Saturday 7 September 2013

Film Review - Riddick




On a Distant Planet

 

Film: Riddick


Cast: Vin Diese, Karl Urban


Directed by: David Twohy


Duration: 2 hrs


Rating: * *  1 / 2


             After Pitch Black (2000) and Chronicles of Riddick (2004) we have the latest installment simply titled Riddick. Pitch Black had elevated Vin Diesel into fame but because Chronicles didn’t do well at the box office, the new film took considerable time before it could go on the floors.
             
Riddick doesn’t offer anything spectacular, it is more of a tried and tested formula. The landscapes of the planet where the story is based look impressive but it’s the story that’s leaves a little more to be desired.
Set on a distant planet, the principal character is Riddick (Diesel) who is all alone and has to fend of various animals, dog like beasts first and then the more deadly scorpion like creatures.

When he sees a storm approaching, he presses the emergency button from an abandoned station which brings two spaceships; one of them has a group of bounty hunters. Since Riddick is a fugitive he can’t approach them and hence has to put up a clandestine fight. Some of those parts are adventurous initially and repetitive later.

There are a few connections with Pitch Black, like William Johns the leader of one of the rescue ship wanting to know what happened to his son, who appeared in the previous installment.

The first half hour or slow moves at scorpions pace since Riddick is all alone and all he has to do is fight the creatures. It picks up pace when the space ships arrive but then again the climax drags on and on. The problem with making sequels is that it should also appeal to people who haven’t sent the previous films and unfortunately Riddick doesn’t score too many points there. This one is meant for die hard sci-fi fans. 

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