Kung Fury is incredibly fun and funny, and despite its short running time, is absolutely worth checking out with some friends on a Friday night. Director David Sandberg (not to be confused with David F Sandberg, another Swedish-born director best known for directing Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation) crowdfunded the project, and though Kung Fury failed to meet the $1 million stretch goal to create a full-length movie out of the project, Sandberg was still able to film this successful 30 minute short that ended up showing at the Cannes Film Festival. Half the fun is in watching the film in disbelief. The film opens with a Miami-based detective apprehending a ninja in a back alley, and spins out of control over its thirty minute runtime before ending with a plot that involves…well, no spoilers. This kind of kung fu film is just fun to watch! If you’re unfamiliar, Kung Fury is a 2015 English-language film made in Sweden that pays homage to 1980s action, martial arts, and police films with all the self-awareness you could ever want from a passion project. It’s a short film, clocking in at just over thirty minutes, making it an easy watch before the gimmick the film is working with wears out. Kung Fury might be an odd film to kick off this list, but it’s more than worthy of a mention here. Check out some of the best movies that you could watch on YouTube, the world’s second most popular search engine (after Google) right now-all absolutely for free!
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