The Chronicles of Riddick

  • 2004


MOVIE IS ferocious arresting ramshackle overblown ambitious
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29 % Rotten
$ 115 Million
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Positive Reviews 44
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Average Rating 2.6/5
ferocious arresting ramshackle overblown ambitious

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1.5
The camera adores her, but theres something sad about an ambitious, hugely expensive, special effects filled extravaganza whose only memorable aspect .. Av Club
2.0
The Chronicles of Riddick may not be the most scintillating title for a sci fi blockbuster devoted to the joys of interplanetary butt kicking, but I s .. EW
2.5
In normal times, evil should be fought by good, but in times like this, well, it should be fought by another kind of evil. Rogerebert
1.5
Instead of digital read outs there are some fascinating mechanical contraptions. Common Sense Media
1.5
The Chronicles of Riddick may not quite gain entry to the hallowed pantheon of interstellar cheese of a Battlefield Earth, but its not far behind. Variety
2.0
Perhaps its a stretch to call this clamorous, ramshackle follow up to Twohys 2000 sleeper hit Pitch Black thought provoking, but it certainly raises p .. Time Out
1.9
Tyler (Eamon Monaghan) and Anna (Lucy Kaminsky), the ambitious but self defeating white hipster couple from Philly at the center of The Plagiarists, r ..
1.5
Vanity of Vanities, All Is Vin ity By Desson Thomson Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, June 11, 2004; Page WE42 MAYBE ITS because of the movie Troy ..
3.0
Vin Diesel in Riddick: Stairmaster of the Universe By Ann Hornaday Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, June 11, 2004; Page C01 Vin Diesel reprises th ..
3.0
The result is an ambitious sci fi epic that exhibits at least some of the styleand flair of its predecessor before it gets bogged down in a confusing .. Screen Daily
3.0
A sci fi popcorn actioner as deeply subversive current events commentary
3.0
Boasting just enough action and wisecracks for summer movie fare, the overall experience is certainly nothing that anyone need bother to write any chr .. E Film Critic
2.0
Clearly Twohy intended Riddick to be a big, flashy, comic book affair, but the lure of Franchise Filmmaking seems to have dulled his genre loving sens .. E Film Critic
1.3
Even Vin Diesel cant toughen up flabby Riddick RIDDICK11 Riddick (VIN DIESEL) and Kyra (ALEXA DAVALOS) attempt escape from a subterranean prison in th .. San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
Those without the benefit of having caught Pitch Black, the muscular predecessor to this hulking new blockbuster, should be warned that Richard B. Rid ..
4.5
The Chronicles of Riddick Movie Review Gritty, space oriented Science Fiction almost seems dead. Cinema Blend
3.5
Hes the ultimate badass with the ultimate chip on his shoulder and I couldnt get enough of him. JoBlo
3.5
Share Tweet Email Copy Link Copied By Vic Holtreman Short version: Amazing production design and lots of action make up for the huge plot holes in thi .. Screen Rant
2.0
One can only wish Dame Judi had been allowed to declaim at some point Alas, poor Riddick...lets just hope there are no further chapters to these chron .. One Guys Opinion
1.5
A preening outer space costume drama staged as a backdrop for its leading mans muscles. Village Voice
3.1
Despite an intriguing premise and a single great sequence, Us is a muddled affair that goes off the rails the more Peele tries to expand, explore, and .. ReelViews
2.0
Its a new day for Lifetime as it journeys into uncharted territory with Blood Ties, premiering Sunday at 9 pm/ET. Tv Guide
2.5
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) 2 Stars (out of 4) Tweet Riddick ulous By Jeffrey M. Anderson The sequel The Chronicles of Riddick should have been o .. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
Vin Diesel launched his career as an action hero with the release, in 2000, of the popular sci fi adventure, aPitch Black.a He has made a false step o ..
3.0
Vin Diesel launched his career as an action hero with the release, in 2000, of the popular sci fi adventure, aPitch Black.a He has made a false step o ..
1.9
Overblown, overdone Riddick: Wish it was just over By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY The Chronicles of Riddick has a riddick ulous sci fi plot, overblown and .. Usa Today
2.5
Twohys impatience in moving the story forward results in a disjointed narrative thats virtually impossible to get into. Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Laramie Movie Scope: The Chronicles of Riddick The big budget sequel to Pitch Black by Robert Roten, Film Critic June 11, 2004 The Chronicles of Riddi .. Lariat
2.0
Well, it has the glib idiocy of an action flick, but the breadth and self importance of a fantasy film. Eric Ds Nider
1.5
Five years after surviving a horrific night with those flying bat scorpion things, Riddick (Diesel) is on the run from a tenacious mercenary (Chinlund .. Shadows On The Wall
1.0
The View London Review out ofstarsRunning time:mins Overblown, badly written, poorly edited and just downright boring, this is, in a word, Riddickulou .. View London
2.0
That picture, a stripped down sci fi horror opus of tremendous visceral effectiveness, looks like Tolstoy next to this bloated effort. Film Journal International ..
