TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

NateWatchesCoolMovies Being a huge fan of the two previous Riddick films, I was overjoyed to hear that Vin Diesel would be raiding his own couch for change to save up in order to make this R rated follow up, still helmed by David Twohy. It's reassuring that in a franchise with more than a few haters, Diesel has the ion and ambition for his character to go out of his way in bringing this to fans. Not to mention what a kick ass, gnarly little space yarn it turned out to be. Pitch Black was a claustrophobic horror fest set on a single harsh world, and The Chronicles Of Riddick opened up into a vast galactic space opera. This one reigns it in closer again (partly because of budget, I would imagine) and gets back to the roots established in Pitch Black. After defeating the Necromongers and becoming their King, Riddick is betrayed and sent into exile by the treacherous Lord Vaako (Karl Urban in a brief but memorable reprisal). Cast out into the stars with a ship running low on fuel, he finds himself marooned on a small, deadly planet that's more challenging than any other he has found himself on (and if you , he has been to some hellish little nooks in the past). This world is a dry, acrid rock where every form of wildlife seems to be incredibly lethal, and out to get him. The first half of the film is pure genius, and consists of Riddick playing Survivorman with his environment, battling aliens and elements and befriending a small hell-pup type doggo that grows up into a teeth and claw ridden killing machine that is at one point referred to as a 'dingo dango thing'. This is where it's at for the film, and as soon as the more generic second half arrives, the air gets a bit stale, but it's still heaps of fun. After mastering the terrain and ingeniously dispatching a snakelike alien that seems to have wandered right in from Wolfgang Petersen's Enemy Mine (practical effects POWER), he encounters trouble of the human variety, in the form of bounty hunters. Two teams of outlaws have arrived to claim him: the stern Boss Johns (Matt Nable) who has an old bone to pick with Riddick, and the psychotic A-hole Santana (Jordi Molla, who I think of as the Latin Gary Oldman). They bicker a whole bunch on who gets the prize, unknowingly being infiltrated and messed up by the guy before they've barely landed. Katee Sackhoff is nutso awesome as Dahl, a lesbo tough chick who legit has the line "I don't f*ck guys, but occasionally I f*uck them up." Soon there's more charming wildlife, this time in droves of shrieking reptilian predators who intend to see each of them, Riddick included, dead. This forces an amusingly unstable team-up from all forces to battle the uglies and escape this godforsaken place. It's giddy sci-fi pulp good times, and benefits from its hard R rating, something which the other two films never had on their side. Diesel was born to play Riddick, the growling teddy bear, and I hope he gets to continue wearing the goggles for more of these movies, indefinitely if possible. A hell of a great time.

joebarrett-79644 Vin Diesel stars in this action-packed thriller as his typical jacked bad-ass protagonist who keeps his speaking to a minimal and still needs to work on his conflict resolution. The film also includes Batista, which was neat and I was glad to also see Katee Sackhoff who is basically playing the same role she plays on Longemire but that's due to the fact she is pretty good at it so far.Overall, good movie but only thing holding it back from a higher rating is the "impossible" moves Riddick performs and his ability to continuously make it out alive even though the odds are severely against him.

Leofwine_draca RIDDICK is the third of a trilogy of films starring Vin Diesel as blind warrior battling aliens in outer space. The first film was PITCH BLACK, an efficient low budget horror/thriller set on a dingy alien planet; the second was THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, which was a somewhat overblown sci-fi fantasy; this third production is a combination of the two.We're back on a smaller scale here, with Vin Diesel stranded in an inhospitable landscape with only his alien 'dog' for company. The relationship between man and 'dog' is one of the highlights of the movie. Soon enough some bad guys enter the fray, a team of mercenaries including the hulking Dave Bautista, and plentiful action ensues.On a superficial level, this is entertaining stuff. There's rarely a slow moment and lots of action to make your mind off the familiarity of the storyline. Another plus is that the CGI effects, both landscapes and creatures, are very good indeed. I saw this film in high definition and it looked fantastic throughout. Diesel has always been good in these stoic parts too, so he doesn't disappoint either. If you're looking for depth, nuance, or intricacy, you're likely to be disappointed; if CGI action is all you care for, then you'll likely enjoy this one.

CleveMan66 "Riddick" (R, 1:59) is a popcorn movie - and I mean that in a good way. Vin Diesel is back playing his futuristic escaped convict with the ability to see in the dark. It's the role that helped made him a star in the surprise hit "Pitch Black" in 2000. For the third time, Riddick is stranded on a VERY inhospitable planet. (Can't this guy ever get marooned on a planet with a nice, quiet beach or something?) This planet looks like the New Mexico desert, if it were designed by the ancient Mayans. A political rival from the planet that Riddick found himself on in "Chronicles of Riddick" (2004) sent him to this planet to die - and the planet seems willing to cooperate.To survive, Riddick has to battle lethal creatures on land, creatures in the water and creatures that go wherever the heck they want. Riddick really needs to just get off this planet. To do that, he sends a message into space, identifying himself and his location, hoping that someone who wants to bring him to justice will come to him... but only so he can steal their ship. Two ships arrive - one full of ruthless bounty hunters, and one captained by a man from Riddick's past who wants something more than Riddick's "head in a box". These two groups of men (and one very tough woman) are now at the mercy of the strong, smart and resourceful Riddick, as well as the planet that just might kill them all.This may sound like a typical sci-fi actioner, but the especially strong ing cast make the film very interesting to watch and Riddick's impressive survival skills and just the right amount of humor make the movie a lot of fun as well. In the end, there may not be much more to this movie than seeing who survives and how, but with this movie, that's more than enough. I'm not ready to be rid of Riddick just yet. I give "Riddick" a "B+" and hope there will be another equally entertaining installment in our future.