- Film Review
- Reviewed By Alan Jones
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4 out of 5
It might start out resembling another assembly-line sci-fi saga, but this visually stunning adventure soon becomes as thrilling as it is imaginatively striking. The setting is a world with three suns, where a tri-solar eclipse allows screeching, flesh-hungry creatures to emerge from under the ground. The motley crew that must traverse this nightmare landscape is led by tough guy Vin Diesel, whose charismatic performance is pitched somewhere between Mad Max and the T-1000 from Terminator 2. With its first half sporting a brilliant desert surrealism and the second loaded with stylised gore, director David Twohy's futuristic frightener is a vivid and unique achievement. Unfortunately, director and star were not able to reproduce the same kind of magic for the big-budget sequel, The Chronicles of Riddick, which was released five years later.
Plot Summary
Atmospheric science-fiction thriller starring Radha Mitchell and Vin Diesel. When a transport ship crashes on to a seemingly deserted planet, things seem bad enough for the few survivors. But with this desolate world about to be plunged into darkness by an eclipse, their nightmare is only just beginning.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Fry
- Radha Mitchell
- Riddick
- Vin Diesel
- Johns
- Cole Hauser
- Imam
- Keith David
- Paris
- Lewis Fitz-Gerald
- Shazza
- Claudia Black
- Jack
- Rhiana Griffith
- Zeke
- John Moore (2)
- Owens
- Simon Burke
Crew
- Director
- David Twohy
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