Ku! Kin-dza-dza

Ku! Kin-dza-dza

Release Date:  4/11/2013
Country of Release:  Soviet Union
Length:  96 minutes
MPAA: 
Medium:  Video
Genre:  COM SF
Release Message:  Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.
Description:  Remake of Kin-Dza-Dza (1986) Kin-Dza-Dza is something like an "advanced cyberpunk film". It's a lot about people and social structures which on the planet of "Pluke" of course have many parallels to our society. It's a very funny movie, but it's also a melancholic movie with great philosophical sense. This scene by scene remake of the original classic adds nothing new, but loses a whole lot in the animation. The characters, dialogue, sound effects and whole alien planet are still interchangeably similar to the original masterpiece, but what used to be a surrealistic satirical parody of our own society, is here drawn into something more reminiscent of the old Alf cartoons. As it's exactly identical to the original, it's still a great story, and fans of the original will definitely enjoy a revisit to the wonderful desert planet of Pluke, but those who are unfamiliar with the story, are much better off seeking out the original. (At the current date, it's available on youtube in its entirety.)