberg

Starring:

David Hasselhoff

Jorma Taccone David Sandberg Leopold Nilsson Steven Chew Andreas Cahling Erik Hörnqvist Eleni Young Helene Ahlson Per-Henrik Arvidius Eos Karlsson

Genres:

Comedy, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Action

Country:

Sweden

Languages:

English, Swedish, German

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Kung Fury

2015

Comedy

Sci-fi

Short Film

31m

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BeeDub

Rated 06 Jun 2016

Very funny distillation of our collective '80s memories that wisely ends before the joke is dragged out too long.

Rated 06 Jun 2016

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TheDenizen

Rated 03 Jun 2015

It's Miami Vice and Double Dragon in a blender, with a side order of random nonsense, that lasts just long enough to flesh out all the good stuff from trailer but not long enough to get boring. The VHS tracking glitch is used way too often, but the CGI was decent for the budget they had. Here's a tip on how comedy works...Mocking genre tropes and 80's nostalgia: funny. Thor for no reason other than "Hey it's Thor, lol": not funny. A mostly positive mixed bag.

Rated 03 Jun 2015

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CMonster

Rated 08 Jun 2015

It's not a dearth of entertainment. Has its moments. My biggest problem is it feels like one-up-manship of badass/funny ideas that when brought to fruition it ends up being less badass and less funny than the ideas. It also takes the path of intentionally being bad, which to me is much less entertaining than making a bad trope good (e.g. Black Dynamite), unintentionally being an abysmal failure (e.g. The Room), or by using the trope in the way it is intended (e.g. good 80's action flicks).

Rated 08 Jun 2015

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DavidBlast

Rated 10 Jun 2015

It is exactly what you'd hope it would be: The 80s distilled through the eyes of a Swedish child. I have to say I am rather shocked at the lukewarm reception you guys have given it. Plot? What? It didn't sit well with your Fass- and Chablis '82 bender marathon on your summer yacht? This was made by some Swede in his basement! Basement! Where's the love for the little guy that could?! I can't stay mad at you Criticker, but for the first time ever I am little disappointed in you.

Rated 10 Jun 2015

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FrederikA

Rated 02 Jun 2015

All the best parts of 80s pop culture boiled down to 30 ridiculous minutes. Comparisons with (the other Scandinavian Kickstarter B-movie project) Iron Sky are obvious, but Sandberg has a much better sense of tone and timing, making this proper good watch. Acquired taste perhaps, but if you can't appreciate this glorious madness on some level, I'm not sure you have a soul.

Rated 02 Jun 2015

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Barthalen

Rated 01 Jun 2015

Approach this as a fun CGI showreel with a thick 80's sauce and you'll probably be entertained. It's not greater than the sum of its parts though, there's too little coherent story or reason to actually care for that. I wish I hadn't seen the trailer, there were only a few surprises left for the 'full' movie. Now I feel like a jerk for expecting, well, more.

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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MontyCircus

Rated 01 Jun 2015

If you see one Swedish kung fu buddy cop sci-fi fantasy comedy 80's-style short film this year...make it Kung Fury! Is it the best short film of all-time? Honestly, I watched the opening 5 minutes in jaw-dropped wonder!

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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Kavu

Rated 01 Jun 2015

When a film tries too hard to be bad, sometimes it succeeds spectacularly. Cringeworthy.

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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Ununnilium

Rated 17 Dec 2015

I do love experiments with the ridiculous, viscerally appealing works of one's youth - boiling them down, concentrating their appeal, amplifying the flaws into hallucinatory stylistic flourishes, and exaggerating everything into a critical mass of signifiers. Kung Fury is a fine example of that line of thought. I have quibbles - Nazi supervillains are so cliche that even jokes about it are cliches, and the violence often felt too hardcore for the silliness - but let's face it, this was fun.

Rated 17 Dec 2015

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Gnalkhere

Rated 25 Oct 2015

This short was ridiculously funny

Rated 25 Oct 2015

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eCitizen

Rated 09 Jun 2015

Quite possibly the most idiotic collection of random nonsense every assembled into a movie. There are a couple of moments worthy of a smirk or two, but mostly it's an overload of weird stupid idiotic garbage. Ludicrous plot, insane dialog, inept delivery, and asinine acting rounds out one of the stupidest shorts ever made. I think you would have to be stoned or drunk to actually enjoy this. It's only saving grace is that it was intentionally made to be bad, and so at least it succeeds at that.

