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Generally favorable reviews- based on 166 Ratings

  • Starring: Colm Feore, Judi Dench, Vin Diesel
  • Summary: Vin Diesel reprises his star-making Pitch Black role of enigmatic anti-hero Richard B. Riddick in this science fiction action-adventure epic. (Universal Pictures)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 34
  2. Negative: 11 out of 34
  1. Reviewed by: Devin Gordon
    70
    Twohy knows how to shoot tense, bare-knuckle action, and his towering, gunmetal gray world is a fun sandbox to play in for two hours.
  2. Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    60
    Isn't going to win over the art house crowd, but you could do a lot worse for summer entertainment.
  3. 50
    Chronicles doesn't pause for much character development, and is in such a hurry that even the fight scenes are abbreviated chop-chop sessions.
  4. An overblown hodgepodge of volcano-baked desertscapes, Egyptoid-gone-baroque architecture, and gladiator-geared storm troopers with goofy headpieces, The Chronicles of Riddick bears no resemblance to the movie that spawned its namesake.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 53 out of 82
  2. Negative: 19 out of 82
  1. you dont listen to those critics screw them this is my third favorite movie maybe 4th its amazing i watch and play the riddick games and i cant wait for the third to come out Expand
  2. On my top 10 list of movies. Both myself and my wife LOVE it. Neither of us understand why everyone else on the planet hates on it so much. Characters are interesting, the movie sets are gorgeous, the action ranges from good to great. Collapse
  3. FredB.
    7
    Like I said about the other film. Riddick is the best ever. But the film had its dull spots.
  4. PatC.
    4
    Starts out kinda need but becomes hard to follow as the plot becomes blurred by the action.

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