Kung Fury - The Popjunkie Review
Can a Triceratops become a cop on the Miami police force?
Is it possible for an 80’s arcade game to come to life
Transformer style and kill people?
Can Hitler show up in 1985 Miami steal someone's (very
large) cell phone, call the police department and begin shooting at the
receiver so that the bullets travel through the phone, killing the Police chief
on the other end - as well as all of the remaining officers in the room?
If you find that you will not
sleep tonight without knowing the answer to any of these questions, then you
must not miss Kung Fury - the zaniest, most over-the-top 30 minutes you can
hope to experience.
This short film tells the story
of the titular hero, the cliched “burnt out cop”, who is called back into duty
to stop Hitler from time traveling into 1985 to take over the world with his
ancient and magical Kung Fu powers. How to stop him? By traveling back to 1945
by way of a computer hacker who can “hack time”.
Kung Fury packs so many gags
within its scant run-time, it's amazing that they were still able to tell their
story! The first 90 seconds alone would take paragraphs to describe. Hell, the
first 3 seconds had my attention when the production company's logo splashed
across the screen! The name? Laser Unicorns, of course!
The movie must be seen to be
believed but let's whet your whistle with some of the plot points that run
rampant in Kung Fury: Thor, dinosaurs, time travel, Hitler as a Kung Fu master,
hot cave girls and a hero that is created by being struck by lightning. And
then bitten by a cobra.
Yeah, it's a must see.
