Riddick

Hello there. The movie world seems to love a bad boy. Sometimes the villains are far more rounded and interesting than the whiter than white good guys. Riddick has to be one of the baddest boys out there. Vin Diesel loves this character and loves playing him. You can tell in the dark joy he brings to the performance.

The first film was a murky, gritty film that seemed to be cut from the same cloth as the early Alien films. The second on the other hand strayed into the Dune neighbourhood. With it’s huge back story and god like planet dwellers.

Some it was a relief that the third film returned to the realm of the first and forgot about the lore of the second for most of its runtime. Riddick against humans and monsters is what these films do best.

Just set up the world and the danger and watch how the crazy eyed killer is going to escape this time.  The other characters in Riddick are good too. Some realistically coarse performances from the crews of two ships set to hunt for the bounty on Riddick’s head.

I’m more than happy that they have said another film is on the way. Time will tell which route they follow.