327: Riddick

Back to basics. To the animal side. The Furian side.

Let's be honest here, the dog stole the show. We all want Riddick's dog, that one, not his brother or his sister, that dog. Now that that is cleared up, I do like that they went back to the rated R that this movie is and deserves. Yeah I do love the Chronicles of Riddick movie, a lot and it is my favorite, but there is something lacking. With this you also get the whole survival of the fittest, lone wolf, in the middle of nowhere man trying to find his home and who he is again. It also wouldn't be Riddick without throwing it back to the Pitch Black days. Aliens that come out in the cover of darkness or in this case, rain.

Then you also get the father of the man who was being a douchebag in Pitch Black. You know, the one that wanted to kill the girl to save his own skin? Yeah that one. Glad to know that his father is a better man than he was, but kind of sad to watch him find out the horrible thing about his son. Someone he really didn't know, like Riddick pointed out with the morphine addiction.

There are some lines that are delivered not the greatest by Vin Diesel and even so by the guy who played Santiago. These movies are pretty good at having one strong female that doesn't take any crap from the men around her, so then you aren't completely drowned in the masculinity and egos of the Mercs. And as I write this, it is time for be to lay back down. My cat is sitting by me and meowing at me to cuddle.

Tori M.