Saturday 8 March 2014

Film: Riddick

Vin Diesel returns as Richard B Riddick, the anti-hero from Pitch Black, in the third instalment of this sci-fi action series.

This time around we join Riddick on an unknown planet populated by various types of lethal creatures that see him as their prey. As the daily struggle for survival continues two rival sets of mercenaries turn up looking to claim the bounty for the notorious criminal, and it’s doubled if he’d dead.

Pitch Black was a fantastic film, a low budget but effects laden sci-fi adventure that gave Diesel the opportunity to be at his snarling best. The sequel, The Chronicles Of Riddick, was largely forgettable.

Unfortunately that is also the case here as Riddick sets about dispatching the mercenaries one by one without any great action scenes or real moments of tension. I also have little doubt that the budget for this film was substantially larger than that of the original but it manages to look much worse. The scenes involving the motorcycle/hovercrafts are reminiscent of old time films with actors sitting in cars while the same background is repeated again and again.

Riddick is available on DVD now but only die hard fans of the character will enjoy.


Ric’s Rating: Dodgy. 

3 comments:

  1. I thought the scenes with the alien dog were the best. Not great, but better than the second.

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  2. It was good, not great. I guess they were trying to go back to the days of 'Pitch Black.' It works. It was better than the second film. I did enjoy it for what it was, just a mindless action movie.

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  3. I liked the dog too Alex. Mariah, I felt there should have been more action, or at least more tension, more....something.

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