Rated 09 Jun 2015

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BadFurDay

Rated 30 Jan 2016

Short and to the point, visually impressive, cheesier than actual 80s cheese, which is much more than I expected before watching it. The one liners and visual gags are just too much, I was cracking up all along in a way that even the funniest comedies can't achieve. Glad it wasn't a full length movie though, that was just enough of it.

Rated 30 Jan 2016

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PeaceAnarchy

Rated 03 Aug 2015

What a wacky random movie! Everyone involved knows it's campy and silly and it's not supposed to make sense, so that makes its myriad of flaws ok. Right? I guess many feel that way, but I just found it kind of tedious, although it certainly did bring it's share of chuckles so not a total waste.

Rated 03 Aug 2015

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backwardsuit

Rated 21 Jul 2016

Desperately trying too hard. I appreciate the effort but it doesn't even attempt to hang together in any way. At least it's pretty short.

Rated 21 Jul 2016

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hotsake

Rated 04 Jun 2015

It tries way too hard and needed a better screenplay and some editing but that being said it was a fun watch and gave me a couple laughs

Rated 04 Jun 2015

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angrypierre

Rated 09 Jun 2015

As with so many things, it isn't the world ending mega-fun-splosion that it's biggest fans will promise, but it is a remarkable achievement for one person and a shitload of green-screen. Definitely fun, and has several very funny sequences, but I'm really glad it wasn't any longer.

Rated 09 Jun 2015

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begoniabol

Rated 01 Jun 2015

I really wanted to love it, and looked forward to it for months, since the trailer is fantastic. Unfortunately the movie didn't wow me enough, and I wished it was shittier; the real true shit, not intendednotgoodshit.

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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Pickpocket

Rated 20 Jun 2015

Spoof movies just aren't my thing and here is no different. I just picture nerds sitting around going "ha ha i remember this! omg so funny!" and then I lose my mojo. I get that Sandberg loves movies but why can someone like PTA make great art using his love of cinema and Sandberg make such tongue in cheek garbage? We get it, you grew up in the 80's. When you try to be intentionally bad and you fail it's embarrassing to watch

Rated 20 Jun 2015

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Bunken

Rated 12 Jun 2015

That explains the laser-raptor!

Rated 12 Jun 2015

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Talvitie

Rated 01 Jun 2015

I give value the high visuals and humour, but I would love to follow the story too. Now there's no drama / conflict and the movie is just funny eye candy.

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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antidood1

Rated 19 Jun 2015

Pretty entertaining, and not nearly as pandering and winkwinknudgenudge as I feared. Still, it never crosses boundaries and it stays well within the safe so-bad-it's-good template. Overall a pretty solid 30 minutes of entertainment, with a few great laughs.

Rated 19 Jun 2015

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Obdurate

Rated 01 Jun 2015

I enjoy it but I'm not getting the hype for it. The visual effects are great, the soundtrack is nice, the action is ridiculous and entertaining, and it's funny sometimes, but it just couldn't grab me like it should. Was it just too random? Maybe they didn't play it straight enough? There's almost too much winking at the camera but it's still a fun example of schlocky crap. I think I'm just kind of over a few of the things the net still loves, like Hitler appearing in everything.

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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redacted

Rated 01 Jun 2015

Probably needed a less generous editor, sometimes the acting goes beyond 'bad acting' to just bad acting & I think all the nazi's are facing the wrong way when they shot the street fighter background stuff. The dialogue was genuinely weak, but for what its worth, the action scenes stood up. Left the door open for a sequel, but we kind of get it now. Brilliant as a trailer though.

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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lrampartl

Rated 08 Dec 2016

Dumb and ridiculous, but stylistically awesome, and short enough to be a great joke before it got tedious.

Rated 08 Dec 2016

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LouisMazzini

Rated 07 Jun 2015

As ridiculous as it is, Sandberg's love for cinema shines through.

Rated 07 Jun 2015

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mattorama12

Rated 01 Jun 2015

So over-the-top ridiculous, but it's fun. Its strength is in hitting every single trope so hard. I didn't care at all for the "damaged tape" effect, though. I've heard word of full-length or sequel, but I think that would be a huge mistake.

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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FoxyRussian

Rated 31 Jul 2015

Hilariously stupid. This movie may not be for everything, as it's intentionally terrible on the surface, but the script is filled with smart jokes and the action scenes are fun. The acting though is pretty terrible, except for Hitler, who is hilarious

Rated 31 Jul 2015

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lisa-

Rated 06 Oct 2015

it's called trying too hard. what an embarrassment.

