ThiefHott Too much of everything

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

kxyang This movie is very faithful to the manga and is one of the best adaptations out there. People may be put off by the cheap look of the film but the core story is great.+) Very violent fight scenes and over the top moments that you will remember for a long long time. These include Ricky gutting an overweight man with his bare fist, squeezing a man's hands so hard they crumple, slapping a man in the back of the head so hard his eyeball flies out, punching the top of a man's head off, punch a man on the side of the head so hard that the force causes the other side of his head to explode, and fighting against a man who suddenly transforms into an ugly "Hulk" like creature and killing him by grinding him into hamburger meat. Let's not forget the famous head smash scene and the "gut" choke scene as well.+)The core story is well written+)Fan is great as Ricky~The English dub is very bad and the effects are cheap

Mark T. Based off the Japanese manga Riki-Oh, Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky is all types of absurd, overly serious, and unintentional hilarity. Riki-Oh Saiga (Siu- Wong Fan) is a young man of superhuman strength and fists as hard as steel. Recently incarcerated in a corporately owned prison in the future (in the year 2001), Riki is caught in a war between the guards and his newly made cell mates.This film was the first in Hong Kong to receive a certified category III rating for violence (equivalent to an NC-17 rating), and at the time it was considered extremely graphic and shocking. Presently, the over the top gore and ultra violence play out effectively as unintentional comedy. What sets this so-bad-it's-good movie from just a bad movie is that Riki- Oh provides many creative varieties to which the violence is delivered. From the rubber dummy gore doubles to a resourceful attack using entrails, this cult film has something for everyone!

Troy Schulz Picture if you will, a prison shower populated by men in black jumpsuits. Along comes a man, Ricky (Louis Fai-Siu Wong) to take a shower, as you do. When suddenly, a shirtless obese man named Zoro (Ho Chuang-Tao) charges up to Ricky and body slams him, threatening to turn him into mince meat and put him in a pie. Ricky then proceeds to punch a hole clean through Zoro's stomach, and the latter's blood and intestines flow forth. That is just one of many memorable scenes in this 1991 camp classic based on the manga of the same name. A film in which body parts come off just as easily as one might bend a straw. Eyeballs are loosened, limbs are lost, and heads are split, all in full view of the audience. Combine this with questionable acting and laughably bad dubbing ("HE"S A KILLER!") and you have a film that transcends the boundaries between good-and-bad and becomes its own thing.

Frank Markland Spoilers withinRicky (Fan Siu-Wong) is a super-powered martial artist in a corporate run prison (year 2001 A.D) where the warden (who turns into a giant demon) and assistant warden (who keeps mints in his eye and has a hook for a hand) mistreat the prisoners and deploy the use of the gang of 4 (A yakuza guy, a gay kung fu expert that runs opium, a giant guy that also has super strength and a blonde guy who uses a wire blades to pierce people) Suffice to say Ricky has his hands full and he endures numerous torture devices that includes being buried alive and forced to eat razorblades in what is one of the most enjoyable anime adaptations that really kicks ass mainly due to the level of carnage. The Story Of Ricky really must be seen to be believed, I mean you just can't take your eyes off what is going on. The best example is the opening in which a cannibal sumo threatens Ricky and Ricky then punches through his stomach and tears out his guts. Also where a guy guts himself and uses such to strangle his enemy and of course the meat grinder finale. The Story Of Ricky is also best recommended in dubbed format, the subtitles actually showcase that the acting isn't too bad, but in dubbed form it truly becomes that much goofier, as it's dubbed like a 70s kung fu effort and the dialog contains cornier jokes and really flat voice dubbing (once again it's dubbed like a kung fu movie) The movie then is hard to decipher on whether it is very bad or a masterpiece. Indeed I lean with the latter because you can tell this was made with a lot of love and ambition. In other words this is a must see, and a perfect reason why Hong Kong cinema is often times so interesting.* * *1/2 out of 4-(Very Good)