Riddick
Universal Pictures | Release Date: September 6, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
14
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreSep 4, 2013
Like Vin Diesel, it has bulk, lumbering clumsily along as it repeats Diesel’s greatest hits — the ones that don’t require him to drive a fast and furious car. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriSep 5, 2013
As a result, we get relatively little insight into the other characters as they react to Riddick. Without an unknown force to spark our own imaginations, the result is mostly dead air. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonSep 4, 2013
The only reason to root for Riddick is that his name is on the ticket stub. But he's so dull and the hunters so weird that we're literally cheering for the movie to kill off its personality, one throat slash at a time. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia PuigSep 5, 2013
Move along, there's nothing to see and no one to root for in this murky franchise reboot. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianStephen WhittySep 5, 2013
It's the film, though, that remains handcuffed. The early part of the story -- with Riddick stranded on an unfriendly planet -- is taut enough, but hampered by flagrantly unreal effects and Diesel's punch-drunk narration. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezSep 5, 2013
The entire movie bears the whiff of a vanity project — a modestly budgeted bone Universal Pictures threw at Diesel so he would keep starring in Fast and Furious pictures. Those movies are bank; Riddick is rank. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineNick SchagerSep 4, 2013
For a film about a killing machine who can see at night, it's fittingly ironic that the film itself is, both narratively and visually, a dark, muddled mess. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSep 5, 2013
The story feels like quicksand. Riddick, which couldn’t even qualify for proper summer movie placement, moves like Martian molasses and can’t present an action scene to save its life. You’ll wish you had Uncle Martin’s ability to speed people — not to mention awful movies — up. Read full review
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