Rated 06 Oct 2015

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hisblob

Rated 01 Jun 2015

A C-movie with a lot going on: kung fu! time travel! dinosaurs! Hitler! 80s! more 80s! If I were 12, maybe I'd be all over it.

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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guy piranha

Rated 02 Jun 2015

hats off to what sandberg accomplished more or less with an idea and crowdfunding...all the while showing off exactly what's wrong with that approach. i won't pretend to know whether there was a script all along, just waiting for the funds to be realized. but it sure as hell doesn't look like it. it's more or less a showreel for a talented young filmmaker, random scenes put together with only the slightest semblance of coherency. it's basically just the extended trailer.

Rated 02 Jun 2015

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cherrorist

Rated 03 Jun 2015

I was so anxious to see this movie & I really wanted to like it, but I feel it failed to an expectation of the awesome trailer. It almost feels like Sandberg didn't expect he'll actually raise the funds for it, and it caught him off guard and scriptless. At least there's a fun fighting sequence (Fury vs. the Nazis).

Rated 03 Jun 2015

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Jerky

Rated 02 Jun 2015

Mmmmm....80's-tastic!

Rated 02 Jun 2015

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The Pirate

Rated 01 Jun 2015

I have seen beyond the limits of over the top 80's style action/comedy, and it is called Kung Fury!

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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teckgecko

Rated 30 Jan 2016

I hadn't even seen the trailer, but just based on the genre doubted I'd really love it -- turns out, I was only half-right... "love" is certainly too strong, but I was surprised at how much fun it is. Despite some weaknesses (e.g. needing fewer non-Führer fellows with facial hair), I'm actually open to the idea of a sequel (so long as it doesn't make the mistake of being feature-length, anyway) and if none is forthcoming, could at least content myself revisiting this on occasion.

Rated 30 Jan 2016

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VorpalKitten

Rated 11 Oct 2016

Hilarious stuff, but I think the movie suffers slightly from going with the overly deadpan protagonist.

Rated 11 Oct 2016

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roonay3k

Rated 04 Jun 2015

It tries to be bad and succeeds. But i'd rather watch something good. Maybe if I was high as a kite I would enjoy it ? I know this was made by a kid in his basement and yea he did a good job in the circumstances but it doesn't make the movie any less crap!

Rated 04 Jun 2015

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donquixotic

Rated 01 Jun 2015

I lost patience with this maybe 1 minute in, then I kept watching for another 2 minutes to see if it improved, then I skipped ahead to see how awful it got. I don't get the appeal of this smug haw haw look how cheesy it is so OTT wow we're so funny with our 80s references crap. It's the sort of nonsense you make with your friends and only your friends watch

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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Stradivarius

Rated 17 May 2016

Completely insufferable and without merit of any kind. An attempt at 80's pastiche by someone who never experienced or even spent a minute researching 80's genre films, marred even further by "lol so random" attempts at so-bad-its-good effects shots reminiscent of 00's sci fi original features after they became self aware. In effect, forced and grating to the extreme.

Rated 17 May 2016

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Difontaine

Rated 28 Aug 2015

So, it doesn't live up to the trailer, but nothing could so I'm OK with that. It's just about the right length so the gag doesn't get old. I enjoyed it a lot, it's pretty well done for a guy with a green screen. I hope David Sandberg can kick on and make a full feature film with the same aesthetic.

Rated 28 Aug 2015

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doctordave

Rated 02 Nov 2015

Totally awesome, crazy, gory over-the-top slice of joy. A crazy kung fu action homage to trashy 80s films. If you like films like evil dead II, hot fuzz, hot shots!, big trouble in little china or Tokyo gore police then this is totally the thing for you.

Rated 02 Nov 2015

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Arudap

Rated 09 Aug 2015

I gave it 80 because it's so 80s.

Rated 09 Aug 2015

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Anomaly

Rated 12 Nov 2015

A single joke stretched out far too long, but mercifully short of feature length.

Rated 12 Nov 2015

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overrated

Rated 12 Aug 2015

This is like, a prime example of "Reddit humor" (speaking as someone who uses Reddit). Watch Danger 5 instead.

Rated 12 Aug 2015

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frederic_g54

Rated 16 Jun 2015

It's not often I get to see a anthropomorphic Triceratops play a cop with a ridiculous British accent. In that regard, well played, sir. Well played.

