Chronicles of Riddick

This Riddickulous movie is what you get when you put Vin Diesel in a Star Wars type film. He plays his typical tough-guy self and blows everyone up. Some actors play the same character over and over again in different movies. I don't even know if they're acting or just being themselves. Diesel is definitely someone who is the same no matter what movie he's in.

Chronicles of Riddick is the sequel to Pitch Black. Riddick is a bad-ass dude who thinks he can kick everyone's rear end. Of course, he does since he stars in all those movies.

A goth religious group called the Necromongers (the name alone make my eyes roll in disdain) seek to travel the universe converting everyone to their religion. Apparently, they are seeking a type of afterlife world called the Underverse. The Underverse comes from a verse that isn't written but hidden in their own bible. The main evil bad guy is the only one to have visited Underverse, and now he's half-human and half-ghost.

All the bounty hunters are after Riddick for some reason. Riddick wants to find out why and who put the bounty on his head. He finally gets caught and is sent to a prison planet called Crematorium that gets fiery hot when the sun hits the surface.

Riddick is cold, calm, ruthless, and efficient at killing. He cares about no one except this one girl who worships him. She's supposed to be one of the survivors from the first movie.

This movie had great special effects and action. Too bad the movie didn't make much sense. I find this to be true with most action movies though.

This one bad guy with the over-ambitious wife who tried to kill the main evil bad guy ends up bowing down to Riddick when he kills him at the end. Riddick wouldn't be able to kill him without his help though, nor without the help of the girl. The evil guy is like a ghost. He can only be killed while distracted by someone else. Otherwise he can sense you coming from a mile away.

Finally, Riddick becomes head of the Necromongers. He remembers their motto, "Keep what you kill" or something like that. Will he carry on the Necromonger crusades or will he do something else? It looks like we could be looking at a trilogy based upon the ending of this film.

My rating: C, 78.

I liked the videogame, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay a lot. That game is about Riddick getting out of a different gritty prison planet. In the movie, they mention this place when deciding on where to take Riddick.