October 12, 2009
Absurdly over the top violence plus hilariously ridiculous dramatization and the result is quite a fun movie
Philip Kwok,
Mui Sang Fan,
Fan Siu-Wong,
Tetsuro Tanba,
Gloria Yip Wan-yee
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In the year 2001, many government institutions have become privatized commercial ventures, like the men's prison where young Riki-Oh (Sui-Wong Fan) is sentenced to 20 years for manslaughter and assaul... read more
DVD Release Date: January 6, 2004
Stats: 983 reviews
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April 13, 2009The Story of Ricky is so ridiculous that to begin criticizing or trying to explain it would almost be missing the point. An entirely entertaining martial arts movie, this movie is so ridiculously graphic and over the top. The dubbing is hysterical to the point where an admittedly... read more
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December 23, 2008Justifies the invention of cinema in every possible way. It made me feel proud of forming part of the human race.
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June 13, 2008Bad plot plus bad dialogue plus bad acting plus bad fighting plus bad effects equal the greatest absurdly gory violent film ever made.
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June 29, 2007Over the top bizarre film that's so unreal with a man with superhuman strength.This film is very violent but the problem is doesn't make any sense at all & the gore effects are so cheesy.
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January 30, 2007One of the most brutal and devastating depictions of life behind bars and the prison system. It's no wonder criminals are not rehabilitated if this is what goes on behind prison walls. Save us RICKY!!!!
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May 11, 2010It's an anime come to life! Lik Wong (Riki-Oh - The Story of Ricky) is SO
over the top and unbelievably preposterous there is no way to describe it."...short on style but makes up for it in sheer audacity and excess" is an UNDERSTATEMENT. . -
August 14, 2009one of the most excessively violent, ridiculously gory, and super fun asian films i have ever seen. so awesome.
Critic Reviews
March 12, 2008
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
March 12, 2008
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
A rather astonishing, starkly stylized blood flood set inside a privatized prison. Full Review
March 12, 2008
Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
A wild martial arts feature that combines a prison movie setting with the sort of gore effects one normally finds in a horror film.
January 17, 2008
Beth Accomando, KPBS.org
Gore galore but not much more.
December 24, 2005
Kurt Ramschissel, Film Threat
You should have been running to the video store before you got to this sentence. Full Review
October 28, 2003
Anton Bitel, Movie Gazette
Apart from Ichi the Killer, it is the only live-action film ever to capture the anarchic, excessive, highly stylised violence of manga. Full Review
May 2, 2002
Gregory Weinkauf, New Times
Nam ... delivers an amusing and exceedingly cinematic comic-book phantasmagoria.
February 8, 2003
Nicolas Lacroix, Showbizz.net
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