Chronicles of Riddick

Year of release : 2004

 

Run time : 2h 10min

 

Genre : Sci Fi / Action

 

Cast : Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Karl Urban, Thandiwe Newton

 

 

Riddick,a wanted criminal is hunted by a gang of hired guns. He realizes the one who placed the bounty on his head is none other than his friend,the one he saved years back from the alien planet,in Pitch Black,the holy man.

 

He goes to the planet Helion Prime to confront him,and is caught in the game of the necromongers who destroy worlds,as they worship death,considering life an antagonist way of being.

 

He ends up on on Crematoria,as he allows himself to get caught by the same mercenary he escaped,in an attempt to save Jack,the girl who pretended to be a boy.

 

Jack,a beautiful woman now,who goes by the name Kyra,followed a life of crime as she is pretty much obsessed with Riddick,and I would say,in love.

 

The visual effects weren't that good,one could tell what was fake and what not. The costumes weren't bad,the fight scenes were pretty good,but the acting was just awful from anyone but Judi Dench and Colm Feore. I don't know what happened to everyone as everyone was over reacting,Karl Urban, Thandiwe Newton..these are good actors,but really bad in this movie. The actress who played Kyra was bad at acting.. as I didn't see her in anything else so I can't say if this was just a fluke.

 

I didn't understand why there was a prison built on a planet which couldn't sustain life. Crematoria was hell. The sun was burning everything in its path daily to the point everything exploded. Yet,they managed to walk on the surface,and not just that,but when the sun hit,the rocks they hid behind didn't burn them,and they could breathe!? There was air to breathe?! The sun literally scorches the earth but they are fine.

Also,I don't see how is it possible to build anything on such a planet. How could they dig the ground and then lay the foundation and everything,since it was always so hot in there and the sun was always scorching everything?Where did they keep the machinery?Did they keep it on a space ship?Which flew whenever the sun hit?Didn't all the things involved in building such a place melt or burn to ashes? How do they survive since nothing grows there?They are being brought food from other planets?!

 

Also,the converts. They have a mind of their own?! Yet pretend they don't?

 

And the Furyan - I thought the Furyan race was known for their eyes,how come the necromonger who walked into the sun didn't have the same eyes?

 

Also,when the Lord Marshal decides to leave, in fear Riddick might be on board,he leaves his army behind on a planet he destroys. He doesn't need all his fleet?

About the planet he destroys. Apparently he doesn't need to convert the whole planet,only about 20 people,he kills the rest- he doesn't ask them to convert- when he blows the planet up.

 

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Rating : Could have been a contender !