1.9
THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK * 1/2 Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton; rated PG 13 (violence, profanity, brief gore, vulgarity). Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.3
Diesel poses pretentiously like a body builder trying to do a silent version of Hamlet. Internet Reviews
2.5
When last you saw Riddick, it was probably about 1 a.m. and you had stumbled across an airing of 2000s Pitch Black on HBO and thought to yourself that .. Boston
3.0
Apparently Im supposed to dislike this aggressively pompous and unrelentingly silly movie a lot more than I did. Mountain X
3.1
Alita: Battle Angel In a brief February 2005 interview in Newsweek, James Cameron noted that he was finally working on a new feature film to follow up .. Q Network
3.5
A cool character from an obscure forgettable science fiction film Cinema Crazed
3.5
CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, THE SYNOPSIS: Riddick (Vin Diesel) is a loner living in a remote part of the universe, with a bounty on his head but space trav ..
1.5
Its been a long time since anyone bothered to create a new, big budget cinematic mythos out of scratch, and Twohy has poured a great deal of money int .. Flim Threet
2.0
A biggish budget sequel to the overrated Pitch Black, The Chronicles Of Riddick is a comicbook style actioner whose imposing look and enthusiasm cant .. Bbc
1.9
A thankless visual spectacle, marvelous to look at but woefully empty where its heart should be. The Movie Boy
2.0
Note to the producers: Two incomplete scripts dont make one good script. Bullz-Eye
2.0
There must be some sort of unwritten rule that all classy British actors of a certain age have to appear in big budget sci fi epics. Las Vegas Weekly
3.8
Richard Riddick (Vin Diesel) has a really bad rep and with good reason: Five years ago convicted killer Riddick escaped the galaxys law enforcement du .. Hollywood
3.8
It is a complex, hard to follow onslaught of characters and concepts rooted in mythology and classical literature. And while it isnt completely succes .. Movie Freak
4.0
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2.0
Review: Riddick big, boomy, bad Just another summer movie with explosions and cliches By Paul Clinton CNN Reviewer Thandie Newton and Vin Diesel in Th .. Cnn
2.5
Admirable attention to sci fi details is unfortunately to the detriment of the script as Vin Diesel saves the universe in this sequel to Pitch Black W .. Spliced Wire
1.5
Storyline has severe coherence problems, but an arresting production design showcases an innovative collection of rugged CGI backdrops for Riddicks ru .. Herald Sun
1.9
Mostly, Riddick is a tedious, silly, overbudgeted, overwritten popcorn flick. Movie Habit
4.4
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it. Film Freak Central
3.0
The film is a bit too lumbering to achieve greatness, but it maintains consistent levels of professionalism and creativity that make it a guilty pleas .. Boxoffice Magazine
3.0
Fans of the cult fave will be happy: The story concepts are grander, the scope of the settings are infinitely enlarged, and the casting was kicked up .. E Online
4.5
Unlike Pitch Black, this second Riddick adventure (set five years later) isnt a horror film.
