The Chronicles Of Riddick

All Star Rating
Acting (6)
Action (7)
Drama (7)
Effects (9)
Entertainment (7)
Originality (6)
Storyline (6)
Watch-ability (6)
Overall (7)
Science Fiction (7)
ASR TOTAL68

Review
A follow up of the cult film ‘Pitch Black’, The Chronicles Of Riddick is a film in its own right, with little reference made to the first film. It’s inflated budget is spent entirely on dazzling effects, and flash action sequences.

Vin Diesel plays his stereotypical roll as Riddick, the emotionless, rugged, one man slaughter house. His cool demeanour and impressive physique almost carry the film on their own. Tandy Newton plays the cunning temptress, and Karl Urban makes his second big movie appearance since Lord of the Rings (Eomer) and Bourne Supremacy, as the villainous opponent Uaako.

Though David Twohy continues to show he is a writer and director with incredible imagination, adding his own feel and style to the movie, there is something not quiet there to make the movie click into place. The storyline and history seems to cramped and rushed, without due explanation for the events that are unfolding before the viewers eyes, and the enemy Necro’s are just a little to similar to Star Trecks Borg for my liking.

That being said The Chronicles Of Riddick is not a bad film. The special effects are excellent, the action sequences are well done with enough originality to pique your interest, but there is just that little special something that seems missing.