Starring: Vin Diesel, Matt Nable, Jordi Molla, Katie Sackhoff, Dave Baustista, Nolan Gerard Funk, Karl Urban
Certificate: 15
Genre: Sci Fi, Action
Awards: None
In the third instalment of the shaky Riddick series, our hero (Diesel) is no longer king of the universe and has been left on a dead planet. The film is then shown in three acts.The first act is very reminiscent of a video game as Riddick meets various creatures and has to kill them or be killed himself. We also get the backstory of his fall from grace which unfortunately becomes the most boring part of the film. The segment's saviour is a dog Riddick raises as a puppy and becomes his companion through the desolate wasteland.
The second act features the arrival of mercenaries out to take Riddick's head. A various group of colourful characters set out to hunt him, but of course they underestimate their prey. The segment is what we all wanted to see and it does well as the characters are picked off one by one.
Finally Riddick teams up with the remaining mercs as the wet season arrives and the creatures of nightmare emerge from their caves. Among the mercs is the grieving father of Jons from the first film who wants to know what happened to his son. The survival part of the film is the most like Pitch Black, but it is different enough for it to seem original.
The Riddick series has the same problem as Ice Age. The first film was great, but it didn't leave much room for a franchise. This means that the later instalments always feel too different from the original for it to match it. Although Riddick tries to be like Pitch Black, it's characters are by no means as great (passengers can always be more varied than mercenaries with guns). Some are underdeveloped while others we don't even notice.
On the other hand Riddick is a definite step up from Chronicles as we don't have a big mess of mythology being jammed down are throats. Riddick is best when he is low budget, and with a fourth sequel on its way, lets hope it stick to that.
****Good
No comments:
Post a Comment