Rated 16 Jun 2015

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Groovy_Souls

Rated 01 Jun 2015

Its hard to rank this. But because of the same enjoyment I get from this, being the same one I get while watching The Room, ill rate it the same. Its bad acting, 80's cheese, and an incomprehensible plot. I love it, I do.

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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Zangin

Rated 04 May 2017

Decently funny but its tone is far too aggressively ironic for it's own good. It's rather off-putting, to be honest, and even at only half an hour feels far too long.

Rated 04 May 2017

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AniAko

Rated 02 Jul 2020

Pure, unfettered joy. If the people behind this movie didn't have a blast making it, I don't know how it would be possible. Fun, fast, quirky, funny. Feels like a parody of just about every genre. Creative work of artistic genius.

Rated 02 Jul 2020

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muutanet

Rated 14 Aug 2015

Somehow watchable and partly okay effects.

Rated 14 Aug 2015

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filmseeking

Rated 15 Jun 2015

The style, the jokes, the music, it all is perfectly melted into an ambitious short film that deserved to be longer.

Rated 15 Jun 2015

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sedric

Rated 09 Aug 2015

Best 2015 movie. Go home Star Wars VII.

Rated 09 Aug 2015

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Barraoc

Rated 02 Jul 2015

80s-tastic. The Kung-Fuhrer haz ze moves!

Rated 02 Jul 2015

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Adds

Rated 19 Nov 2019

Questioning my life choices just for sitting through 2 minutes of this.

Rated 19 Nov 2019

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Purifier

Rated 11 Jan 2022

Ridiculous fun, just as it's supposed to be. Even though it's clearly not meant to be taken seriously, I do wish it was just a bit more cohesive and relied a bit less on "lol Rand0m".

Rated 11 Jan 2022

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astrakhan

Rated 07 Jan 2017

This short really blew my mind with its ridiculous sense of humour and gratuitous OTT special effects. Love love love the people involved and their self-belief. The fact that I lived through and fondly remember some of the things it's referencing is just icing on the cake.

Rated 07 Jan 2017

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Velvet Crowe

Rated 07 Jun 2015

Oh look, some shitty comedy that tries too hard to be ironic and cool!

Rated 07 Jun 2015

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orcunyondem

Rated 02 Aug 2019

This is the best stupid thing I've ever watched. "Tank" you.

Rated 02 Aug 2019

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Ag0stoMesmer

Rated 01 Jun 2015

Does a lot right -I'm a sucker for a synth soundtrack and the effects were fun- needed a bit of 'tightening up. Not sure i could take a full-length episode though.

Rated 01 Jun 2015

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xyu

Rated 05 Apr 2022

corny, ridiculous and absolutely magnificent.

Rated 05 Apr 2022

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Narg

Rated 05 Feb 2018

It has no plot, no characters, but a lot of stupid and cheesy fun.

Rated 05 Feb 2018

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brrrp

Rated 19 Feb 2024

Hmmmm, after reading a lot of praise, I am disappointed that this is just a joke ridden cliche of a movie, and the jokes are bad. Maybe I am too 90's for this, but there's something missing here that was the real movie magic of the sub-Hollywood 80's genre film. Getting very tired of Nazis, but I dunno that I've ever been into Nazisploitation anyway.

Rated 19 Feb 2024

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hsncrspywl

Rated 12 Jan 2016

Not as funny as it thinks it is and overstays a pretty limited welcome. Too scattershot and not coherent enough to be as funny as other surreal referency stuff.

Rated 12 Jan 2016

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coffee

Rated 10 Aug 2015

There are some really weird filmmakers I don't get. But I'm not ranking how much I got the films anyway.

Rated 10 Aug 2015

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martryn

Rated 03 Mar 2023

A passion project of a very talented David Sandberg, this contains epic 80's cheese, puns, and Hasselhoff. Considering the budget, this was pretty well done. It's short, sweet, and therefore even hesitant viewers should be enticed to invest the half hour required to experience this. I think it's hilariously badass and ridiculously, eye-rolling machismo.

Rated 03 Mar 2023

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SirStuckey

Rated 08 Oct 2015

It tries very hard to be funny and it often is. That's what you'd expect when there are about 3 jokes/gags per second. Many of the plot jokes are funny, but it felt like they were trying to cram every single idea they've ever had into the movie, even ones that have been done before that they could have cut down or cut out.

Rated 08 Oct 2015

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Gideon

Rated 03 Jun 2015

Pretty damn funny!

