Kung Fury

Kung Fury is a brilliant and humorous 2015 Swedish short film.  It is a creation of the primary actor, David Sandberg.  The entire thing was funded through Kickstarter, and many people freely gave of their time and talent to make it.

Part of what makes it cool is the over-the-top 1980's glam feel.  It has elements from Karate Kid, The Terminator, Tron, and Miami Vice, to name a few.  It uses short segments of stock footage as filler, just like a crappy 80's movie would have.

An additional 80's-era effect is when the VHS tracking goes bad just as a major fight scene reaches its climax.  The music also sounds like typical bland 80's pop/metal/jazz.  The movie is so intentionally bad that it's great - absolutely genius!  Watch and laugh.  Warning: Gore.

The film caught a lot of attention, and was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.  Happily it looks like we will be treated to a full feature length film, Kung Fury II, which is scheduled to be released in 2020.  I'm looking forward to seeing it.