The Chronicles of Riddick

You’re not afraid of the dark, are you?

I brought my Dad and my Brother to the Cathay Cinema at Causeway Point to watch The Chronicles of Riddick. This would be my second time.

Ever since I saw the movie trailer I wanted to see this movie in the cinema. Prior to the movie, I managed to get my hands on Pitch Black, the first movie in which the Riddick character appears.

A movie like Pitch Black didn’t need to have an anti hero character, but the director played his cards well. He is now rewarded with the Chronicles of Riddick which not only towers his previous effort but also in the process creates an instant sci-fi classic. The movie has to regarded as one of the best sci-fi action movie that has been ever been produced.

I must say it seems like Vin Diesel was born to play Riddick; he acted out this character as if he himself was Riddick. His moody voice and his presence on screen were simply brilliant.

Though most will say Diesel performance vacillates between a cardboard action hero and an unconvincing sensitive bad guy, I feel that most critics do not understand how hard it is to produce a movie of such magnitude with the lead character as an anti hero.

Well they say a statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. I think Jean Sibelius said that. Anyway I found this movie to be entertaining and also brilliantly conceived.

Apart from Todd McFarlane’s Spawn character from the comics which I greatly adore, there hasn’t been an anti hero worth mentioning until now. And his name his Riddick.