Riddick 2013 Official

The beacon draws two ships: one crewed by a team of professional, disciplined mercenaries led by the competent Santana (Jordi Mollà), and another by the more pragmatic, veteran hunter Boss Johns (Matt Nielson)—the father of the mercenary Riddick killed in Pitch Black . Both crews have the same goal: bring back Riddick’s head. But they have different methods.

After the ambitious but commercially disappointing space opera of The Chronicles of Riddick , director David Twohy and star Vin Diesel made a conscious decision to return to the franchise’s roots. The result, Riddick , is a lean, mean, and brutally effective survival thriller that strips the character down to his raw essentials: a lone predator stranded on a deadly planet, fighting for his life against monsters, mercenaries, and the elements. riddick 2013

This opening is a masterclass in visual storytelling. We see Riddick vulnerable—something rare for the character—which makes his inevitable re-emergence as the apex predator all the more satisfying. The beacon draws two ships: one crewed by

7/10 Best For: Fans of Predator , The Grey , and Pitch Black . Watch it with the lights low and the volume up. tames a hyena-dog

It’s not high art. It’s a movie about a man who uses a knife to cut off his own crushed leg brace, tames a hyena-dog, and then proceeds to throw a bounty hunter through his own windshield. And for what it is, it’s damn good fun.