A righteous first impression after seeing this movie would be: `WHAT THE HELL?!?' Lai Wong most likely is different than all the movies you ever saw before. But all in good fun, that is. The Story of Ricki (the more popular a.k.a title) is an outsider in an already eccentric sub-genre of Asian horror. Exaggerated and ultra-gory splatter films based on Manga comics. Ricki-Oh is a 21-year-old Bruce Lee clone who battles against the corruption in futuristic, privatized prisons and acts like some sort of Kung Fu Robin Hood. His fists and feet cause serious damage to his opponents and every fight results in cheerful bloodshed. We're talking skull crushing, limb amputations and worse! There even is a scene in which a guard is strangled by his own intestines. This all may sound very distasteful (and it kinda is), but above all it's funny! Well, morbid-funny that is. I can imagine not everybody laughs hysterically with the idea of a fat, green-dressed retard feasting over the sight of tortured prisoners. But trust me, if you're sense of humor is as black as hell itself
you'll have a great time. The gore and violence in Lai Wong is never provocative or offensive. The grotesque butchering never really becomes nauseating and compared to other strong Asian stuff like `The Ebola Syndrome' and `Men Behind the Sun' you never feel dirty for enjoying the sickness.
Review of Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
