MOVIE REVIEW - Riddick

In yet another installment of the Riddick movies, here comes Riddick.   The first was in 2000 that spawned a sequel or two, and video games as well.  For those late to the party, this is more futuristic Sci-Fi.

Vin Diesel stars as Riddick, an escaped con, murderer, and a man with special powers and abilities that make him awesome and tough to catch as he is a fugitive from justice.   What powers?  To be honest, not really very important, as this is simply a bunch of silliness all the way around.

In this installment, Riddick has been left for dead on a barren planet, but of course he is not dead.  He is trying to survive a horrible planet escaping attacks by huge hyena-type dogs, and huge dinosaur like monsters.  And of course he does.   He then raises a hyena-type dog as a pet and they strike out on an adventure to a part of the planet that seems more inhabitable.  There he finds an outpost station where he fires off a survival beacon.  Then two rival bounty hunter troops fly down on space ships to try to collect Riddick and the huge reward that goes along with it.  But of course, he is too much for two heavily armed troops with space ships and 11 bounty hunters.  Will he survive and get off this planet?  I'm guessin' yes.

Yes, there is a bit more to the story than just this, but not really much.   There isn't much about this that is interesting.  Oh, there is some kind of sexual-chemistry between Riddick and one of the bounty hunters named Dahl, (Katy Sackhoff,) an amazingly buxom, tough as nails woman who can kick most men's behinds, and shoot guns.  But that is about it. What this is, is a combination of average special effects, a tired premise, and a lackluster story that seems more bent on how many tortuous and gross things they can show you, as opposed to what would be interesting.  But that might be the problem.  Movie making has gone a long journey since the last Riddick or two, and it just may have passed it by.

Riddick, this won't make this franchise any new friends that's for sure.  But for hard core fans, you may be glad it's back.   Average at the very best.