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Short summary

In this parody of the Rocky films, Ricky Wanero is a male gigolo and stripper who sets out to beat "The Champ" in the boxing ring.

The film remained mostly obscure, until internet personality and filmmaker James Rolfe (famous for The Angry Video Game Nerd (2004)) reviewed it as part of his mock feud with Doug Walker (The Nostalgia Critic (2007)) in 2008. He panned the film for its weak comedy, poor plot and nonsensical references.

The film was shot in 1983, but wasn't released until 1988.

The last film directed by William T. Naud.

User reviews


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    • Author: Whitebinder
    I would have never have even known about the film if it weren't for the ever famous James Rolf reviewing it, this is... Terrible! The jokes are as about as lame and cheap shot as the ones in Epic Movie, this is what a 80's Selzter and Frieberg film with no budget would be like! I'm surprised they even released this film, with a budget of about $20 I still doubt it made a profit.

    I think what makes this worse is films like these are getting a budget today, even if the film disributors gave them a "$20" budget they're still stupid, did the creators really think the viewers would laugh at immature Sex and anti-religious jokes?

    Conclusion: Awful -Cybersaur
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    • Author: Kardana
    Seriously, who thought of a spoof of Rocky? It's like spoofing the Bourne series and calling it The Bourne Retardation. Like the Rocky films, it revolves around a regular schmoe who receives an opportunity to fight it out with the champion of the world. When people wonder why it went right to video and never entered theatres, it's because the film was so bad. no one would want to waste 90 minutes of their valuable time watching some bad acting rolled into a bad film. Wouldn't someone prefer to dance on that giant piano from Big with Robert Loggia? Wouldn't someone prefer to drink a lot of Red Bull and watch the news? I know i would if it prevented me from watching this film again And to think, they thought they could say it was better than the Airplane! movies. So if you're curiously wandering around a video store and stumble across this film, yell WITCH!, run in a circle three times, then grab it and light it on fire. Ricky 1 1/10
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    • Author: Saintrius
    In 1988, 4 movies were released: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw, Mac and Me, and this movie. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was considered to be the greatest live-action animated movie of all time. "Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw" was an okay movie, but it could've done better. "Mac and Me" was a big piece of monkey diarrhea ripping off ET and advertising products like Skittles and McDonald's. "Ricky 1", above all, was one of the stupidest movies I have ever seen. Don't believe me? Let's take a look.

    "Ricky 1" is about some numb nuts who is a male prostitute and a boxer. He has this awkward girlfriend who is so bad, she can't even write the word "love". He also has a trainer who does nothing but stand-by while Ricky does all the hard work. Heck, he's not even trying to boost Ricky's moral up! And then there's the villain simply named "The Champ". The Champ? That's it?! Okay, I'm going wrap up the review before I get any more of my brain cells damaged.

    This movie is so bad, I'm surprised IMDb were scared crap-less to put it in the Bottom 100 list! The music is a piece of crap, there are too many bad jokes, none of the scenes are funny, and the whole entire freaking movie is nothing but a bad, piece of crap, phony baloney live-action version of a pre-1980's Hanna-Barbera cartoon! Thank you, Angry Video Game Nerd for showing me that bad movie! Thank you so bloody much!
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    • Author: Androwyn
    this movie is awful its a parody of rocky but Ricky is a male stripper, prostitute what does this have to do with rocky???!!! Ricky is a parody of rocky and the champ is a parody of Apollo creed the movie was never released in cinemas but instead was released straight to video the movie was made in the late 1980s there is also a scene which parodies the godfather this movie is god-awful. I'm sorry if you like the movie i can respect you. at the end of the movie it finally starts resembling rocky there is a brief part where it hits at the rocky theme but only lasts for a few seconds there are a few gags like there's a bunch of farting noises a man wearing a gas mask

    conclusion: no comment other than epic freaking fail
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    • Author: Zamo
    I actually rented this film 12 years ago, as it was the video cover that grabbed my attention. James Rolfe made an entertaining video review of this film and I wouldn't be surprised if 90% of the people who watched the review hadn't seen the film.

