History Film / RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky

* AmbiguouslyGay: Rogan.
** Played by a fairly cute woman. Link to other wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukari_Oshima

** Played by a fairly cute woman: http://static.kinokopilka.tv/system/images/people/images/000/072/760/1373311677/72760_large.jpg

In 1992, the same year that Tsui Hark made ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina'', a film that re-defined Martial Arts cinema as a dignified and genuinely artistic medium that portrayed Kung Fu as a metaphor for Chinese cultural pride, along came Lam Ngai-Kai, an obscure Grindhouse director. With the rights to a manga called ''RikiOh'' in one hand and a shoestring budget in the other, he set out to make the most faithful live action adaptation of a manga ever. 9 disastrous over budgeted months later, ''The Story Of Ricky'' was born.

* XMeetsY: ''CoolHandLuke'' meets ''HoboWithAShotgun''.

* BloodyHilarious

** Or if you prefer, ''TheShawshankRedemption'' meets ''[[TheItchyAndScratchyShow Itchy And Scratchy.]]''

In 1992, the same year that Tsui Hark made ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina'', a film that re-defined Martial Arts cinema as a dignified and genuinely artistic medium that portrayed Kung Fu as a metaphor for Chinese cultural pride, along came Lam Ngai-Kai, an obscure Grindhouse director. With the rights to a {{manga}} called ''RikiOh'' in one hand and a shoestring budget in the other, he set out to make the most faithful live action adaptation of a manga ever. 9 disastrous over budgeted months later, ''The Story Of Ricky'' was born.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Among other things, why didn't Ricky escape the prison until the end when he could have just punched a hole in the wall? In the manga he could have escaped any time and only stayed to find information on his brother from the warden, but the movie never mentions this.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Ricky Oh is later seen [[IpMan as Jin Shanzhao]].
** Oh looks like [[Series/ChoudenshiBioman Farrahcat]] survived being blown up and is posing as a guy

* XMeetsY: ''TheShawshankRedemption'' meets ''[[TheItchyAndScratchyShow Itchy And Scratchy.]]''
** Or if you prefer, ''CoolHandLuke'' meets ''HoboWithAShotgun''

* AuthorityEquallsAsskicking: The toughest opponent Riki fights in the prison is the warden because as everyone knows "The warden of any prison has to be the very best in kung-fu".

->''"The alternative script for a logical Story of ''Ricky'' was [[ExcusePlot two pages long]], one of which consisted of the words "Ricky goes to prison, then decides to leave." The other was just a graphically detailed crayon drawing of a smashed brain."''\\
--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18692_the-5-most-ridiculous-martial-arts-movies-ever.html#ixzz31rRrkFR7 "The 5 Most Ridiculous Martial Arts Movies Ever"]]

* WardensAreEvil

** TheDarkChick: Rogan

** SixthRanger: Brandon

After witnessing [[{{Squick}} a helpless old man getting his nose shaved off]] by Samuel (aka Wild Cat), Ricky decides to trip the bastard over and have [[SpecialEffectsFailure a dummy that does not even look remotely like him]] [[NightmareRetardant nail his hand to his face on a conveniently present board-with-nails.]] The next day, Samuel hires a literal horse eating fat assassin called Zorro (or [[FailOSuckyname Silly Lung]]) to get Ricky in the showers. ''[[BlackComedyRape No, not that way]]''.

* CrowsAndRavens: When Oscar's eye is slapped out of his head, a few crows dive to his eyeball to eat it.

In 1992, the same year that Tsui Hark made ''OnceUponATimeInChina'', a film that re-defined Martial Arts cinema as a dignified and genuinely artistic medium that portrayed Kung Fu as a metaphor for Chinese cultural pride, along came Lam Ngai-Kai, an obscure Grindhouse director. With the rights to a {{manga}} called ''RikiOh'' in one hand and a shoestring budget in the other, he set out to make the most faithful live action adaptation of a manga ever. 9 disastrous over budgeted months later, ''The Story Of Ricky'' was born.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: A really weird example with The Warden and the Assistand Warden. When the Warden's son trips on the rug he stabs one prisoner in the eye with his cane, the Assistant seems extremely appaled with this random violence, never mind he did worst violence for petty things.

After witnessing [[{{Squick}} a helpless old man getting his nose shaved off]] by Samuel (aka Wild Cat), Ricky decides to trip the bastard over and have [[SpecialEffectsFailure a dummy that does not even look remotely like him]] [[NightmareRetardant nail his hand to his face on a conveniently present board-with-nails.]] The next day, Samuel hires a literal horse eating fat assassin called Zorro (or Silly Long) to get Ricky in the showers. ''[[BlackComedyRape No, not that way]]''.

For a more intricate synopsis, here [[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/storyofricky/ I-Mockery's review.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: By both Ricky and the villains. Deaths include getting your head horizontally sliced in half with a punch, being skinned alive, getting your head smashed with two hands, getting your belly ripped open with guts spilling out, and being shot with bullets that cause you to inflate until you explode.

YMMV page [[YMMV/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky here.]]