Riddick (2013)
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 150
Fresh: 90 | Rotten: 60
It may not win the franchise many new converts, but this back-to-basics outing brings Riddick fans more of the brooding sci-fi action they've come to expect.
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 16
It may not win the franchise many new converts, but this back-to-basics outing brings Riddick fans more of the brooding sci-fi action they've come to expect.
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Movie Info
Riddick, the latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000's hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004's The Chronicles of Riddick reunites writer/director David Twohy (A Perfect Getaway, The Fugitive) and star Vin Diesel (the Fast and Furious franchise, xXx). Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy. The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless.
Cast
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Vin Diesel
Riddick -
Karl Urban
Vaako -
Jordi Molla
Santana -
Matt Nable
Boss Johns -
Katee Sackhoff
Dahl -
Bokeem Woodbine
Moss -
David Bautista
Diaz -
Conrad Pla
Vargas -
Raoul Trujillo
Lockspur -
Nolan Gerard Funk
Luna -
Keri Hilson
Santana's Prisoner -
Danny Blanco-Hall
Falco -
Noah Danby
Nunez -
Neil Napier
Rubio -
Andreas Apergis
Krone -
Charlie Marie Dupont
Consort -
Jan Gerste
Consort -
Antoinette Kalaj
Consort -
Vera Sokolovskaya
Consort -
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All Critics (150) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (90) | Rotten (60)
David Twohy's film is scarcely original, but the sheer survivalist grind of our hero, against comical odds, becomes appealingly mad ...
Top CriticA vibrant stylistic mishmash that works brilliantly in chunks but is ultimately too scattered to sustain any cohesion.
Riddick, an alternately kick-ass and clumsy piece of sci-fi claptrap that puts its empty head down and gets the job done.
Fans of lean, mean, testosterone-steeped sci-fi action are likely to find Riddick kind of a blast, however -- even though it offers few surprises.
The movie's cheap but has a sense of humor, and it's smart enough to let Riddick just get back to being a badass.
Much of the film is over-the-top, but that won't be a surprise to those who saw the previous two installments. Diesel is in fine form, growling his lines and being the most menacing person on screen even when he's in chains.
Riddick turns out to be one of the most pleasantly surprising multiplex films so far this year...bizarre as it sounds, the film essentially shapes up as a quality chamber piece set in the dusty wastes of an alien planet.
This is the real sequel to 'Pitch Black,' although it took about nine years for star Vin Diesel to accomplish it. The stories of Richard Riddick need to be R-rated fare, not the PG-13 stuff of 'The Chronicles of Riddick.'
The third installment in Vin Diesel's adventures as über-badass, glowing contacts-wearing murderer Riddick begins like the original Pitch Black, then turns into something like a low-grade slasher movie with tedious Chronicles Of Riddick-like dialogue.
Twohy gets back to basics, returning the character to his B-movie roots in a stripped-down tale of competition and survival.
Put simply, it's not a great film but it's still watchable.
An economical and solidly entertaining film that recaptures everything that made Pitch Black such a cult favorite.
Putting the fury back into the Furyan, Riddick recaptures the stripped-back edge of Pitch Black, opting for an R-rated, back-to-basics survivalist romp that suits the character far better.
Riddick brings the character back to what people enjoyed about Pitch Black; Twohy's Diesel idolatry aside there's entertaining sci-fi action thrills to be had, once.
"Riddick" a Bit of B-Movie Heaven
A step up from the 2004 slumber party The Chronicles of Riddick but still a few rungs down the ladder from 2000's pitch-perfect Pitch Black.
It isn't a string of polished sci-fi pearls, but it does deliver pretty much what fans expect: action, creatures, effects, dry humor, and a grown-up mix of skin, blood and language.
I'm not sure that Riddick is an effective argument in favor of continuing Riddick's solo adventures, but it's a more fitting conclusion to his chronicles than the previous movie.
Once again, the film is so over-serious that it's faintly ridiculous, but it's packed with nerve-jangling moments.
Riddick justifies its existence purely through a good sense of violent fun.
"Riddick" is a big step up from "Chronicles," with Twohy abandoning the failed epic scope of that movie and somewhat recapturing what made "Pitch Black" the cult hit it is.
The film regains its footing in a pretty terrifically-executed, if generic, final sequence.
Vin Diesel is hot again thanks to "Fast and Furious 6" and has the physique and force of personality necessary to carry this action film
One would suspect that a man who took such audacious risks in the second film would have a few more surprises up his sleeve for the third round, but I guess not.
Audience Reviews for Riddick
Great Movie! Riddick is a movie about Riddick and not really much more.This movie explores a deeper side we have not seen but not all is given away.Riddick knows to keep something back and even under duress. I loved the back story and how he ends up where he is and how he uses people and objects to get where he wants to be. Over all the ending was immaculate just like pitch blacks ending and hopefully leaves it open for another part in the future. As a long time fan of pitch black and Vin diesel this movie was worth every penny and the fact he risked his house on this movie was a great move as it was worth the risk.
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.
Super Reviewer
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- Riddick: Good color. Matches your nipples.
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- Dahl: I want to tell you something. Sweet-like.
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- Boss Johns: Reload!
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- Richard B. Riddick: You are not afraid of the dark are you?
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- Riddick: Dead Man Stalking (DE)
- Les chroniques de Riddick: Dead Man Stalking (FR)
There are several great original scenes though, like removing the lock from the safe? Hilariously suspenseful. It's unfortunate to see the last few moments stumble into such an anticlimactic end.