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Kung Fury! - Reaction and Review@fictionalfacts2596d
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I haven't posted here in a while and things look a bit different but that's a good thing. I'll be posting a channel update tomorrow and getting back into doing more videos and gaming but in the meantime here is my review of Kung Fury which you wont want to miss.
This is a special video that came about while randomly going through videos on the internet. I somehow found this gem of a movie and I just had to share it with everyone.
›/ Film Class #6 / Kung Fury / most epic movie of all time@marinauzelac3224d
Kung Fury is an over-the-top kung-fu-hacker-nazi-viking-laser-raptor-time-travel-homage-to-all things ’80s-most-epic-movie-of-all-time. That wasn't enough?
Yeah and I forgot, David Hasselhoff appears as computer HOFF 9000, and he sing the main track.
Greatest movie since the dawn of mankind?
PLOTLINE ''During an unfortunate series of events, Kung Fury (a Kung Fu Cowboy Cop) loses nearly his entire precinct to the most dangerous kung fu master criminal of all time; Adolf Hitler, a.k.a Kung Führer. Because of being hit by lightning and being bitten by a cobra, which would have killed any normal human, Kung Fury has become a kung fu master and a threat to Hitler's power. 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.'' (tv tropes)
KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN & SHOOTING
It all began when David Sandberg (writer, director and main actor) posted on Kickstarter the Kung Fury trailer using his pseudonym Laser Unicorns, and within 24 hours he raised somewhere around $200,000.
Sandberg said:
“My plan was to shoot the entire thing and then do all the visual effects myself. I have a background in visual effects. But it turned out that it was way too much work and took too long and I was completely broke. I had to sell my couch and my TV to be able to afford rent and food. I was, like, at the tipping point. I told myself I needed to do something about this.
I had a lot of material, so I was like, okay, I’m going to put together a trailer, release it, and get people pumped. So we worked on the trailer for five to six months. It was just me and another guy at my office. The Kickstarter goal was $200,000, which I thought was ambitious, but it also seemed realistic in terms of what I needed to make the movie.
Within 24 hours of launching, we reached our goal. People started calling. I freaked out. Hollywood was calling. Agents. Managers. It was crazy. I basically didn’t sleep for a week because of the adrenaline rush. The campaign was for 30 days. By the end, we raised $630,000.”
here is the link to Kickstarter campaign : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kungfury/kung-fury
Trailer
During the summer of 2014, Sandberg assembled the crew from all around the world, because one of the pledges in Kickstarter campaign was that you could become an extra in the movie, and the most expensive pledge was an actual role. ''We had like 40 people from all over the world come to Umea, where I was living–it’s a very small town in the northern part of Sweden, about as far north as you can go. They stayed in my grandma’s garage. They were extras. Then there was a guy from Texas, Steven Chew, who pledged $10,000 to have a role in the movie. He played Kung Fury’s partner. He was alright (as an actor). The script is very cheesy in its dialogue, it doesn’t require good actors. Some of the people stayed for a day, some for two weeks, some are still there. One guy stayed for three months. He stayed at my mom’s place. They loved it. It was very friendly, like a big family.” said Sandberg.
MUSIC VIDEO
Sandberg thought that the best way to promote the film was to make a music video with 80's icon David Hasselhoff.
He loved the idea and flew to Sweden to shoot the video. The song was called True Survivor and it was written by Jorgen Elofsson.
Hasselhoff said ''When I heard the track, I went ballistic because I knew I could sing it. It comes from the '80s! That's where I have my big hits, it's the music I organically love. It was the days of Queen, Prince, and Michael Jackson's heyday. So we cut it, and then four months later, I was in the studio in Sweden again shooting the video. I'm hooked up to harnesses, taping my face back, putting on some hair so I could try to look like a young Michael Knight. We were just having a great laugh.''
Spoiler alert: Hasselhoff also makes a cameo as the onboard computer for Kung Fury’s Lamborghini: “Didn’t anyone ever tell you not to hassle the HOFF-9000?”
THE MOVIE
''He's a cop who doesn't play by the rules, not even the rules of space & time.''
I actually thought I will write an analysis of the film, but I think it would take me two days,but if I still havent made you interested in this epic lunacy here are some of the characters from the film:
Hackerman
A man who is good at hacking
Kung Führer In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler has become a master martial artist, dubbing himself as the "Kung Führer". As part of his goals to conquer the world, he travels to the future of 1985 in order to bait "The Chosen One" known as "Kung Fury" into a battle with the intent to defeat him and thus wrest the powers of the Chosen One for himself
›Kung Fury: The Greatest 1980s Action Movie Parody Ever@hanshotfirst3496d
Have you ever watched a 1980s action movie on a VHS tape... or better yet, a BETA tape? Did you ever own a Miami Vice T-Shirt (or at least wanted to). Have you ever played the arcade game Double Dragon? Do you like movies with lots of synthesizers in the background? Do you hate Hitler? Most importantly, do you have a sense of humor?
If you answered "Yes", then you must watch Kung Fury (and I mean right now... the full 30-minute long movie is at the bottom of this post).
*The production company is called Laser Unicorns. How could this not be awesome?*
Here is the one line summary from Rotten Tomatoes (where it earned an 86%):
"A Miami martial artist cop travels back in time to kill kung fuhrer Hitler."
Why are you still reading this? How did you get past that description and not immediately go to the full video at the bottom of this post? It is definitely rated "R" though so beware.
*This is only half of the crazy stuff in this movie.*
If you still need some convincing, this movie was made for anyone who laughs when they think of the 1980s. I can't possibly describe this movie in any way that will do it justice... but I will try. If someone could magically combine Miami Vice, Conan The Barbarian, Big Trouble in Little China, any Chuck Norris Movie, with the video game Double Dragon, the result would be almost as good as Kung Fury.
If you are thinking, "That's freaking impossible! Hanshotfirst, you sir are a dirty liar! No-one could possibly do that!", then you have never seen Kung Fury.
Not only did the writer/directer/producer/special effects person/star David Sandberg magically create this combination, he made the film look like you are watching it on an old video tape (complete with tracking problems). The audio appears to be horribly dubbed, the music is perfectly cheesy, and the special effects are... actually surprisingly good (in a campy way). The cherry on top is that he somehow got David Hasselhoff to sing the theme song. In short, it's freaking awesome!
45 year old me thinks this is the greatest movie parody I have ever seen. 14 year old me would have simply thought it was the greatest movie ever. Either way, Kung Fury cannot be described in words, it must be experienced first hand.
Enjoy!
This is definitely rated "R". There is no nudity, but there are some "F-bombs" and some ridiculously cheesy and gory scenes.
In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler has become a master martial artist, dubbing himself as the "Kung Führer". As part of his goals to conquer the world, he travels to the future of 1985 in order to bait "The Chosen One" known as "Kung Fury" into a battle with the intent to defeat him and thus wrest the powers of the Chosen One for himself
*The production company is called Laser Unicorns. How could this not be awesome?*
*This is only half of the crazy stuff in this movie.*