    It's not a good film, everyone who's seen it will say that. But it's definitely not the worst film ever made. There are some gags that work (Ricky attempting to drink raw eggs, only to throw them down the sink) and Michael Michaud does well in taking the lead, although he looks and sounds like a young Robert De Niro.

    Give the movie a watch, only for a laugh.
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    • Author: Pettalo
    This is whats frustrating about the academy award process in Hollywood...how Guy Hutchinson's performance could be overlooked..is astounding. This actor captures all of compassion and pity of the fool...that he is portraying. I guess because this was'nt a box office success...that sadly a good piece of work like this is overlooked again....just like Wayne in Genghis Khan and Nolte in the Hulk...we look at the revenue of a movie and not the quality. At times throughout this movie..... I just couldn't believe that it was actually a movie and not a reality show...thats how deeply this movie affected me and my family. Sometimes I think we as film goer's are more interested in the money spent on the film and not the overall movement in the bowels of depth that the actors are capable of accomplishing.
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    • Author: Sharpbrew
    I was interested in seeing this movie if only because the Angry Video Game Nerd used this as the film he would review upon challenge by the Nostalgia Critic. I had certainly never heard of this before and it makes sense. I find it amazing that I could find more than one VHS cover of this awful film. What really makes this movie painful is that it's one of the shoddiest looking movies I've seen in my whole life. The lighting effects are outright terrible. Everything is filmed in the dark and the quality looks like it was made in the 1960's, not the 1980's! This was released the same year as the B-movie "Alien From LA" and that movie looks gorgeous compared to this. Basically, this is a feature length spoof of "Rocky".

    I guess this was the time spoof movies were the worst things we as humans ever made. This is basically a lengthy sequence of unfunny unrelated scenes that amount to nothing. There's a subplot about Ricky's girlfriend leading a rape therapy group. There's also an exploding doormat plot and a plot about some parody of "The Godfather" talking about porn. Not only does none of this have anything to do with Rocky, it has nothing to do with anything at all. There's one scene where Ricky mentions how his girlfriend doesn't like to see him box. We then see a photograph of her covering her face with her hand. Is that the joke? It's really hard to even tell if half the stuff in this movie is a joke or meant to be taken seriously. Either way, it's horrible and I am so glad this film has faded into obscurity and you will never be unfortunate enough to watch it. 1/2*
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    • Author: Yar
    "I'll say this Quadaro, he's all heart. *shows him in heart costume*" This line pretty much sums up this horrid movie. In this movie that was written in 5 minutes, we get a bunch of bad jokes, and gags that make absolutely no sense whatsoever. This is supposed to parody Rocky, but about half of it isn't even close to the Rocky movie. If you actually put effort into your film, you won't end up like this, even if the film sucks. At least people will give you credit for the effort. This film has no redeeming qualities at all. There is nothing of value or great remembrance in this movie. It is pure trash, and there is no wonder not many heard of it.
  • Cast overview, first billed only:
    Michael Michaud Michael Michaud - Ricky Wanero
    Maggie Hughes Maggie Hughes - Angela
    Hawthorne James Hawthorne James - The Champ (Silver Shadow) (as James Herbert)
    Lane Montano Lane Montano - Vinnie
    Peter Zellers Peter Zellers - Leon / Patton
    Jimmy Williams Jimmy Williams - Cutman / The Hitman / Arnie / Manny the Fighter (as Jon Chaney)
    Vince Conrad Vince Conrad - Trainer #1
    Turk Brandy Turk Brandy - Trainer #2
    Bevis Faversham Bevis Faversham - Trainer #3 (as Bevis A. Faversham)
    Brent Beckett Brent Beckett - Brutal Bruce
    Lloyd Haslip Lloyd Haslip - Bruce's Manager
    Bill Slayton Bill Slayton - Referee #1
    Yvonne Moore Yvonne Moore - Champ's Girl
    Fred Spelling Fred Spelling - Referee #2
    Steve Welles Steve Welles - Paul Glib
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