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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