“Kung Fury” is a short film that spoofs the absurdity of 80s movies. The problem is that there is just too darn much going on for a film that is only a half-hour long. It packs in so much that it never gives anything enough time for gags or references to really develop. It bombards you and with its fast-paced and synthetic visual style, it just overloads your senses.

In this film, ‘Kung Fury’ (David Sandberg) is a martial artist cop from Miami and he doesn’t like to play by the rules. He also doesn’t take too kindly to being partnered with a dinosaur cop. Kung Fury will have to travel back in time to kill Adolf Hitler and save the day.

The Kung Fury character combines the martial artist elements from every protagonist from a ninja film with the tough guy persona of the heroes of “Lethal Weapon” and “Die Hard”. He’s just a caricature and I just don’t find him funny. The same is true of all the characters. They may work in an internet skit lasting for a few minutes but they’re in this awkward experience that is too long for a mere sketch and too short for an actual film. David Hasselhoff lends his voice to a car’s computer system, in reference to “Knight Rider”.

“Kung Fury” is just a mess and it becomes pretty unbearable. I like a lot of the ideas here and I think there is even potential for a feature-length film. Unfortunately, it just drags on too long for the novelty of its insanity to last and it’s over far too soon for you to get to any understanding of what’s going on. A lot of people seem to love this short but to me, it’s just not entertaining in this form. However, it is obvious that the makers do love 80s pop culture.