Random Video: ‘Riki Oh’ – The Most Awesome Movie Ever?
The most awesome movie in the world features a villain with a hook hand and a glass eye that’s full of breathmints. It has extreme violence and horrific English dubbing. And it has Ricky, the real one-man army corps.
I happened across Riki Oh (also called The Story of Ricky) a couple years ago. It’s a little-known 1991 martial arts flick set in a futuristic prison run by gangs. If I had to guess, I’d say three quarters of the movie’s budget went to fake blood. Sure, it’s not comics, but it certainly qualifies as "comic book-esque."
You can now see this wonder <a href=”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V19pYB0Pc3E
its entirety on YouTube – but be warned, it’s extremely graphic in a not-quite-believable Evil Dead sort of way. File it under my highest recommendation.
[NOTE: This film also provided the crazy head-smashing scene used during The Daily Show‘s "Moment of Zen" feature for several seasons. -RM]
Here’s one of my favorite scenes:
OMFG! I can't stop laughing. That is wonderfully horrible or horribly wonderful. I can't decide. I just feel so unclean. Now Van, can you give us a review of " Zsa Zsa Zaturnah Ze Musical"? It's got action. It's a musical! And it's based on a comic book! http://youtube.com/watch?v=WrAQ8-WzZ0w Until "300! The Musical" comes out, we'll have to settle for "Zsa Zsa Zaturnah."