Starting with this post, a new column on the blog will be dedicated to movies so terribly bad that they actually end up being more entertaining than most other films around. First, let’s take a look at…

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky.

A 1991 action film from Hong Kong which had a very limited run in the US in 1993, this disasterpiece has gained quite a cult following. It is one of the most hilarious movies I’ve ever seen. In order to get you to see this, I will list just a few of the awesome things that happen in this movie…

-An endless amount of words of wisdom come from the film. An example includes Ricky’s uncle saying, “You were as strong as a bull, and so I named you Ricky.” Also, at one point the evil warden of the prison says, “I’m tougher than you think! The warden of any prison has to be the very best in kung-fu.”

-Illogical violence. One punch from Ricky can impale someone’s stomach. It seems as if his super strength can only be achieved after he has blood on his mouth, wipes it off with his finger, licks it, and then cracks the same three knuckles in his hand before performing these super punches.

-One of the main bad guys crushes peoples heads with his bare hands.

-Ricky gets cut in the arm and then proceeds to tie a knot with his own tendon in order to heal himself.

-At one point, one of the bad guys takes his own intestines and tries to strangle Ricky with them.

-Clearly one of the main bud guys that fights Ricky is a woman despite it being an all male prison.

-The evil warden has an extremely fat son who wears the same high socks and shorts throughout all his scenes…giggling almost the whole time.

-The assistant Warden has a fake eye that he likes to randomly take out at unnecessary times.

-All the other prisoners take it upon themselves to explain every little detail of what is going on to each other.

-The assistant warden blimps up after being shot by a gun that, for no reason at all, makes people explode.

I could go on and on, but with every single scene there is a treasure chest of hilarious lines, facial expressions, and plot holes to last a life time. Rent or buy this movie as soon as possible or else, as Ricky says, “you’ll die mutilated today!”