The second in a science fiction series staring Vin Diesel who was probably hoping to set up another franchise similar to his The Fast and Furious series. The first film Pitch Black was a decent little science fiction action film with Diesel as a tough guy names Richard Riddick who can see in the dark but needs cool sunglass/googles to keep from destroying his eyes with too much light during the day.
Pitch Black was a surprise hit and the go ahead was given to make another film with the Riddick character called The Chronicles of Riddick. Everything about this film was big, the special effects, the action, the sets. They just forgot one thing, a coherent script. The film's plot jumps between Riddick trapped on some sort of prison planet and some scary bad guys called Necromongers who take over the peace loving planet of New Mecca. Somehow Vin Diesel playing Riddick jumps back and forth between these two story lines.
The very few compensations the film has to offer are the set design and strange costumes the Necromongers wear. I guess sticking the actor Thandie Newton in really tight outfits has to compensate for any kind of love interest in this film. Judi Dench is also in this film playing some kind of spirit who hovers around but doesn't seem to add anything to the plot, I'm guessing the film was easy money for her.
If you take away the science fiction setting, the film is just Vin Diesel playing the same character he plays from film to film. Nothing special here.
Written by David Twohy the running time is 135 minutes (directors cut).
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