Movie Essay: The Hero's Journey

Kung Fury starts off with two guys playing in a 1985 Miami arcade. When they get the game over, they insult the machine causing it to spring to life in anger resulting in blowing the two guy’s heads off. The arcade continues to cause mayhem in the city until one police officer calls one man that can get the job done; Kung Fury, a lone wolf kung Fu cop. After Kung Fury deals with the arcade he returns to base his police chief says he needs to get a new partner, TriceriCop. Kung fury refuses and has a flashback to his old partner dying by a ninja which ultimately gave him his kung Fu powers. After the flashback TriceriCop and Kung Fury leave the room when the police chief receives a call from Hitler who proceeds to shoot through the phone killing the chief and some others at base. Kung fury needed to trace the call so they call in Hackerman to catch Hitler and send kung Fury …show more content…
Despite its unusual premise, the story is still segmented into the Monomyth’s archetypes of Departure, Initiation, and Return from the Hero’s Journey. Kung Fury departs from his normal life following his partner’s death, is initiated into another world when he gains his new strength and returns to his old life in Miami following Hitler’s defeat. The film focuses on the physical struggles he faces, but there is another subplot detailing Fury’s mental journey. The emotional anguish of losing his beloved partner leaves him a lone wolf on the police force, until Triceracop demonstrated incredible loyalty when he travels back in time and saves him much like the dialogues in the Hero’s Journey. Overall, Kung fury is an exceptional film that all 80’s film buffs should see. Not only does it have insane action, it has a plot related to the Hero’s journey and a soundtrack to die for. The director/ writer, David Sandberg, put a lot of care into this film through little details in the music acting and