March 18, 2010

Must Download Internet Movies: The Story Of Ricky

Ricky-Oh! the Story of Ricky, is one of the all time strangest, weirdest, most insane and most unpredictable action films ever made. It was based on the Korean comic book series of the same name and quickly went on to become a cult legend. The internet has really boosted its visibility, as people have cut out their favorite scenes and posted them on message boards. The movie goes on any list of must download internet movies simply because it’s so darn bizarre and weird.

The movie follows Ricky, a young martial artist who, for some reason or other that the film isn’t too clear on, winds up in prison. Herein he must fight his way through the four gang leaders who run the prison, each one with their own violent, weird form of martial art.

The thing about the movie is… It’s incredibly violent. But it’s so incredibly over the top, so bizarre in its violence, that it feels at times nightmarish, and at other times… More cartoony, like Loony Toons violence. To give an example while trying not to spoil too much, there’s a scene where Ricky is fighting one of the gang leaders and, upon realizing he’s been beat, the gang leader produces a knife and digs it into his own abdomen, as if to commit seppuku… But then he rips his stomach open, pulls out his lower intestine, and uses it to strangle Ricky!

These movies are just too funny to be disturbing. It really is just a cartoon, so you’ll be too busy laughing to have any time left over to feel offended or upset by what you’re seeing… If you can believe that you’re actually seeing what you’re seeing in the first place, that is.

Another sequence has the warden of the prison transforming into a twelve foot tall monster, built out of ridiculously bad makeup and special effects. He “meats” his demise on the business end of a beef grinder. It’s violent, but it’s so ridiculous and funny in its violence that it never feels real. It always feel like silly makeup and special effects, as if the actors and stuntmen are just having some fun with this stuff.

The story actually has a heart under all this, believe it or not. The movie touches on a lot of plot threads that you won’t really get if you haven’t read the comic, but the main story revolves around the subject of inhumanity. Ricky Oh fights for the dignity and freedom of all of the inmates, who are constantly bullied by the warden and his spoiled son as well as by the gangs that run the prison.

Of course, the violence and weirdness is why it’s a big cult hit, but that’s sort of its angle: Use something silly to get everyone’s attention and then teach them something about life while they’re actually listening to you.

Still, the ending is actually surprisingly uplifting and positive as Ricky liberates his fellow inmates from under the iron fist of the violent, abusive warden and all of his cronies. In a movie full of surprises, the biggest surprise of all is that you’ll find yourself caring about the characters, not just wondering who’s gonna get kicked in the butt with their own severed foot next.

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