Kim Jong Un's Action Movie Drip At North Korea's Nuclear Missile Launch Proves Highly Memeable

North Korean state media released a propaganda video of yesterday’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch, which featured dictator Kim Jong Un strolling in slow motion while sporting sunglasses and a black leather jacket — a moment as terrifying as it was memeable.

I think Kim Jong Un is going through an 80s movie phase pic.twitter.com/qhX0kH9CgG

— Populism Updates (@PopulismUpdates) March 25, 2022

As “Kim Jong Un” trended on Twitter and other platforms today, many commentators pointed out the similarity between Kim’s video and the film Top Gun. The rather hokey editing style involves a lot of zooms, slow-motion shots of Kim and his generals and a lively action-movie-style soundtrack.

I've watched that Kim Jong Un video about 100 times today, and all I could think about were the opening credits to Brooklyn Nine-Nine pic.twitter.com/OR02qx1U9q

— Daniel Kelly (@IsMiseDaniel) March 25, 2022

Some users humorously pointed out how “hard” Kim Jong Un looked in the video and compared him to other sunglasses-sporting characters. Bizarre propaganda content featuring the brutal North Korean dictator has inspired many memes in the past, including Kim Jong Un Looking Through Binoculars and his reported health scares that have also inspired frequent meme speculation.

kim jong un dropped da hardest pic infront of his new icbm pic.twitter.com/TEcnGg62Ec

— Ace 🍀 (@realasysk) March 25, 2022

Drip Jong Un arrives at the launching site dapper style. He is goated with the sauce. pic.twitter.com/dG8BToAGqJ

— Erick Tellez (@ErickHTS) March 25, 2022

Kim Jong Un sighted at a local diner pic.twitter.com/K9bRbsxXqa

— Anti (@TheAntiism) March 25, 2022

Too much Big Dick Energy in this picture.
Kim Jong Un has been waiting for this moment for a long time, looks like he is primed to join Instagram and start making reels. #NorthKorea #SouthKorea #war pic.twitter.com/DpojqE24Sl

— Freedom is Radical (@DBdox) March 25, 2022

North Korea’s missile launch happened while leaders of the NATO alliance like President Joe Biden met in Europe to discuss the war in Ukraine and the future of their bloc. South Korea has also recently elected a more hardline government, which promises to take a more assertive stance towards North Korea. These events are theorized to have something to do with North Korea's decision to launch the missile now.

This latest missile is the largest and most powerful that North Korea has ever launched, and experts believe that it can probably reach cities in the United States. The government of North Korea shared that the large ICBM is intended to help in what they called a “long confrontation” with the United States that is “inevitable.” The ICBM was launched into the sea, where it travelled farther and longer than any previous North Korean test. According to Reuters, it may have been the largest liquid-fueled missile ever launched from a road-mobile launcher.

North Korea successfully tests Hwasong-17 heavy ballistic missile

Kim Jong Un says North Korea is preparing for 'prolonged confrontation with US imperialism' pic.twitter.com/BAFrz9G4G6

— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) March 25, 2022

So while the new North Korean nuclear missile may be promoted like a 1980s action movie, it could, very possibly, lead to a nuclear crisis and yet another historic event for the 2020s.