It's strange how a movie can be the best martial arts movie of all time, and conversely, be the worst movie of all time. This film really is something, though, I'll give it that. The movie takes place in a max security prison. Rikki is falsely imprisoned (I think; I wasn't paying real close attention to the subtitles) by a sadistic warden (is there any other kind?). Rikki then spends the rest of the movie getting the Hell beat out of him, only to win every fight in the end with a single punch. And it's usually a pretty good punch. He puts a basketball sized hole in one guy's stomach, and tears the jawbone off another guy. Rikki does escape from prison at the end (the feel good moment of the year), but not until the final fight with the warden, who, for no particular reason, turns into a monster before the fight.
This is a really stupid movie, redeemed only by the insanely bloody and violent fight scenes. I don't think I read the subtitles once, and I don't think I missed a thing. The acting is way below par (even for a karate movie) and the guy who plays Rikki has all the charisma of a dead horse. He gets in about one punch in every fight, and, fortunately for him, it's a Deathblow every time. Fast forward through all of the movie except for the fight scenes and a couple of humorous acts of random violence, and this is a very enjoyable film. Watch the ENTIRE thing at your own risk; viewing is linked to brain tumors in lab animals.
This is a really stupid movie, redeemed only by the insanely bloody and violent fight scenes. I don't think I read the subtitles once, and I don't think I missed a thing. The acting is way below par (even for a karate movie) and the guy who plays Rikki has all the charisma of a dead horse. He gets in about one punch in every fight, and, fortunately for him, it's a Deathblow every time. Fast forward through all of the movie except for the fight scenes and a couple of humorous acts of random violence, and this is a very enjoyable film. Watch the ENTIRE thing at your own risk; viewing is linked to brain tumors in lab animals.