The Chronicles of Riddick

Universal Pictures | Release Date: June 11, 2004

7.5	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 272 Ratings

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CooterPatooterMar 7, 2012

David Twohy took his solid Pitch Black film and spun it off into... complete and utter crap. With horrendous dialogue and tiny sets that look like they were built by elementary school kids for a school play, you're inclined to think that thisDavid Twohy took his solid Pitch Black film and spun it off into... complete and utter crap. With horrendous dialogue and tiny sets that look like they were built by elementary school kids for a school play, you're inclined to think that this is supposed to be a comedic parody of the first film. But no... the film presents the material with the same seriousness as a production of Hamlet or GlenGarry Glen Ross. Whatever. After slogging your way through one awful "action" set piece after another, the final battle turns out to be a joke where the universe-conquering, death-defying bad guy turns out to be a pathetic wet noodle who crumbles under Riddick's unstoppable awesomeness. Yawn.… Expand

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JoshE.Oct 31, 2005

Ludicrously silly to say the least, Chronicles is chock full of terrible dialogue and some of the most laugh inducing names in movie history. I can't imagine someone naming a planet Crematoria and the bad guys Necromongers with a Ludicrously silly to say the least, Chronicles is chock full of terrible dialogue and some of the most laugh inducing names in movie history. I can't imagine someone naming a planet Crematoria and the bad guys Necromongers with a straight face, and not in a total parody or the worst of the worst B movie prodution, but someone surely did here. The sets and costumes look straight out of some kind of bad S&M fantasy and the story itself is just above retarded. It's pretty funny to see the script writers introducing all of these "shocking" habits of the Necromongers but not really explaining any one of them, so they really are meaningless and not that shocking at all since we never really find out what being "half dead and half alive," what being a necromonger, or anything else of what this mess of a movie really means. There are occasional slivers of decent production values in Chronicles, but that's about it. The idea behind Riddick's anti-hero has potential too, but it's also handled pretty poorly. The bad guys look like death metal band members and their women look like vampires godesses or something like that. It's so bad it's funny.… Expand

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JBAug 11, 2006

This film is hilarious! It's too bad they didn't bill it as a comedy. Riddick suffers from poor acting, an unbelievable story, bad set and costume design, uninspiring music and, it would seem, even bad directing. Ignore the Variety This film is hilarious! It's too bad they didn't bill it as a comedy. Riddick suffers from poor acting, an unbelievable story, bad set and costume design, uninspiring music and, it would seem, even bad directing. Ignore the Variety quote ... this film is worse than Battlefield Earth in every way except special effects.… Expand

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TheWalrus2000May 20, 2013

Riddick feels all but the same way every video game adaptation feels, action packed without a point but to copy the video game. To add on to that, it makes the sci-fi thriller Pitch Black look silly.

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DzimasApr 3, 2020

The things you watch during a lockdown. I would give this a 1 but you have to admire the audacity of making a film like this that borrows so liberally from past science fiction classics, namely Dune and Blade Runner, and pass it off asThe things you watch during a lockdown. I would give this a 1 but you have to admire the audacity of making a film like this that borrows so liberally from past science fiction classics, namely Dune and Blade Runner, and pass it off as something original. Of course you can blame Alan Dean Foster for the gross plagiarism. Twohy merely adapted this twaddle to the screen, throwing in a few Chinese flying kicks for good measure.

What you get is a very low grade science fiction adventure that looks like something from the early 80s. I'm shocked by the $120 million budget. It looks like something you could have made for $5 mil. I could only marvel that Colm Feore, Thandie Newton, and Dame Judi Dench would attach themselves to what is essentially a Vin Diesel vehicle, although he looks just as badly out of place in his cheap black goggles and tank top. There's no point telling the plot as it is so predictable you will figure out how it ends within the first few minutes. You watch it only to fill time, however two hours feels like ten given the lugubrious pace of this so-called action yarn. As a game, this might be fun to play. At least you can manipulate the outcome a little. Here you are at the mercy of the director.

If there is any saving grace to this mess it is the fetching Alexa Davalos. You would like to see much more of her, but alas this is a Vin Diesel vehicle so you have to put up with his hulking image throughout, as he tries to protect Kyra from the evil clutches of the Lord Marshall. Seems like Colm Feore really beefed himself up for the role, either that or he had a great costume designer.

I understand there is a vast market for this nonsense, but can't we be a little more imaginative?… Expand

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