In all
honesty, I didn't expect to like 'The Chronicles
of Riddick," however it had a couple cast
members I enjoy typically in Judi Dench and
Thandie Newton. Judi? Honey? Did you need the
money this badly? What could have possibly
motivated you to consider this tripe?
Sadly, the film starts off with a Dench
voiceover that is hilariously sad...and Newton's
performance is most certainly the worst I've
ever seen from her. This type of film is clearly
not her, and all the promise of her appearance
in the film "Flirting" and others is thrown away
here.
This film features extremely low-grade special
effects, but most horridly it features Vin
Diesel trying to be a leading man. Vin Diesel is
NOT capable of being a leading man and we need
to stop trying. He can be a supporting
actor...he can be a mindless action star...but,
he is NOT a leading man. period. Stop it.
David Twohy helmed this film, so the potential
was there for an entertaining film. Somehow, it
just got mired down in stupidity. Every aspect
of this film just felt cheap and meaningless.
Judi Dench in a meaningless film just seems
wrong...painfully wrong.
"The Chronicles of Riddick" is a major
disappointment to most, a minor disappointment
to me. I didn't expect much...I didn't get much.
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Written by Richard
Propes
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TC Candler's Comment
I really
liked "Pitch Black", but this is a complete mess
of a sequel. My brain literally shut down
about half way into this jumbled concoction...
which, coincidentally, put me on a mental par
with Vin Diesel.
Jacob
Hall's Comment
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