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Lik Wong (1991) -- A young man with superhuman strength is incarcerated at a prison run by corrupt officials and seeks to use his martial arts to clean up the system.

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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   4,085 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Tetsuya Saruwatari (manga "Riki-oh")
Ngai Kai Lam (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 April 1991 (Japan) more
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Plot:
A young man with superhuman strength is incarcerated at a prison run by corrupt officials and seeks to use his martial arts to clean up the system. full summary | add synopsis
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(3 articles)
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User Comments:
Ultra-gory and mega-funny! more (117 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Siu-Wong Fan ... Riki-Oh Saiga
Mei Sheng Fan ... Assistant Warden (as Faan Mooi Saang)
Ka-Kui Ho ... Warden Sugiyama
Yukari Ôshima ... Yomi - Huang Chaun
Frankie Chin ... Narumi - Hai
Tetsurô Tanba ... Master Zhang Shan-Gui
Gloria Yip ... Keiko - Riki's Girlfriend
Philip Kwok ... Lin Hung
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Suet Lam
Daan Bob Chit Long
Ji Keung Wong
Cheng Chuen Yam ... Wildcat
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
King of Strength (International: English title) (literal title)
Li wang (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Riki Ô
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (USA)
Story of Ricky (Hong Kong: English title)
Historia de Ricky (Spain) [es]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and gore, and for some drug content.
Runtime:
Germany:91 min | Japan:91 min | USA:88 min (unrated version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
So much and so thick was the fake blood used in the "Meat Grinder" finale that Siu-Wong Fan, the actor who played Ricky, could not wash the red off his skin for three days. more
Quotes:
Zorro: I was promised seven bags of rice to turn you into mince meat and put you in a pie. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Superjail!: Combaticus (#1.2)" (2008) more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Ultra-gory and mega-funny!, 27 December 2001
Author: Le Froque

This film could be seen as the Chinese version of "Braindead" aka "Dead Alive": a Bruce Lee-like guy named Ricky, who´s talented with supernatural powers, fights his way through a corrupt prison and leaves a trail of blood and guts behind him. For sure, "Story of Ricky" is a very violent and gory flick, but everything in it is so exaggerated that no one should take it too serious: there is gut-strangulation, people in a meat grinder and for the showdown the leader of the prison mutates to a giant Kung Fu-fighting monster..! However, this film is so funny that you will laugh your heads off! Larded with typical Asian humor "Story of Ricky" is one of the definite cult movies that were shot in the last decade! If you had fun with it, try also to find director Ngai Kai Lam´s Indiana Jones-fantasy-action-gore-adventure "The Seventh Curse" (Check out the review which I wrote under my former pseudonym "Daywalker"..!) starring Chow Yun Fat, which contains nearly the same plenty of gore and curious ideas as this one has! Two great films that would make a great double-feature!! Check´em out!!!

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