Review of Riddick (2013) by Eric Y — 28 Jun 2016

Great movie and getting back to the pitch black formula.

This review of Riddick (2013) was written by Eric Y on 28 Jun 2016.

Riddick has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Joshua W (496) on 28 Jun 2016

The story came a long way, from Pitch Black, to Dark Fury, and Chronicles now Riddick, I can't wait to see the next film with a cutting plot…

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[Riddick] feels like a B-grade project made up of impressive CGI creatures, an overly CGI'd planet, and a script of clunky one-liners…

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By A.e.l. B (1) on 28 Jun 2016

The story came a long way, from Pitch Black, to Dark Fury, and Chronicles now Riddick, I can't wait to see the next film with a cutting plot…

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By Jordan S (826) on 18 Jan 2017

It is a let down after Chronicles of Riddick that most of the cool mythology is ejected in a transparent effort to recapture the success of…

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By Jason C (2,488) on 28 Jun 2016

Love this movie. Saw it in the theater, now just bought it today on 1/15/14 Unrated Director's cut…

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By Jared F (348) on 28 Jun 2016

Great movie! It is a shame there is nudity in it. Nudity doesn't make a movie, it ruins it…

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By Andrew P (1,550) on 28 Jun 2016

I liked the added ending, it feeds a little more into the Riddick universe then the theatrical ending does…

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By John R (2,501) on 12 Oct 2017

A fun movie and if you're fans of the science fiction badass genre you will thoroughly enjoy…

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By Rodney G (251) on 28 Jun 2016

At the very least, this version gave some explanation to the plot and some much needed back story that was missing from the theatrical release…

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Not just a pitiful example of 'churn 'em out' genre cinema, but is also perhaps set to be the most chauvinistic, sexist movie of the year…

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