Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

Showings

Grand Illusion Cinema Fri, Aug 2 10:00 PM
(original Cantonese with English subtitles)
Grand Illusion Cinema Sat, Aug 3 9:00 PM
(English dub)
Grand Illusion Cinema Sun, Aug 4 8:30 PM
(original Cantonese with English subtitles)
Film Info
Release Year:1991
Genre:Action
Crime
Science Fiction
Production Country:Hong Kong
Original Language:Cantonese
Format:digital
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Lam Ngai Choi
Cast:Louis Fan Siu-Wong
Gloria Yip Wan-Yee
Yukari Ôshima
Frankie Chin Chi-Leung
Kôichi Sugisaki

Description

The ultimate Hong Kong black-comic gorefest, this live-action adaptation of the cult manga is a blood feast of entrail-wreathed splatter and literally eye-popping ultraviolence. Presented by Kung Fu Clubhouse!

 

After he’s sentenced to a corrupt private prison for taking revenge on the shadowy gangsters who killed his girlfriend, the seemingly indestructible Ricky Ho (Fan Siu-wong) must fight his way out past a litany of enemies and unsavory figures using his superhuman ability to punch through any object (including the human body). Channeling the kinetic, hyperstylized spirit of the manga source material, writer-director Lam Nai-choi delivers a blast of pure cinema so outrageously over-the-top it’s nearly avant-garde.