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Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 155

Fresh: 46

Rotten:109

Average Rating: 4.6/10

Consensus: As an action movie, Riddick offers some thrills, but as a sequel to Pitch Black, it's a disappointment.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of violent action and some language

Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Theatrical Release:Jun 11, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $57,637,485

Synopsis: The sequel to cult sci-fi hit PITCH BLACK sees Vin Diesel enthusiastically returning to his role as Richard B. Riddick. Director-writer David Twohy is on board again, building on themes established... The sequel to cult sci-fi hit PITCH BLACK sees Vin Diesel enthusiastically returning to his role as Richard B. Riddick. Director-writer David Twohy is on board again, building on themes established in the first movie, and expanding his vision with some incredible special effects work. Twohy opens the movie with Riddick on the run from a group of bounty hunters. He escapes them with ease, then seeks information from an old friend named Inam (Keith David). Inam informs Riddick that he has been singled out by an Air Elemental, Aereon (Judi Dench), as the one man who can stop the evil Necromongers from taking over the Universe. Suddenly, the Necromongers arrive on the planet, causing mayhem and destruction. They capture Riddick. He soon escapes, only to fall into the hands of the bounty hunters he so deftly eluded at the start of the movie. They take Riddick to a rogue prison planet where he is met by scorching heat, an underground penitentiary, and his female companion from PITCH BLACK, Jack (who is now called Kyra, and played by a different actress, Alexa Davalos). They plan their escape from the planet, and vow to bring down the Necromongers. Things don't go according to plan however, leading to a suspense-filled climax to the film, and an eyebrow-raising ending that suggests Twohy may have plans for further installments in the story. [More]

Starring: Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Alexa Davalos

Starring: Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Alexa Davalos, Karl Urban, Nick Chinlund

Director: David Twohy

Director: David Twohy
Screenwriter: David Twohy
Producer: Vin Diesel, Scott Kroopf
Composer: Graeme Revell
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Mar 31, 2009

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Blu-ray Disc Features:

  • Region [unknown]

Audio:

  • DTS 5.1 Surround French, Spanish
  • DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
  • Subtitles: English, SDH, French, Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Audio Commentary: Writer-Director David Twohy and Actors Karl Urban and Alexa Davalos

Featurette:

  • 1. Virtual Guide to The Chronicles of Riddick
  • 2. Toombs Chase Log
  • 3. Virtual Effects Revealed
  • 4. Creation on New Mecca
  • 5. Riddick Rises
  • 6. Keep What You Kill
  • 7. Intro by David Twohy

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Vainly attempts to elevate Riddick into a mythological hero in a political-intrigue contest meant to be Dune in an action context, though it's a lot more like Stargate in a crap context. [Blu-ray]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
03/30/09
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

Twohy gives the film a vehement comic-book energy, and the eye-popping production design by Holger Gross is like Boris Vallejo’s Greatest Hits come to life.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Riddick is a loner, Dottie, a rebel. He's a simple man, like Pee-Wee Herman, who is not concerned with getting the girl. But, unlike Pee-Wee, poor Riddick doesn't even have a bicycle for companionship.

Full Review Source: Lawrence.com | comment Comment
09/29/06
Eric Melin
Lawrence.com

Like the heat on Crematoria, little is fleshed out. But I suppose it really doesn't matter because -- wow, isn't Riddick cool?

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/22/06
Todd Hertz
Christianity Today

The sequel baton pass at the finale is pretty nifty, but it’s surely asking too much to think the filmmakers could leave us wanting more. Come to think of it, much, much less would have been best.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out
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It’s been a long time since anyone bothered to create a new, big budget cinematic mythos out of scratch, and Twohy has poured a great deal of money into the look of his movie.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Pete Vonder Haar
Film Threat

The plot of THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK could be properly understood only after watching DVD extras.

Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews | comment Comment
06/26/05
Dragan Antulov
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No review available.

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04/02/05
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Riddick starts the way that all great storytelling should: with a voiceover by an old British woman.

Full Review Source: Freeze Dried Movies | comment Comment
04/01/05
Brian Juergens
Freeze Dried Movies

Just because you want to create a universe doesn't mean you'll be able to present it well, and The Chronicles of Riddick is a case in point.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
12/02/04
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

The immense sets look matte-drawn, reminiscent of the decades-old 'This Island Earth.'

Full Review Source: Kansas City Kansan | comment Comment
10/14/04
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Diesel is an imposing screen presence even when growling risible dialogue.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
08/31/04
Nev Pierce
BBC

Overblown, badly written, poorly edited and just downright boring, this is, in a word, Riddickulous. Good special effects, though.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment 2 Comments
08/28/04
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

It’s no Battlefield Earth, but it’s no Dune either. And, no, before you ask, it’s not destined to be a cult classic.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
08/28/04
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine

This is deluded filmmaking at best, an idea taken too far, too fast.

Full Review Source: FilmFocus | comment Comment
08/22/04
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus

Space opera, a prison breakout, spectral zealots and an anarchist anti-hero - dumb, maybe, but this film has enough in it to make you see the light.

Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
08/21/04
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

Unwieldy porridge of effects and idiocy.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
08/08/04
Lewis Beale
Film Journal International

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08/07/04
Sunday Times (Australia)
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Twohy wants Riddick to become a great mythological figure of conflicting goodness and badness, but the character just doesn’t have enough weight to sustain all that baggage.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
08/03/04
James Kendrick
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