Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
- Saturday, Aug 3, 2024, 9:00pm
- Sunday, Aug 4, 2024, 8:30pm
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 Ngai Choi delivers a blast of pure cinema so outrageously over-the-top it’s nearly avant-garde.
Please note: The Friday and Sunday showings will be presented in the original Cantonese with English subtitles. The Saturday showing will be presented with the infamously silly English dub.
“The logical end-point of the 1980s Hong Kong action boom – and still one of the bloodiest films ever made – Riki-Oh is part futuristic prison movie, part chopsocky gore-fu explosion and part absurdist slapstick romp… simply a perfect Friday-night audience movie.” Tom Huddleston, Time Out