Kung Fury

Episode 151: Kung Fury (2015)

Theme: Not-a-Martial-Arts-Movie Month
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis dive into Kung Fury — the 31-minute fever dream that asks, “What if Miami Vice, GI Joe, Land of the Lost, Inglourious Basterds, Sin City, and Pit Fighter on Sega Genesis all smashed into each other at 88 mph?” It’s a short film that plays like a stack of VHS tapes fused together in a microwave — neon-soaked, ridiculous, deeply committed, and absolutely aware of how dumb it is.

Join your two favorite future-cop scholars as they unpack:

• How Kung Fury becomes the Chosen One by getting struck by lightning and bitten by a cobra at the exact same time.

• Why Hacker Man’s greatest power isn’t hacking time — it’s hacking bullet wounds.

• Triceracop: a police officer who shoots every Nazi in the groin with the focus and consistency of a man fulfilling a prophecy.

• The Viking ladies, their wolf and T-rex mounts, and the infomercial-grade cellphone montage.

• Hitler’s big entrance, big exit, and even bigger Golden Eagle-powered comeback.

From laser raptors to tank puns, from David Hasselhoff’s AI Lamborghini to the side-scrolling Nazi beat ’em up, Oz and Curtis break down a movie that never stops moving — or winking at you. It’s loud, stupid, and proud of it, and that’s exactly why it works (the first time).

Final Verdict

Oz — 2 prehistoric B-babes
Curtis — 1 Hoff 9000
Both — Still trying to figure out how a human arm can function as helicopter blades.