When Internet jokers make good: 'Kung Fury' is out

By Michael Jackman

May 29, 2015 at 1:20 pm

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Last year, we had a blast at the office watching the trailer for Kung Fury. When work stress would begin taking its toll on us, we'd resort to this two-minute-plus mashup of cop movie, sci-fi, retro-'80s, Viking age, and hacker flick. Every time, it worked, evoking laughter from every one of our twisted staffers.

You may remember that the trailer was a bid for funding for the full movie. Well, guess what, kids? It's done and out. And it's a cinematic masterpiece on par with Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury, complete with a Speed Racer-influenced animated segment. Is this ridiculous satire, or have these people just invented the formula for the movie of the future?

You be the judge. Have a look right now.

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Michael Jackman

Born in 1969 at Mount Carmel hospital in Detroit, Jackman grew up just 100 yards from the Detroit city line in east Dearborn. Jackman has attended New York University, the School of Visual Arts, Northwestern University and Wayne State University, though he never got a degree. He has worked as a bar back, busboy,...