A prisoner siuwong fan survives by resorting to extreme violence. The story of ricky written and directed by ngai choi lam china, 1991 adapted from a japanese manga released in the late 1980s, which was then turned into an anime series, ngai choi lams 1991 film, rikioh. Hard man ricky is incarcerated in a futuristic prison where ultraviolence is his only means of survival in the corrupt, sadistic system. A young man with superhuman strength is incarcerated at a prison. Some are deliberate spoofs, and if you recognise what is being spoofed, they can be entertaining and very funny kung fury springs to mind. The story of ricky is set in an alternative universe in the year 2001. The story is about a young man who has learned the art of qigong from one of chiang kaishek s bodyguards and has become so strong that he. Rikioh is a muscular man with fairly long flowing hair.
Ricky realizes that the reason he was smacked like a punk as because his uncle knows chi kun, and he begs him to teach him the martial art. The english title given on screen is simply story of ricky but later releases were sold under the title rikioh. Perhaps one of the greatest kung fu movies of all time. The story of ricky is one of my alltime favorite bad movies. The film stars fan siuwong, fan meisheng siuwongs reallife father, ho kakui, gloria yip, and yukari oshima. The story of ricky combines images of violent excess with generous amounts of humor. In the dystopian future of 2001, the prison system has been privatized and run by monsters far worse than criminals they keep. Set in the future, sometime back in 2001 when prisons all over the world become privately owned, it tells the story of ricky siuwong fan the thug from ip man, a young and practically invincible man who is well. After killing the drug dealer responsible for his girlfriends death, ricky fan siuwong finds himself banged up in a prison ruled by a corrupt warden and a group of supermercenaries known as the gang of four.
Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. A practitioner of the mystical kungfu style known as qigong, ricky is invincible, has superhuman strength, and can virtually withstand all pain. The producers of the movie wanted to emulate the mangas extremely. The story of ricky you are looking for exciting, rough and offbeat movies about with martial arts, vengeance, violence, death, megalomaniac, animal abuse and knocked out themes of action, comedy and thriller genre shot in hong kong. He uses his martial arts skills to clean up the system after being incarcerated in a prison run by corrupt officials.
A low budget film full of cheesy dialogue best viewed dubbed for maximum impact, acting, and effects. The story of ricky love it because it is so bad, it is so overthetop, as one of the goriest films youll ever see now that is pretty unique. Sometimes in life, you come across something unusual. The story of ricky 1991 appearing on american television. A lot of us received our first taste of this movie in tom weissners asian cult cinema magazine, in a short article that described the movie in all its visceral hyperbole. Riki o is a manga which later adapted to two ovas and a liveaction film named rikioh. Siuwong fan, mei sheng fan, ka kui ho, yukari oshima, kanwing tsang, kwokpong chan, koichi sugisaki. The story of ricky 1991 glen stanway august 21, 2015 movies ultra violent and gory cult classic, based on a popular japanese manga comic, starring louis fan siuwong, directed by ngai kai lam. A moment like that came for me when my brother rented the story of ricky. The story of ricky the story is about a young man who has learned the art of qigong from one of chiang kaisheks bodyguards and has become so strong that he can literally punch holes. The story of ricky it is difficult to overstate just how incongruous it is to find riki oh. The story of ricky following closely the plot of the comic and anime adaption, and is a pretty unique hong kong film. Ricky fan siuwong is sentenced to prison for the pulpy murder of a lowlife responsible for his girlfriends suicide.
This is an overthetop work of notorious violence and excess that lived for most of its life as an underground cult movie, and was never intended to enter the viewers home uninvited. The story of ricky 1991 simon nam, nam nai choi, ngai kai lam on allmovie in the year 2001, many government institutions. Its based off of a manga and you can find a thread for the manga character here which explains some of the crazy shit that happens, but doesnt excuse it. He must battle his way quite literally through the feared gang of four, and undergo multiple tortures before facing the governor in. The story of ricky 1991 first, once you can rate this movie. The story of ricky, a cult favorite that somehow managed to. Butcher block the martial arts splatter fest of rikioh. The story of ricky to bluray in the uk for the first time with a new high definition transfer. The story of ricky, also known as story of ricky, is a 1991 hong kong martial arts thriller film written and directed by lam naichoi, and based on. Are you ready for the goriest, most splatterific hong kong exploitation movie ever made. A young man with superhuman strength is incarcerated at a prison run by corrupt officials and seeks to use his martial arts to clean up the system. The original trailer in high definition of rikioh directed by ngai choi lam as simon nam and starring siuwong fan, mei sheng fan, kakui. The warden of the prison riki oh starts the series within, he is the first main villain of the franchise and the most self contained of them, having minimal relation to the rest of the plot. By clicking on continue you confirm that you are 18 years and over.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing riki oh. Riki oh story of ricky is a liveaction movie version of the manga series. As it turns out, that moment comes from the 1991 hong kong movie ricky oh. He must battle his way quite literally through the feared gang of four, and undergo multiple tortures before facing the governor in one of the goriest climaxes ever seen. The story of ricky created by masahiko takajo and tetsuya saruwatari, the story is about a young man who has learned the art of qigong from one of chiang kaisheks bodyguards and has become so strong that he can literally punch holes through. This is the rare example of a film in which the english dub improves the experience with delightful unintentional comedy, which fits in with the strange style of the film vindicated by history. Following closely the plot of the comic and anime adaption, and is a pretty unique hong kong film. There does appear to be some room for improvement, with a. The story of ricky 1991 it is difficult to overstate just how incongruous it is to find rikioh. The story of ricky is exploitation martial arts cinema at its finest. Story of ricky dual format includes dvd from zavvi, the home of pop culture.
