The Chronicles Of Riddick
2004
Director: David Twohy
Starring: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Thandie Newton, Alexa Davalos, Keith David, Colm Feore, Judi Dench, Linus Roache
Rated: PG-13
You made three mistakes. First, you took the job. Second, you came light. A four man crew for me? Fucking insulting. But the worst mistake you made...empty gun rack.
~Riddick
Okay.
Where to begin...
After some success boosting Vin Diesel along the way to superstardom, there was leverage to revisit he and Twohy's Riddick character again. This time in a proposed trilogy. What they wound up with was ambition of colossal proportions and a film that almost could have been a trilogy itself. The film is covers far too much ground and lays down an abundance of exposition. A sequel to Pitch Black? Far from. In terms of considering this film as a sequel to that film, then its actually quite terrible as it loses all the simplicity and realism that made that one tick. The is a jump off the deep end in comparison.
