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Midnight at the Egyptian

Posted By samantha On April 27, 2006 @ 1:52 pm In film | Comments Disabled

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This weekend, the Egyptian is playing host to Japanese gore-fest Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky [1]. Made in 1991, the movie is set in the year 2001. Riki has been sent to jail for avenging his girlfriend’s death at the hands of a gang of attempted rapists, but when he arrives he finds that the system is corrupt. Theoretically, there’s a plot to this movie, but all of the yuck in it is distracting. I remember being in college and hearing that people would consume substances and sit around watching this movie–I walked in once during the scene where a guy tries to strangle Riki with his (the guy’s) own intestines, and that was enough for me. Nevertheless, this movie has a very enthusiastic following, a following of people who really enjoy crushed heads and missing eyeballs.


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