Rated 03 Jun 2015

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eric-jan

Rated 30 Aug 2015

Boy, is this a surprise..! 90s over-the-top movie with great music and good and funny action. Should not be missed by movie lovers! This is a great experimental movie .. and for me it totally worked! Keep em coming! It could have been twice as long for all I care :)

Rated 30 Aug 2015

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Bartbaard

Rated 28 Jul 2018

So bad it's good. The film that got me into the synthwave genre

Rated 28 Jul 2018

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metz

Rated 03 Jun 2015

All the awesome things

Rated 03 Jun 2015

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beardobaldo

Rated 12 May 2018

The perfect end result of cracking everything to the max.

Rated 12 May 2018

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NathanBates

Rated 03 Jul 2020

Some heavy 80s nostalgia here. Of course, it's a campy rip-off of all the goofy movies/TV shows of that decade (plus a whole lot of video games), and I confess to laughing through most of it. Probably has zero re-watch potential for me, even with the short running time.

Rated 03 Jul 2020

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okidude

Rated 08 Sep 2015

This is about what you'd expect if you compressed 10 years of film in to 30 minutes. Nothing original here, but there is some art value for writers and editors.

Rated 08 Sep 2015

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QVT

Rated 07 Jun 2015

This is fun

Rated 07 Jun 2015

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KasperL

Rated 14 Nov 2015

Hell yeah!

Rated 14 Nov 2015

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bjn

Rated 02 Jun 2015

I wish they'd made it 20 minutes instead of 30 and cut out some of the weaker scenes.

Rated 02 Jun 2015

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boomdiddly

Rated 20 Feb 2016

Just let the 80's die.

Rated 20 Feb 2016

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TheDiceman

Rated 11 Feb 2016

All considered this was hilarious.

Rated 11 Feb 2016

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TrixRabbi

Rated 17 Oct 2016

Witless garbage for the attention deficit.

Rated 17 Oct 2016

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Ab-ı Haya

Rated 13 Mar 2022

03.17 Hobbit

Rated 13 Mar 2022

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Vandelay1

Rated 09 Oct 2017

okay

Rated 09 Oct 2017

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Batmantis

Rated 01 Jul 2019

Kung Fury is an eighties-style action movie parody that from the plot summary, sounds silly enough. Once you start watching it, within a few minutes it basically veers off into surrealism with stuff like the random dinosaurs thrown into the short. It feels like something that would fit in right at home on Adult Swim. I don't think the short was awful though. It's humorous and the action scenes are well done. It does get a little crazy at times for my liking.

Rated 01 Jul 2019

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law

Rated 13 Feb 2018

No.

Rated 13 Feb 2018

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ribcage

Rated 11 Sep 2016

Deliciously ridiculous... The humor falters often but a maddening pace and great music make the slips forgivable. Can't imagine a feature length would do anything more for it...except make me wish astron 6 did it

Rated 11 Sep 2016

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forehead1

Rated 31 May 2016

A fun 30-minute homage to '80s sci-fi/action movies that contains genuine LOL moments - especially in the first five minutes - but others that simply exist to act as cliché and don't take full advantage of the opportunities presented. This silly slapstick style requires the laughs to come thick and fast, which is the one area KF unfortunately falls short. The budget green screen visuals work well though, and I'd happily watch a full-length movie of this quality if the material was good enough

Rated 31 May 2016

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bakcheia

Rated 04 Nov 2015

"I hacked away all of your bullet wounds, Kung Fury".

Rated 04 Nov 2015

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Catnip

Rated 22 Jun 2015

Well..... it had laser raptors?!

Rated 22 Jun 2015

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mistersplice

Rated 30 Jan 2016

8+ excellent

Rated 30 Jan 2016

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katieevans

Rated 02 Jun 2015

how do i rate a movie that was so bad until hi

Rated 02 Jun 2015

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VeLiKi

Rated 20 Jan 2016

The best movie ever made.

Rated 20 Jan 2016

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SheWas

Rated 29 Apr 2016

Very impressive for a short (!) comedy (!!)

Rated 29 Apr 2016

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PUNQ

Rated 19 Jul 2015

Kung Fury (2015) manages to convince me that the 1980s was cool!!!

Rated 19 Jul 2015

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matthagen

Rated 14 Oct 2022

Seen: 2. Perhaps the greatest purposefully bad, ludicrous piece of media ever created. 80s pop culture, Triceracop, time travel, Hitler, laser raptors, phone gun.

Rated 14 Oct 2022

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