kung fury

THE HIT LIST – June 1, 2015

Another big week has rolled by for some more amazing feats of independent action for domestic and international, with at least a few gems lending a spotlight to longstanding thespians respective to their own bases. These Hit Lists are always so loaded with content so I hope you are all able to keep up, too. That said, let’s get the show going here with some notable fight, stunt and tricking reels in the following embedded playlist, and a few of these are quite the favorites among some fans out there. Jessie Graff‘s most recent reel came out in April and so I’ve finally caught up with it myself, in addition to many more performers, including Katie Kramer, Esther Ballesteros, Michael Lehr, Goran Stjepanovic, Matt Mullins, Peter Jang, Aaron Toney, Jordan Okubo, the EMC Monkeys and the amazingly talented Celine Tran in a beautiful sword performance video from Godefroy Ryckewaert (if you’d like […]

KUNG FURY Unleashes Its Fury Online Today!

Lee B. Golden III

Filmmaker and Kickstarter success story David Sandberg is likely having a really good year right now. Having started from almost nothing but an idea, a small crew, a nostaligic appreciation for the 1980’s and love for things fantastic of the decade therin, his newest half-hour short, Kung Fury is about to kick its way online starting at 3:00pm EST/12:00 PST with a televised premiere on El Rey Network at 6:30pm EST/5:30pm CT.. And yes, this is all a pretty big deal too with a feature-length picture also in the works in the wake of the shortfilm’s notable reception at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes this month. KUNG FURY is an over-the-top action comedy written and directed by David Sandberg. The movie features: arcade-robots, dinosaurs, nazis, vikings, norse gods, mutants and a super kung fu-cop called Kung Fury, all wrapped up in an 80s style action packed adventure. Kung Fury takes […]

Cannes 2015: 80's Martial Arts Fantasy Flick, KUNG FURY, Gets Distribution

Lee B. Golden III

It’s been a fantastic journey for independent filmmaker, David Sandberg and his team at Laser Unicorns in the past few years, and I don’t use the word “fantastic” too loosely. His mission to conceive his latest neon-lit labor of love, Kung Fury, in its grandiose adherence to the lasting cult fandom of all things 1980’s-oriented and whimsical, hasn’t been an easy one to accomplish, and were it not for the explosively successful crowdfunding campaign that earned him and his skeleton film crew three times over their original goal, it’s safe to say that the project likely wouldn’t have picked up as much steam as it has, especially in this climate. Save for its experimental nature, Sandberg‘s got credentials and he applied them quite well in a such a workable proof-of-concept, now accompanied with even more prominence by way of singer and actor David Hasselhoff as of earlier this month performing a […]

Watch The New Music Video For KUNG FURY Featuring David Hasselhoff!

Lee B. Golden III

The highly successful crowdfunding and subsequent production of Laser Unicorn’s upcoming online free release, Kung Fury, is finally headed toward a late May release. The project has garnered plenty of attention in the past year as independent filmmaker and actor David Sandberg launched funding for the project in stellar fashion with mind-blowing footage that harkens back to just the correct tone of 80’s outlandish sci-fi cheese and flair one could take in. Needless to say, as much as this was a small-budgeted indie actioner with a skeleton crew, Kung Fury is proof that where applicable, the vision is what matters. And it’s a winning vision at that: a rogue martial arts cop in the futuristic neon-lit 1980’s who accidentally rides a keyboard into an 8-bit portal through to the viking age while trying to kill Hitler – Yes, this one is definitely for the niche it was meant for, and […]

Big Kicks, Flamethrowers And Ripping Off Arms On The Set Of KUNG FURY

Lee B. Golden III

It’s been nearly a year since we’ve heard from independent filmmaker David Sandberg who debuted the pitch trailer for his latest project, Kung Fury, back in December. However, hopefully you have been following the project via social media where they’ve been sharing some really cool production gems, incl uding some neat Instagram nuggets you will find just under the last paragraph line. Inspired by all the tropes of 1980’s cyberpunk action and cheesy, over-the-top storytelling, Kung Fury sees its lead character, a martial arts Rambo-stylized kung fu cop who must find a way back to the 1980’s after accidentally landing in the Viking age during a failed time-travel mission to kill Adolf Hitler. Signaling Sandberg‘s new foray into another shortfilm endeavor at the time, the trailer was accompanied by a major crowdfunding effort via Kickstarter which would soon follow with a huge overnight response from donors, making Kung Fury a […]

Bring The Hot Kick Ass Action Of KUNG FURY To Your City!

Lee B. Golden III

Initially targeted late last year for a fundraising budget for $200,000, independent filmmaker David Sandberg and Oscar-nominated producer Mathias Fjällström‘s newest passion project, Kung Fury, literally became an overnight kickstarter success story when it nearly doubled its goal in a matter of up to a day. And with eight days left to go as of this article, accompanied by a new stretch goal for $750,000, the folks at Sweden-based independent film company Laser Unicorn are looking to bring all the time traveling, neon-lit load of action, cheese and glop they can throw at you in a SPECIAL SCREENING to the first two cities with the most votes listed at the official website for the film. If you need reminding about just why this is important, or you are if at all new to this ambitious throwback to good old-fashioned, unapologetic, over-the-top action and adventure with a side of bullets, babes […]

KUNG FURY Needs Your Help To Kick Ass And Blow S**t Up!

Lee B. Golden III

Extra cheese please! If you are into mullets, DeLoreans, headbands, powergloves, skateboards, synthesizer music, viking babes with machine guns and towering giants, shoulderpads, visually cheesy and epic, over-the-top violence, then you are in for the wildest dinosaur ride of your life! As of today, there are only 29 days left for actor, writer and director David Sandberg‘s kickstarter for his brand new 30-minute comedic action thriller, Kung Fury, starring Sandberg as a rogue cop who goes on a desperate mission to put an end to Adolf Hitler’s reign of kung fu terror, only to be thrown too far back in time and no choice but to find a way to complete his mission…with a little extra help. Laser Unicorn, the geniuses behind this radical 1980’s exploitation martial arts cyberpunk action cinema spoof on fantasy karate cop movies, have already completed most of the film, and are asking to the tune […]