Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
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Revealing mistake: When Ricky jumps over the table after the warden pushes it at him, there is a shot of Ricky kicking the warden with his foot whilst in mid-air. In this shot, we can see that Ricky's trousers are being pulled upwards, revealing that there is a wire attached to his trousers that is pulling him into the air. (01:26:30)

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Revealing mistake: When the prison wall begins to break apart after Ricky punches it, in the wide shot where the debris from the punch is shown falling to the ground, multiple wires can be seen pulling the chunks of debris from the wall. (01:30:04)

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Revealing mistake: When Ricky throws the warden into the meat grinder, in the shot where the warden is being thrown across the kitchen, a wire can be seen attached to him, hoisting him across the room. (01:28:37)

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Revealing mistake: Just after the warden throws Ricky to the ground, when he finishes saying "Your strength doesn't even come close to mine", he starts doing an evil laugh and here, we can see the actor's real tongue and teeth behind the fake prosthetic suit that he is wearing. (01:28:02)

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Revealing mistake: When White God fires a needle through the wall of the kitchen, Ricky grabs onto it and is dragged towards the kitchen wall. Just before he crashes into the kitchen wall, a large outline can be seen in the wall, revealing where the effects team made a hole in the wall and plastered over it before filming. (01:23:38)

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Revealing mistake: When one of the inmates goes to cut off the assistant warden's right arm with an axe, the moment before his arm gets chopped off, we can see that it has been replaced with a fake dummy arm. (01:20:24)

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Revealing mistake: Just after Ricky has killed the bald inmate, he then goes to punch the assistant warden in his face, resulting in his one real eye falling out. In the close-up shot of the assistant warden getting punched, a fake prop dummy can be seen instead of the real assistant warden, most likely used so that it would be easier to create the practical effect of his eye falling out. (01:19:22)

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Revealing mistake: When Ricky punches Tarzan's jaw, in the shot where Ricky's fist goes through the bottom of Tarzan's jaw and up through his mouth, Tarzan has been replaced with a dummy. (01:02:20)

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Revealing mistake: When Wong Chun kicks Ricky across the courtyard after he sets the plants on fire, a wire can be seen attached to Ricky's trousers just as he begins to lift off the ground and get hoisted backwards. (00:49:03)

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Revealing mistake: When the inmates begin to confront the assistant warden after Kuang's death, head of the East Wing, Tarzan appears and smashes an inmate's head with his bare hands. The inmate's head has been replaced with a dummy prop head in the shot where his head gets smashed. (00:39:19)

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Revealing mistake: When Ricky hits the back of Hai's head, one of Hai's eyes blasts out of the eye socket. In the close-up shot of the eye falling out, Hai has been replaced with a dummy. (00:36:54)

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Revealing mistake: Uncle Ghost sets a headstone in front of Ricky and tells him to break it with his energy. He breaks a small corner on the headstone with his hand to demonstrate, however it can be noticed that there are visible cut marks on the corner that he breaks off before doing so, revealing that the corner had already been cut off and reapplied to make it easier for Uncle Ghost to chop it off. (00:20:55)

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Revealing mistake: When Wong Chun cuts the skin off Sa's lower face, in the close-up shot of his face getting skinned, it is apparent that Sa has been replaced with a dummy. (00:45:50)

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Audio problem: Just after the warden tells the inmates if Ricky can stay buried alive for seven days, he'll consider him a free man, his son runs up to the hole Ricky is in. He is heard laughing whilst running up to the hole, but his chest and stomach aren't shown moving along with the laughing, implying the laughs were dubbed in afterwards. (01:07:50)

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