Riddick Films (2000-2013) [/]
Oct 12 2022
I recently watched pretty all the Riddick movies, not in order. There will be spoilers.
Pitch Black (2000) [+] Still a classic sci fi thriller movie. Vin Diesel as Riddick steals the show. I remember reading how they did the special effects on a low budget and it looks better than you'd think.
A freighter with passengers in cryogenic sleep crashes on a remote planet orbited by three suns. The survivors discover an old research station and the fact that there is an imminent triple-eclipse that will awaken a mass of predators that wiped out life on the planet. All the while the survivors have to ally with Riddick, a multiple killer on his way to prison and who has special abilities that can save everyone, or maybe just himself.
Dark Fury (2004) [/] A half hour animated film set right after Pitch Black. Riddick and the two other survivors Imam (Keith David) and Jack (Rhiana Griffith) are captured by a mercenary ship where ship master Antonia (Tress MacNeille) wants to make Riddick into a human trophy and prize of her collection of killers.
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) [/] A few years later Riddick comes out of hiding at the request of Imam who wants his help in stopping the Necromongers threatening his world. Imam is killed but before Riddick can exact revenge he is captured and sent to Crematoria, a prison world, where he has to escape with the help of a now grown-up Jack (Alexa Davalos). Riddick then returns to the Necromonger fleet to enact his vengeance on the Lord Marshal (Colm Feore).
Riddick (2013) [/] A few months later Riddick finds himself marooned on a hostile world where he makes adopts an alien dog and in flashback we see how he got there since he became Lord Marshal of the Necromongers. Riddick finds a mercenary depot and calls out a distress beacon. Two mercenary teams arrive to capture him but all must ally when a storm and it's drenching waters awakens a landscape full of deadly creatures... In the final short scene Riddick returns to the Necromonger capital ship and we get a bit of setup for the next film.
Pitch Black is still a good film. Dark Fury was ok but only half an hour in any case. Chronicles suffers from having all the Crematoria stuff, which is cool but could be its own movie. Riddick has the same issue in that the first third of the film (all the survival stuff) can be cut out and the story wouldn't suffer a bit.
The next sequel is in pre-production I'd still watch it even if it meanders like the last two films because Riddick is a pretty cool character.
Pitch Black (2000) [+] Still a classic sci fi thriller movie. Vin Diesel as Riddick steals the show. I remember reading how they did the special effects on a low budget and it looks better than you'd think.
A freighter with passengers in cryogenic sleep crashes on a remote planet orbited by three suns. The survivors discover an old research station and the fact that there is an imminent triple-eclipse that will awaken a mass of predators that wiped out life on the planet. All the while the survivors have to ally with Riddick, a multiple killer on his way to prison and who has special abilities that can save everyone, or maybe just himself.
Dark Fury (2004) [/] A half hour animated film set right after Pitch Black. Riddick and the two other survivors Imam (Keith David) and Jack (Rhiana Griffith) are captured by a mercenary ship where ship master Antonia (Tress MacNeille) wants to make Riddick into a human trophy and prize of her collection of killers.
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) [/] A few years later Riddick comes out of hiding at the request of Imam who wants his help in stopping the Necromongers threatening his world. Imam is killed but before Riddick can exact revenge he is captured and sent to Crematoria, a prison world, where he has to escape with the help of a now grown-up Jack (Alexa Davalos). Riddick then returns to the Necromonger fleet to enact his vengeance on the Lord Marshal (Colm Feore).
Riddick (2013) [/] A few months later Riddick finds himself marooned on a hostile world where he makes adopts an alien dog and in flashback we see how he got there since he became Lord Marshal of the Necromongers. Riddick finds a mercenary depot and calls out a distress beacon. Two mercenary teams arrive to capture him but all must ally when a storm and it's drenching waters awakens a landscape full of deadly creatures... In the final short scene Riddick returns to the Necromonger capital ship and we get a bit of setup for the next film.
Pitch Black is still a good film. Dark Fury was ok but only half an hour in any case. Chronicles suffers from having all the Crematoria stuff, which is cool but could be its own movie. Riddick has the same issue in that the first third of the film (all the survival stuff) can be cut out and the story wouldn't suffer a bit.
The next sequel is in pre-production I'd still watch it even if it meanders like the last two films because Riddick is a pretty cool character.