Created by masahiko takajo and saruwatari tetsuya, the story is about a young man who has learned the art of qigong from one of chiang kai sheks bodyguards and has become so strong that he can literally punch holes through people and solid objects. The movie was a complete bomb when it was released destroying the careers of a lot of the cast and crew. The story of ricky it is difficult to overstate just how incongruous it is to find rikioh. The story of ricky the story is about a young man who has learned the art of qigong from one of chiang kaisheks bodyguards and has become so strong that he can literally punch holes through people and solid. With the rights to a manga called riki oh in one hand and a shoestring budget in the other, he set out to make the most faithful live action adaptation of a manga ever. Story of ricky chinesisch, pinyin li wang, kantonesisch lik wong, auch rikioh. The story of ricky, the cult classic returns in all its head exploding glory. Jones from the chicago reader said, if you can handle the torrent of grisly. The story of ricky is a 1991 hong kong martial arts movie based on the japanese manga riki oh. This infamous hong kong cult flick from 1992 is widely considered to be the mother of all gore fu films, a wild, violent, cartoonish chop to the head that starts out overthetop and just keeps going from there. The story of ricky is an material art film unlike any other. The story of ricky riki oh tshirts designed by mikehalliday14 as well as other riki oh merchandise at teepublic. With siuwong fan, mei sheng fan, kakui ho, yukari oshima.
The story of ricky or as we know it ricky oh is a complex film that asks no quarter, and gives none, just the most extreme splatter violence in the brief history of the year 1991. A couple of years later, i found a laserdisc pressing in a shop that rented hk discs the laser had. The story of ricky add to watchlist the story of ricky takes place in 2001, focusing on a martial artist and former music student, ricky ho, who has been sentenced to 10 years in a maximum prison for killing a crime lord who had murdered rickys girlfriend. The story of ricky, and its probably not even one of the top 50 most violent moments therein ricky oh is easily the. His real name is unknown, as he is so feared that he is exclusively referred to by his title. Something that you desperately need to share with other people, because you just cant put into words exactly what it is. The story of ricky has won a cult following for its deliberately outlandish martial arts violence, in which riki displays the remarkable ability to punch through his victims and even. The story of ricky 1991 is a good movie, but it can be is a bad movie. The second is hong kongs 1991 martial artsexploitation film riki oh. Riki oh is an adaptation of an ultra violent manga that ran from 1983 to 1990, the book was adapted to the screen by lam ngaichoi, the depraved madman. The story of ricky add to watchlist the story of ricky takes place in 2001, focusing on a martial artist and former music student, ricky ho, who has been sentenced to 10 years in a maximum prison for killing a crime lord who had murdered ricky s girlfriend. Riki o is a japanese manga created by masahiko takajo and tetsuya saruwatari and later adapted to two ovas and a liveaction film named rikioh.
Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Reported to be the most quintessentially overthetop kungfu flick ever made, rikioh. Louis fan as riki oh saiga ricky ho cheng cuen yam as assistant warden. Search, discover and share your favorite riki oh the story of ricky gifs. Rikki o or, as seen here, riki oh has been a bit of a cause celebre in the world of the video bootleg for a while now. The story of ricky 1991 on the internet because the authors paid to write a comment. Once hes incarcerated, ricky finds himself dealing with those old prison film mainstays. Not many people have heard of the manga, but have heard of the movie. Under those circumstances, an unfortunate young convict sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter, riki oh saiga, enters the prisons gates unaware that the place is governed by the vicious monocular warden dan and his pitiless lackeys, the dreadful gang of four. His most distinguishing features are five bullet wounds on his chest and a scar in the shape. Siuwong fan, mei sheng fan, kakui ho, yukari oshima, kanwing tsang, kwokpong chan, koichi sugisaki, frankie chileung chan, king chan, phillip chungfung kwok, ji keung wong, kwaihung wong, hoiman mak, ngai choi lam, chan tung chow, john sirabella, lam chua, masahiko takajo, ngai choi lam, tetsuya saruwatari. In the dystopian future of 2001, the prison system has been privatized and run by.
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