Too many silly made-up words like “Underverse” and “Furyan” can really kill a serious atmosphere, and some of the CG stuff shows rough edges.
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06/18/04
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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
With writer-director David Twohy's mega-budget follow-up to his Pitch Black, what was once a purring engine has become a gas-guzzling, accident-prone Humvee.
06/17/04
A large portion of Dune, side order of crackpot Shakespeare and a dollop of production design by someone who saw The Scarlet Empress at an impressionable age.
06/16/04
Here's one Diesel-fueled vehicle that's neither fast nor furious.
06/16/04
Ambitious, sprawling, uninhibitedly goofy and almost great, [it's] a love-it or hate-it affair, mainly because it’s courageous enough to have a distinct personality.
06/16/04
...a campy craptacular with elephantitis of the mythology glands, bookended by the most Duneish, Zardozzy nerd-fu since Battlestar Galactica.
06/16/04
Although the story is a little confusing, science fiction fans should enjoy the action and fine special effects.
06/15/04
The story seems to progress haltingly.
06/15/04
A preening outer-space costume drama staged as a backdrop for its leading man’s muscles.
06/15/04
For space opera fans who've been disappointed by the two Star Wars prequels (not casting too wide a net, I hope), The Chronicles of Riddick is a pleasant surprise.
06/15/04
A virtuoso exercise in world creation, a plot-heavy epic that's like a breath of fresh air in a time when movie stars and high concepts pass for science-fiction.
06/14/04
The Chronicles Of Riddick is never dull, but it's far, far, far too pretentious.
06/14/04
Top CriticIt would have been more apropos had the filmmakers titled this confusing sci-fi epic "The Chronicles of Ridiculous."
06/14/04
What might have happened if Frank Herbert had written 'Dune' after a lobotomy.
06/14/04
This utterly superfluous sequel is plotted with pretentious pseudo-religious conflict that makes "The Matrix" sequels look profound
06/13/04
Impressionnant par moments, enuyeux à d'autres.
06/13/04
Bloated-but- enjoyable production.
06/13/04
Have you ever tried to watch a TV series, like “The Sopranos” or “Twin Peaks,” without starting at the beginning? It's disorienting. That's what watching this movie is like.
06/13/04
More than mere ambition is required to pull off something as bombastic and bloated as this without it looking, you know, bombastic and bloated.
06/13/04
Beneath the pseudo-religious undertones and the boomingly ludicrous dialogue, there's a big kid grinning from ear to ear.
06/12/04
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