The Chronicles of Riddick

I went to see a screener of Chronicles of Riddick yesterday. I didn't expect too much from the movie. Pitch Black, the prequel to this movie, was an example of a low-budget sci-fi film gone wrong. Surprisingly, Riddick was fairly entertaining.... Full review

I saw this film at a sneak preview on Tuesday, 3 days before release. After I stepped out of the theater, I was positive that this movie would get praise and terrific reviews. It HAD to get good reviews. The movie... Full review

I am not sure why this movie caught to much bad press. It is a very very solid sci-fi/action movie. Its completely different from the first one but in a good way. Pitch Black was sci-fi/horror not action. The action... Full review

WOW! What a surprise! A very well thought-out plot, excellent character development, immersive sets, and special effects that melt into the fabric of the movie so well, they all but disappear. I was not expecting to be absolutely glued to... Full review

This is one weird rating from all the fine subscribers to IMDb. For the first time in, my albeit limited experience, the previously flawless rating system has, in my opinion, got it way wrong.This movie is almost superb. Kind of... Full review

Just had fun watching TCOR and am pretty happy about it. Good action, great visual stuff. A worthy successor to Pitch Black, though the two films are hardly related. Vin Diesel does a good and convincing job at playing an... Full review

I would also like to comment on the fact that TCOR received bad reviews. Personally, I think that Vin Diesel should continue making the movies from the other screenplays that have already been written. The plot in these films (TCOR... Full review

This film has gotten terrible reviews, and I feel as if its bad press is undeserving. It's a good film, and it frustrates me that people hate this movie. So what if it doesn't have a good, original plot? What... Full review

It was very refreshing to watch a science fiction movie with a great story and fantastic acting. I enjoyed Vin Diesel's performance as Riddick. He made the movie with his one-liners. Casting was very good. Special effects were incredible. I... Full review

I only saw the directors cut, but apparently that makes all the difference, and so i think the 6.1 rating may not be representative. I never felt like i was lost or something could be better explained. I was surprised... Full review

Riddick survives the changes pretty well, and Twohy surrounds him with enough interesting gimmicks to keep us abuzz. Beneath the pseudo-religious undertones and the boomingly ludicrous dialogue, there's a big kid grinning from ear to ear. ... Full Review

Diesel plays a potent supporting role, and the other characters build up his legend and status before he even speaks his first line. On the one hand, both films are spectacular in their design and intent, but both fail miserably on the most basic level of character and story. ... Full Review

His action sequences as the anti-hero Riddick are probably the best weve ever seen. As crazy as it sounds, I dont feel so bad about leaving the sci-fi fate of the universe in Diesels hands. ... Full Review

Thing is, they are abundant in the movie. My Movie Grade would have been a strong B+ . ... Full Review

Although the film is great to look at, and it has a complex story with complex characters, it is after all, not a compelling story because too much of it is left unexplained. The special effects in the film are also quite effective. ... Full Review

Picking up five years after the first movie, we find our charismatic criminal Riddick on the run from bounty hunters. Surprisingly, instead of trying to send him off to prison, their job is to deliver him to galactic capital Helion... ... Full Article

Of the past five years, Vin Diesel has been known for hard-hitting action movies like "XXX" and "The Chronicles of Riddick".In 2005, however, Diesel plans to bring his audience to a new frontier: the family movie genre. ... Full Article

When last you saw Riddick, it was probably about 1 a.m. and you had stumbled across an airing of 2000's "Pitch Black" on HBO and thought to yourself that for a cheap "Aliens" knockoff, this was actually a pretty smart ... Full Article

From portentous voiceover intro to mano-a-mano finale, The Chronicles Of Riddick is overblown sci-fi fantasy by very basic numbers. And it all hangs on the hope that the buffed-up, light-sensitive bad-ass played by Vin Diesel in David Twohys excellent 2000... ... Full Article

As they make their dash, sunrise hits (which seems to happen about every seven minutes on Crematoria).Sunlight rolls across the planet and nips at the group's heels as they run. ... Full Article