Story of Ricky (1991)

Story of Ricky: Directed by Ngai Choi Lam. With Siu-Wong Fan, Mei Sheng Fan, Ka-Kui Ho, Yukari Ôshima. 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.

“A man jailed for getting his revenge on those who (indirectly) killed his girlfriend gets sent to the prison of the future. While in prison, he discovers an opium greenhouse (not cleverly hidden) and fights plenty of guards, inmates and the warden.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI gave this film a ten, not because it is a cinematic masterpiece… but because this film stands alone as something that can never be equaled. You will not walk away from this film the same person. Its kiss is like jackhammer; when it is through with you, you are changed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe violence is excessive to the point of being funny — walls and body parts exploding. It was hard to tell if this film was supposed to be a comedy or action because while the plot is serious, the action is outrageous. And sometimes you can too easily tell that a body part is a model or that walls are being pulled apart by strings.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe dubbing is really funny, and the use of multiple subtitles (in both British English and American English) is amusing. The film probably deserves a decent transfer and better subtitles, but that might take something away from this filmu0026#39;s immense cheese factor. The characters are pretty interesting — a warden who can transform into the Incredible Hulk and his assistant with one eye and a hook for a hand (who has a wall full of pornographic videos).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you liked the gore of something like u0026quot;Terror Firmeru0026quot;, you will find this to be in a similar vein (though, in my opinion, far less offensive). If you do not like blood in your movies, you want to run away from this as quickly as possible. But heck, this is seriously something you cannot go through life without seeing. Highest possible recommendation.”