The Chronicles of Riddick

(Herald rating *)

Vin Diesel reprises his 2000 breakthrough role from Pitch Black as Richard B. Riddick, one of the last Furion warriors battling the evil army of Necromongers on the unfriendly planet of Crematoria, where you can't stick it because the sun does shine.

Trainspotters may enjoy looking between the oodles of
computer-generated effects for glimpses of Dame Judi Dench, Thandie Newton and Karl Urban, all wondering what they're doing here, and to
check off the scenes and ideas lifted from Dune, Starship Troopers, Star Wars and The Matrix.

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