4.0
This supernatural, sci fi, futuristic thriller suggests that fundamentalist zealotry is taking over the universe. Varia Gate
2.0
A befuddled attempt to give Vin Diesel his own franchise series now that hes ditched giving the XXX thing another whirl The Chronicles of Riddick stom .. Contact Music
3.1
This film has great sound!.Clean crisp well distributed audio pops cracks and explodes throughout the theatre. Ross Anthony
3.0
Its all really just a series of episodes where metal weapons clang, firearms spew, and there is much manly grunting of he men engaged in ferocious com .. Killer Movie Reviews
1.5
Makes absolutely no sense in its theatrical cut and still feels awfully messy in Twohys directors cut. Antagony & Ecstasy
0.6
The Chronicles of Riddick is a horribly written movie with stupid dialogue, bad acting, and horrendous directing. Waffle Movies
3.8
In Pitch Black (Vin Diesel) made Riddick his own; in Chronicles, nothing has changed but the budget. Movie Crypt
4.5
Just because you want to create a universe doesnt mean youll be able to present it well, and The Chronicles of Riddick is a case in point. Window To The Movies
1.5
Diesel gives a one note performance that may be somewhat fitting of his dark and dreary character, but nonetheless grows tiresome rather quickly... Scifi Movie Page
3.0
Beneath the pseudo religious undertones and the boomingly ludicrous dialogue, theres a big kid grinning from ear to ear. Flip Side Archive
2.5
Chikas story: An inside look at an unlikely family Free Press columnist Mitch Albom, who operates the Have Faith Haiti orphanage where young Chika liv .. Freep
3.0
A virtuoso exercise in world creation, a plot heavy epic thats like a breath of fresh air in a time when movie stars and high concepts pass for scienc .. Film Blather
3.8
As the film opens we find Riddick being pursued by bounty hunters who are quickly disposed of with Riddick taking off to find who hired them. Entertainment Spectrum
3.1
Have you ever tried to watch a TV series, like The Sopranos or Twin Peaks, without starting at the beginning Its disorienting. Thats what watching thi .. Aisle Seat
2.5
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2.0
They leave the ending wide open for the next episode in the chronicle of Riddick. We can only hope that Vin decides to save the universe... from anoth .. TheMovieChicks.com
4.5
Soars high above the low level ambition of its competition and makes us anticipate subsequent installments rather than reminisce about their predecess .. IGN Movies
3.5
Maybe it was my low expectations, or perhaps its because it is a better movie than the flaming disaster that was Van Helsing, another recent sci fi sp .. The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
3.5
Combining elements of Hamlet, Dune and Vin Diesel running in slow motion; Riddick essentially becomes William Shakespeares first video game. Juicy Cerebellum
3.8
That would not be such a bad approach to relive if the script actually took things a step further, but it doesnt do much of anything that isnt convent .. Cinema Phile
2.0
Pitch Black sequel tries to make a condiment a main course and offers action fans a meager meal in the process. Net Flix
2.0
Fans of Pitch Black are likely to find this new film a worthy successor, those who have never seen the first film will be able to jump right into the .. Film Jerk
2.0
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, JUNE 17, 2004 Though hardly more than a mediocre Aliens knockoff, director David Twohys 2000 sci fi horror flick, P .. Ear Of Newt
3.0
With Riddick, audiences finally have the kind of movie for which terms like blockbuster were born. Film Force Ign
2.5
Much like a William S. Burroughs novel, the film could be cut up and reassembled and make just as much sense. Premiere Magazine
3.0
My sister might have said it best.After we watched The Chronicles of Riddick, we walked out of theatre and she said peee fucking ewwww. The Tyee
3.5
Although youd never guess it from the titles, the movies Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick are related. Horror
2.5
The ending leaves open the possibility of a sequel. I dont care one way or another if they make it. Gost Dog
1.3
Theres nothing here you havent seen before, especially if you own a PlayStation. Miami Herald
3.0
At last, a good cheesy sci fi action movie that one can actually enjoy.
1.5
I really cant call any of the acting good or bad. It was what it was. Vin Deisel threw around some funny one liners. Everyone else just kinda hung out .. 3 Black Chicks
1.5
Plenty of interplanetary fighting and outwitting, but mostly its video gamish special effects that overwhelm the senses rather than entertain them.
1.9
This is what one of those cheesy Mortal Kombat movies would be like if it had delusions of grandeur. Boston Herald
3.0
Vin Diesel is back, four years after originating the role that made him an up and coming action hero. Lawrence
2.0
It seems like dialogue was just an afterthought, or maybe that annoying little d word that gets in the way of the special effects.
3.1
The Chronicles of Riddick answers the burning movie question, Who is this Riddick again Wash Times
1.5
As a follow up to a genuinely entertaining movie like Pitch Black, it is a very disappointing one.
2.5
For sci f/horror fans, its a cool popcorn picture with the conclusion of the trilogy yet to come. Modamag.com
1.5
Despite the space opera setting, Riddick doesnt grow or become significantly involved in anything happening onscreen. Deep Focus Review
4.5
Caffrey keeps the energy level high, and has populated the supporting roles with the most comical looking character types ever assembled outside of a .. LYTRules.com
4.5
Space opera, a prison breakout, spectral zealots and an anarchist anti hero dumb, maybe, but this film has enough in it to make you see the light. Movie Gazette
1.9
Diesel makes a fine action star, and some of the fight scenes are cool, but resistance is recommended. Seattle Times
4.5
The Chronicles of Riddick may not be a fully intentional success. But it travels in uncharted waters, and its a garish, nutty, virtuoso entertainment .. F5 (Wichita, KS)
2.0
A Film Review Copyright Dragan Antulov 2005 In 2000 David Twohy enjoyed a degree of success with PITCH BLACK, his science fiction horror film that was .. Drax Review Blog Spot
4.5
Riddick starts the way that all great storytelling should: with a voiceover by an old British woman. Freeze Dried Movies
1.3
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