The Chronicles of Riddick Critic Reviews

Like everything in this humorless new genre, "Chronicles" comes with its own snap-together mythology.Read the full review

Chronicles doesn't pause for much character development, and is in such a hurry that even the fight scenes are abbreviated chop-chop sessions.Read the full review

This is a movie so devoted to metal that it couldn't care less about the flesh it destroys. Read the full review

Not since John Travolta sprouted a head of dreadlocks and strapped on platform boots for "Battlefield Earth" has cinematic science fiction been such good-bad fun as in The Chronicles of Riddick.Read the full review

Too often, it simply makes no sense. Read the full review

Just about everything in The Chronicles of Riddick is impenetrable, from the convoluted story to the dark and baroque art direction. It's an inane film rendered sometimes laughable by an atmosphere of dead-serious reverence.Read the full review

Unfortunately, Twohy has tried to turn the Riddick enterprise into a sprawling, Tolkien-powered epic, jamming the screen with too many historical parallels and a confusion of new characters. Read the full review

The action is so frenetic that the ominous mood isn't allowed to penetrate, and this time the human factor is all but erased. Read the full review

As bloated and ponderous as its predecessor was lean and focused, Chronicles ups the stakes along with the budget while jettisoning just about everything that made "Pitch Black" stand out from other thrillers about weary humans battling nefarious space beasties. Read the full review