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Chronicles of Riddick

Posted by Reverend Jynxed on Jun 21, 2004 at 09:19 AM

I'm sure many of you have seen the fairly low budget movie Pitch Black and are looking forward to this next movie with a higher budget and more of the bad man himself. The latest movie in what will hopefully end up being a series of movies, the Chronicles of Riddick doesn't fail to please.

The Chronicles of Riddick gives you a lot more action and general convict mayhem than the original.

Keep in mind this movie is set 5 years after they escape the desert planet in which everyone except a girl pretending to be a boy (on "his" period no less), a holy man with a bad accent, and of course Riddick, dies.

A lot more about Riddick comes out regarding his "story" however a lot of it seems like it was just made up on the spot and oh so transparent in the matter of them trying to come up with a half-way decent plot involving the convict who supposedly left that life behind.

The story goes as such. Not to worry, no spoilers here, it's all in the trailers....

A "race" of humans, partly dead are out there converting people to their "faith" or destroying them. But the destruction doesn't end with killing people, no, they kill whole worlds. Bet you didn't see that one coming right?

These dreaded Necromongers are badasses with some kickass technology. I meanhell, I'd give up a piece of me just to play with a few of their toys.

So at any rate they (the Necros) have a problem. There is a breed of humans that can stop them in their tracks: Furions. Guess what folks, Riddick is a furion. Bet you didn't see that one coming either.

So they drum up a story about how all furion babies are strangled with their own cords (Riddick spoke of this in pitch black to the holy man) to get the "plot" moving forward.

Now enough bashing on the silly plot-line, onward to the nuts and bolts.

I was hoping for a bit more effects regarding what Riddick sees. That whole eye-flash is pretty bdass but you don't get to see much of it. Further the whole furion story made it seem like something special might happen to sort of put them on par with the powers the necros have. I mean hell, all he did was go psycho on people like a normal killer.

Needless to say there was a lot of Riddick playing the badass, hacking folks up, being a brute, and in general kicking ass.

The end of the movie sort of left a bad taste in my mouth. I mean hell, Riddick was supposed to be a badass furion yet he was getting his ass whooped. He needed help. Further the end left out a real chance of a sequel due to the circumstances regarding a necro army at his feet.

I hope they will make more movies involving Riddick in some capacity because I have enjoyed them. Perhaps enough happened in the 5 years before the Chronicles to create another story, or perhaps he turns his back on the necros, sending them all to "underverse" or some such.

I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

I'm a Riddick fan so that was a bonus. The plot was a bit retarded but it worked. You can't beat paying 6 bucks for an early show.

Yes I'll be buying the DVD and adding it to my collection.

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MajicWalrus spoke on Jun 22, 2004 at 01:05 AM

Six bucks for an EARLY show? Early shows here are only four... Normal showings are 6 something.

holyjuan spoke on Jun 22, 2004 at 08:44 AM

But in our theaters, the patrons don't have to hand crank the projector.

SMACKED!

**You've been "SMACKED!" (TM) (R) by the REV - JUAN Duo**

Ender spoke on Jun 22, 2004 at 06:38 PM

Keep in mind this movie is set 5 years after they escape the desert planet in which everyone except a girl pretending to be a bow on "his" period, a holy man with a bad accent, and of course Riddick, dies.

Poor sentence construction, bad grammar.

Can argue, can't write.

-1, fanboy salivation.

YOU'VE BEEN *CRITIQUED* BY THE ENDER-MAJICWALRUS AXIS OF EVIL!

Dastoymaker spoke on Jun 22, 2004 at 11:13 PM

Yea I would say that this was a good Summer action flic, but the first movie was awful.

holyjuan spoke on Jun 23, 2004 at 07:17 AM

It's hard to find a good Sci-Fi film these days. Looks like a cross between Dune and Blade II.

Anonymous Coward spoke on Jun 24, 2004 at 03:09 PM

Let's do the time warp again

TheScarecrow spoke on Jul 06, 2004 at 12:02 AM

Pitch black was reasonably good, but this looks a lot better.
Also, is is the second film in a trilogy.

toadpipe spoke on Jul 06, 2004 at 06:52 PM

How is this film a sequel? This film is a spin-off if anything considering that the story from (I assume you people mean) 'Pitch Black' does not continue. It's just a character from that film being given it's own movie. Calling this film a sequel, or referring to 'Pitch Black' as the original, is akin to calling the 'Ewoks Battle for Endor' part two of 'Star Wars'.

Anonymous Coward spoke on Jul 07, 2004 at 12:19 AM

Shut the fuck up and stop trolling.

Reverend Jynxed spoke on Jul 08, 2004 at 10:40 PM

Ok now I'm pissed. As I was typing a civil reply I spilt my fucking milk in my damned keyboard. So here goes fuckmo.

How many Jaws movies did they fucking make where the only character that was the fucking same was the motherfucking shark? How about A nightmare on elm street? How about Haloween or Friday the 13th?

For fuck sake, does it have to have a number fucking 2 on it to be a sequel? The story was based on the same character(s) of the original Pitch Black movie with a bit of referencing to it. IF they just wanted to make a non-sequel they would have fucking made the movie with Riddick while leaving out anything of the history in the previous movie. For example the bitch that bled and the damn Muslim.

Got it fucktard?

Now why don't you go and suck a dick you fucking bitch.

Reverend Jynxed spoke on Jul 08, 2004 at 10:42 PM

Forgot to touch on the statement that the "Story" from Pitch Black doesn't continue. The fuck it doesn't! Riddick clearly has this little story going on 5 fucking years later and even gives the details of what is going on with the other characters.

Go fuck yourself cum-bubble.

Reverend Jynxed spoke on Jul 08, 2004 at 10:49 PM

There is plans for a third? Rock on.

toadpipe spoke on Jul 15, 2004 at 04:04 AM

No actually, the story from 'Pitch Black' doesn't continue, considering that this new film doesn't involve a planet infested with light hating killing machines. As far as your other comments go, I can see that you like this movie a lot. So much in fact that you seem to have failed to notice that I didn't same I disliked it, I merely pointed out the fact that it isn't a sequel. It's a spin-off not a sequel, fact.

Now, may I ask when your anger management classes start? Someone with as much hostility as you just displayed clearly needs them.

The difference between a spin-off and a sequel is that in a sequel though the characters may change the basic storyline progresses from one film to the next, while in a spin-off a character from a different story is "spun off" into his own storyline.

holyjuan spoke on Jan 20, 2005 at 10:14 PM

Just saw this film a few weeks ago and I thought it was pretty good. It's hard to get a decent sci-fi movie these days and this covered most the bases.

Special effects/CG were great. Actors were good.

The prison planet surface chase scene was pretty cheesy. I was also let down by how much power you can release when the suffering of your entire race leaves your body, but otherwise, it was a good flick. 4 of 5 stars.

And to settle any debates: this film is a sequel and not part of a trilogy. Even if they make a prequel, its not a trilogy.

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