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The Chronicles of Riddick (Unrated Director's Cut) [HD DVD]
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List Price: $29.98
Our Price: $7.44
Your Save: $ 22.54 ( 75% )
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Starring: Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton, Karl Urban
Directed By: David Twohy
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: HD DVD
EAN: 0025192777721
Format: Anamorphic
Label: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2006-05-23
Running Time: 119
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2004-06-11
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Editorial Reviews:
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Bigger isn't always better, but for anyone who enjoyed Pitch Black, a nominal sequel like The Chronicles of Riddick should prove adequately entertaining. Writer-director David Twohy returns with expansive sets, detailed costumes, an army of CGI effects artists, and the star he helped launch--Vin Diesel--bearing his franchise burden quite nicely as he reprises his title role. The Furian renegade Riddick has another bounty on his head, but when he escapes from his mercenary captors, he's plunged into an epic-scale war waged by the Necromongers. A fascist master race led by Lord Marshal (Colm Feore), they're determined to conquer all enemies in their quest for the Underverse, the appeal of which is largely unexplained (since Twohy is presumably reserving details for subsequent "chronicles"). With tissue-thin plotting, scant character development, and skimpy roles that waste the talents of Thandie Newton (as a Necromonger conspirator) and Judi Dench (as a wispy "Elemental" priestess), Twohy's back in the B-movie territory he started in (with The Arrival), brought to vivid life on a vast digital landscape with the conceptual allure of a lavish graphic novel. But does Riddick have leadership skills on his resumé? To get an answer to that question, sci-fi fans will welcome another sequel. --Jeff Shannon
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: The Bigest Piece Of Crap Ive Ever Seen
Comment: Pitch Black was no masterpiece but atleast it had some mystery and maintained some moments of unpredictability. here in this suposed sequel we have an over blown big budget sequel that doesnt resemble the original in anyway.
this sequel takes place some years after the events of the first movie. this time around Riddick is on the run from some missionaries who want to capture him alive. Riddick in search of refugee finds help from one of the survivors of the first movie Abu "Imam" al-Walid (Keith David) it seems the refugee is futile, this is due to the unexpected attack by some outlanders known as Necromongers; their task is to conquer,conquer like the romans..funny thing is they are dressed in a similiar fashion.
anyways the movie does have some good points,such as descent visual effects,nicely choreographed fight scenes. but the rest is stupidity beyond imagination. the acting is stale,the lines are that of someone with no experience. the ending is abrupt and tedious. Its beyond me how both Thandie Newton and Judi Dench acepted to work in this garbage. as i said the effects are cool,so is the designing of the whole movie...but thats it;the remaining of the film is just crap and more crap. the editing is also very cheap..which is wierd for a big budget movie like this one. just watch it if you are a fan of the first,dont exprect a masterpiece,expect a dumb sci-fi movie.
MY PERSONAL RATING: 1 OUT OF 5
Customer Rating:
Summary: A watch it again and again movie
Comment: This is the kind of movie you don't get tired of watching over and over again. The characters are all loveable, even the bad guys. Parts of it seemed to be left unfinished, but that may be fodder for a second movie. All in all, I obviously liked it or I wouldn't have ordered it for my collection.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Entertaining
Comment: This is the sequel to Pitch Black and wow, was it good.
My husband and I watched it together and we were both thoroughly entertained by the effects, the characters, and the storyline. Although there were some parts that I thought were just plain silly like (SPOILER) Riddick and Jack trying to prove who was the better killer (END SPOILER SECTION), overall it was a good movie. Not a deep, oscar-worthy movie, but good enough to watch and recommend to others.
Customer Rating:
Summary: riddick
Comment: I received my order quickly. It always seems like I'm getting a gift, even though I pay for it. I mean there it is wrapped up in the mailing packaging. is it my movie. something else? surprise....It's my movie. better pop it in my hd dvd player. Also this place is one of the last places to find hd dvd movies. Thank you amazon!!! The movie by the way was in great condition. has extra footage to actually help you understand the movie better. very creative. I hope they continue the series.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Impressive trash!!!
Comment: Blood and Rain
Blood for the Masses
Chronicles Of Riddick
Written and Directed by David Twohy
Starring Vin Diesel
Alexa Davalos
Colm Feore
Review by
B.L.Morgan
Rating: 3 out of 5
When I saw the commercials for this film I thought, "Man, that movie looks so cool, I have got to see it!" I've been a fan of heroic science fiction since I was a kid. I grew up reading Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard, so I thought that Chronicles Of Riddick (hereafter referred to as C.O.R.) was made for guys like me. It might have been, and I did have some fun watching the movie. The problem was a lot of the fun I was having was laughing during what was supposed to be some of the most serious scenes.
C.O.R. takes place some years after another science fiction movie that Riddick (played by Vin Diesel) was in, named Pitch Black. Personally, I liked Pitch Black much more although the special effects in C.O.R. were much more impressive.
The gist of the story in C.O.R. is that the Mecromongers are conquering every planet in the galaxy. After they take over a planet, everyone either converts to their religion or they kill them. Riddick (a guy who just wants to be left alone) was prophesied to be the savior of the galaxy. Of course he does save the galaxy even while stating several times he really could give care less about anybody.
I like Vin Diesel as Riddick. He fits this role perfectly. He looks mean, he acts mean and does some mean things. Vin Diesel's Riddick is the best thing about C.O.R. Hey, he looks so mean I don't want to tick him off so he might never get a bad review from me.
The action scenes were all done pretty good although the speeded-up blurry effect (that's also been used in some video games) tended to get annoying. Here's advice to filmmakers: Guys who go to see action adventure want to see it when someone gets their butt kicked. They don't want to see a blur of motion, hear pop-pop-pop and the fights over. Slow it down. Give me time to see your great photography. I'll appreciate it more.
Now the 2 major problems with this movie.
1: The major names of places and races were extremely ignorant. The bad guys are Necromongers. Guys who want to kill everything. A planet of extremely high temperatures is Crematoria. Obviously. A race that can disappear and float on the wind like spirits are Elementals. If you are going to use symbolic names please hide it a little better and have a little bit of respect for the viewer's intelligence.
2: The dialogue got extremely stiff and some of the one liners from the bad guys were unbelievably funny when they were supposed to be menacing. Example: The head of the Necromongers tells an elderly lady something to the effect of, "I will plow you under!" That line might belong in an X-rated flick somewhere but it doesn't fit in a big budget science fiction film.
Conclusion: Did I run to the ticket counter and demand my money back?
No!
Most of the movie was good. Parts of it were excellent.
Are there better movies in the theatres to spend your money on?
Definitely!
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