Overblown, badly written, poorly edited and just downright boring, this is, in a word, Riddickulous. Good special effects, though.
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08/28/04
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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.
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... [More]
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Reviews for Chronicles of Riddick
Although The Chronicles of Riddick offers its share of solidly entertaining moments, it doesn't hold together as a single, coherent motion picture experience.
06/10/04
Top CriticWriter-director David Twohy has a much bigger budget than he did for Pitch Black, but he makes the all-too-common mistake of believing money can substitute for imagination.
06/11/04
The Chronicles Of Riddick is never dull, but it's far, far, far too pretentious.
06/14/04
Top CriticFans of the cult fave will be happy: The story concepts are grander, the scope of the settings are infinitely enlarged, and the casting was kicked up a notch.
06/11/04
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06/19/04
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06/19/04
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08/07/04
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.
02/09/06
Much like a William S. Burroughs novel, the film could be cut up and reassembled and make just as much sense.
06/11/04
Combining elements of Hamlet, Dune and Vin Diesel running in slow-motion; Riddick essentially becomes William Shakespeare's first video game.
06/09/04
It’s all really just a series of episodes where metal weapons clang, firearms spew, and there is much manly grunting of he-men engaged in ferocious combat
06/09/04
I enjoyed it immensely, but not because it was any damn good.
06/12/04
Top CriticPlenty of interplanetary fighting and outwitting, but mostly it's video-gamish special effects that overwhelm the senses rather than entertain them.
06/10/04
The Chronicles of Riddick doesn't hark back merely to the classic horror or science fiction canon but to nearly every single cinematic genre in the book, from westerns to film noir to sword-and-sandal epics.
06/11/04
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.
08/21/04
A preening outer-space costume drama staged as a backdrop for its leading man’s muscles.
06/15/04
The Chronicles of Riddick is many things, but it's never dull.
06/10/04
Top CriticThis is purely a movie for fans of elephantine production values and the dwindling number of remaining Diesel enthusiasts.
06/11/04
Riddick starts the way that all great storytelling should: with a voiceover by an old British woman.
04/01/05
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