Riddick (2013)

Obviously nowhere near as good as the original Pitch Black, but still a enjoyable movie.Good action sequences, lots of cheesy dialogue and Riddick being unrealistically tough and resourceful.Only spoiled somewhat by the poor ending - but all good fun otherwise.

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.

Riddick is one of the most powerful and dangerous characters ever created. Riddick is just one of those interesting Anti-Heroes.Vin Diesel is the only man who could bring this character to life and he puts his heart and soul into the character.Once Vin Diesel got the rights to Riddick he went to work on making this film.However I have to say I was kind of let down with this film. Mostly because it felt like Pitch Black 1.5 if you compare the two movies together you will see there is more than enough to clearly say they are pretty much close to being the same film just with different cast members.Such as Matt Nable Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Molla, Dave Bautista, Karl Urban and others. The visual setting is what you would expect from Riddick to match the tone of the character and you could always be sure the darkness is where Riddick shines.Also the film feature some creative quotes and good effects which makes the film watchable. But where the film is disappointing is that the fact the film really feels too much like Pitch Black no this is not a Reboot no no no it just feels like Pitch Black Plus the film does get graphic at times so be warn. Being R rated is understandableAnother plus is there is tense moments in the film which is part of the series history and some good acting can be found here in the filmWhile there is something for all Riddick fans it just feels like there is so much more that could have gone into the film but to be fair they at least try to make it a improvement over The Chronicles of Riddick I give Riddick an 6 out of 10

I'm usually very forgiving when it comes to sci-fi, but sometimes there's nothing to build that forgiveness upon. When a franchise returns to its roots, the film risks self-plagiarism and comes off as lazy and tapped out of ideas. This was simply a remake of "Pitch Black" and it fell limp as a dead fish. There was no flow to the story and the plot was simply a hole the entire production should have been buried in.When "The Chronicles of Riddick" was panned, I thought the critics were crazy. When they did so again for this film, I thought that I was going to like it. About fifteen minutes in I knew it was going to be a bore-fest. I highly DON'T recommend this movie.