Riddick Review

For the most part, I can't stand bad movies. There are a lot of people out there who can watch something like Transformers and be thoroughly entertained for two hours; I'm not one of those people. Usually those movies make my skin crawl because I know they could have made something good. Instead they half ass it and they half ass it just to make a few bucks. Although there are a few bad movies that I really do like; movies like Smokin' Aces, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Push. But one of my favorites would have to be the movies from the Riddick series. Because as far as dumb action movies go there are few better. Riddick is the third installment in the Riddick series, with the previous two movies being Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick. Taking place not long after the second film, Riddick is betrayed by his people and left to die on a deserted and barren planet. After a while Riddick becomes situated with his environment, he even adopts a dog. One day Riddick notices something, and that something is coming. He finds a deserted outpost a couple miles from where he's been staying and activates the emergency beacon. Not long after two groups of bounty hunters arrive, and their coming for Riddick's head. Little did they know they were lured into a trap, he strands both groups along with him. So he makes them a deal, they help him get of the planet, and he'll make sure what's coming doesn't kill them. Now they all set out to make it off the planet in one piece, unfortunately that's easier said than done. Like I said earlier, Riddick and its predecessors aren't very good movies. But like its predecessors, I really enjoyed Riddick; it's just a dumb sci-fi action movie. The action in the movie is pretty cool, especially the kill scenes. Riddick is almost like a ninja in that he just comes out of the shadows and just takes someone out. Unlike the last movie this one had a pretty low budget, about 40 million. The production value isn't bad for the budget, the CGI is decent for the most part. Vin Diesel is the best part of the movie, I always thought he was great as Riddick; but on that note I felt he was the only actor that did a good job. Probably one of the worst aspects about the film would be the writing; there are some cheesy ass lines in this movie. I have to imagine that while the actors were reading the script someone had to say, "Really?" Like I said earlier, this isn't a good movie. But for some reason I really enjoyed it and if you liked the previous two I think you will like this one. It’s not quite as good as Pitch Black but it is better than Chronicles or Riddick; it's just a fun movie. It's certainly not for everyone and a lot of people will probably hate it, but I liked.

3/5 Stars