Sure, it's flawed. But, it's a hell of a ride. The special effects are spectacular. The story was great. The ending was mind-blowing and awesome. After watching this movie again, I think it's almost tied with Pitch Black. Both movies are excellent sci/fi movies.

My Grade - A-

Never expected it to be that bad. Diesel definately should have done xXx 2 instead of this piece of crap. D+

A terrible movie. I know it's sci-fi, but the plot is very weak, and the dialog is as cheesy as it gets. I feel Vin Diesel is trying so hard to act badly and pretends to be cool. I wanted to fast-forward some parts. The only redeeming quality is toward the end. D+.

A train wreck of a film. Not as bad as expected, but so much worse then it could have been. Weak plot, terrible acting, even worse script. Beyond bad. Had a few redeeming qualities in that the special effects were decent. D+

C+

this movie is plain bad!!! everything about it its cheesy, the story, the FX, the DIALOG!! wow!

D

I like the character of Riddick, but he should never be a 'messiah' in the tradition of Neo. Way too much of a Matrix rip-off and not a good one. Still, I enjoyed it at times. My grade: C+.

I disagree with all what Zingaling said, minus maybe effects.

Awful movie. F

Oh, gawd. I watched it on an airplane and thought it was decent (see the C+).

I recently revisited it on HBO and almost barfed. I only watched the first half hour. It was terrible. Dreadful. The acting sucks, the writing was lame, and the direction was horrible. The action sequences were totally ruined by some of the worst direction since Toys.

D-

It felt kinda pointless and just "standard". I liked some parts though and the final scene. I will probably lower my grade for it later but for now it's a B-/B.

=;

Heh. After watching it a few times, I'd lower my grade to a B+/B. It's a great sci-fi flick, but the story seems dumber every time...

That's an oxymoron. Good SciFi *is* smart. [-X

No doubt, great special effects and nice "technical" stuff.

The action scenes were horrible, the dialogue was horrible, the story was horrible...was there even a story?

But the technical stuff saved the movie as much as it could.

Did not like it at all!


D+

The Chronicles of Riddick: Syphillized!


Wow, the rare screenplay that is too ambitious!

How can you not have respect for any auteur who attempts to create a whole new mythology?

But on the way out, I overheard a fellow audience member saying: "Remember da guy who killed dat other guy?" ...and, I'm sure we were all trying to integrate the complex story as we left.

Still I believe that The Chronicles of Riddick (TCOR1) will surely be remembered for its maiden use of the coined word: Syphillization!

Unfortunately, I also predict that TCOR2 will be the best of the series rating a 5 out of 5 (with TCOR3 rating a close second at 4 out of 5) - as for this outing -- I quite liked the damned thing, but it's definitely the kind of movie that will only truly reward the devotee through repeat viewings...

3 out of 5.


(Don't forget to watch the also good low budget prequel - Pitch Black (akaTCOR0)...)

B


Riddick is undoubtedly the best character Vin Diesel has ever played. Pitch Black is still my favorite movie with him as the lead and it showcases that he could make a pretty good charismatic action star if only given the right script.

This one is pretty good as a continuation. It ties itself well together with the prequel and sets up a sequel. I hope the sequel will get made because if it remains a stand-alone movie, the ending will remain way too open for its own good. Now as for the rest of the film, Diesel is his usual cool as Riddick, but doesn't have a really good counterpart here. The villains are all rather lame. The set designs are great. The art direction department did an excellent job on this one. The effects range from decent to great. Visually, it's a very rewarding movie. It has good bits of action too, but it is not enough to keep throughly entertained for two hours. The movie could have used some tighter editing. I admire their effort in trying to create a "dark" space saga, though. We don't get to see many movies of this kind anymore nowadays. Here's hoping for a sequel.

One of the best science fiction films of all time.

And yes, I'm being completely serious.

A+

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Interesting how the first half of the thread is just crappy D-grades and now it's all positive comments.

Indeed interesting.

I rank the Chronicles of Riddick as the 2nd worst movie of 2004, just a hair behind Connie and Carla, and it would easily be one of the 10 worst films that I've seen in the 2000's. It's absolutely horrid on so many levels, and the fact that I really liked Pitch Black made it that much harder to stomach.

The movie was tedious, and I couldn't wait for it to be over with. When it finally ended - it felt like a 5 hour movie - I remember feeling like I had the life sucked right out of me. It was the equivalent to going to the dentist and getting a root canal.

On the good side, it was better than Connie and Carla... although only slightly.

F-

(Deletes what was about to say and just points to Tony's review and plagiarises.)

I rank the Chronicles of Riddick as the 2nd worst movie of 2004, just a hair behind Connie and Carla, and it would easily be one of the 10 worst films that I've seen in the 2000's. It's absolutely horrid on so many levels, and the fact that I really liked Pitch Black made it that much harder to stomach.

The movie was tedious, and I couldn't wait for it to be over with. When it finally ended - it felt like a 5 hour movie - I remember feeling like I had the life sucked right out of me. It was the equivalent to going to the dentist and getting a root canal.

On the good side, it was better than Connie and Carla... although only slightly.

F-[/

You've got good tastes in movies, baumer... you like Click and hate CoR!

Oh, and while your Click review is great, I'm going to have to say your Chronicles of Riddick one is even better.

I like the character of Riddick, but did not like this movie.

The video-game was much better.

*1/2

Yes, the CoR review is one of my best.