Another actor I am a fan of, Vin Diesel as been in a lot of movies I have watched from action and no romance like Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, the new Riddick movie, to comedy like The Pacifier. I love these movies and I love this actor. However, it doesn't mean I can not be a good critic.
A lot of people watched the trailer of Riddick and thought, "Man, that looks identical to Pitch Black." Well, sort of.
The similarities are there. Riddick being on a planet where the creatures attack mainly at night and they are worse then the people actually left on the planet, the main male casting, the same ruthless attitude.
But in other ways, the movie is pretty different. For starters, Riddick got to this planet not as a prisoner, but as a leader who wanted to get away from the community who now bowed to him like a king. He went to the planet because he was looking for his home world Furya and Vaako, played by the over loved Karl Urban (who was the new Judge Dredd in the recent remake.) said that was the one and only he knew where Furya was since all the maps of where it was located has since been destroyed. Well, some things occurred and it turned out it wasn't Furya but Vaako's way, or the other Necromunger's way of getting rid of Riddick "once and for all". Yeah right.
Anyway, I also like this movie because it shows Riddick's caring side. He, at first, captures his wild puppy for none other then experimentation, but in the end it grows to be his friend and companion. And then, heres a sad spoiler.. GETS SHOT! In front of him! I mean how horrible is that? Poor Riddick.
The cast of this movie deal with NO innocent persons either like the first dark planet one did but two groups of well trained Mercs. One being lead by the father of the guy who captured Riddick in Pitch Black. I love how that came around to mean something later. Whew. Anyway, more a cast members included; Katee Sackhoff who plays a badass lesbian merc who can teach a man a lesson-- but eventually succumbs to Riddick's brutal charm, Dave Bautista, Raoul Trujillo and many more. But in typical fashion, the movie doesn't revolve around a huge number of A+, we see them everywhere, actors.
This movie does have a lot of breast action though. I mean really, you turn here, you turn there and you see some woman's breasts. The reason I like Riddick films so much though is it is about the storyline, about Riddick, about the fight, not an action movie filled with drama, heartache, romance, but just plain action! It is a pure action film that should be seen, in my opinion.
Well, that is my review of Riddick and I honestly think it should be seen. This one has a lot stronger language then the others and like I said, a bit more nudity-- not that the others had a lot of that-- but even with its similarities to Pitch Black, it still works, and do not worry they DO explain how Riddick went from the next general to the Underverse to back on a deserted planet. They don't leave you hangin'. I do wish we had gotten to see the Underverse though, I think that would have been interesting.
Well, until next time. You keep what you kill. -winks-
Tah.
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