“Journey to a remote, hostile planet with a group of marooned passengers who learn that escaped convict Riddick isn’t the only thing they have to fear in Pitch Black. Then, see him battle ruthless soldiers of fortune and vicious creatures in renowned animator Peter Chung’s The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury. And finally, Riddick finds himself humanity’s unlikely champion in the special effects-fueled The Chronicles of Riddick. Join Riddick in three times the action, three times the adrenaline and three times the adventure as the Riddick Trilogy makes complete one of the greatest sci-fi epics of all time!”
This is the summary of the three movies included in The Chronicles of Riddick found on the back of the movie case. Set on a mysterious and dangerous planet, the first movie, Pitch Black, sends the characters on an action packed, thrilling adventure to save their lives. After a horrible mishap in which their ship crashes on an unknown planet, the adventurers and their captive convict, Riddick, set out to find water or any life forms, but only find an abandoned mining colony. As time passes, the adventurers find themselves on a day when a solar eclipse begins that will last for many days, during which time strange, bloodthirsty creatures come out of hiding and the passengers must put their lives in the hands of Riddick, the only one who can see in the pitch black, and run for their lives. This action movie is exciting, anticipating, and can even be a little bit scary, so it is not ideal for the faint of heart.
The Chronicles of Riddick, the second in the trilogy, is set years after the first, on planet Optimus Prime. Riddick has a bounty on his head and finds himself being chased by Mercs, one known as Toombs, and Necromongers, the darkest kind of monster, are attacking the universe. He is shoved into a position to save it, even though it’s not his fight, and he must go through an exciting and thrilling quest as “humanity’s unlikely champion.” The Chronicles of Riddick is just as intriguing as Pitch Black and a wonderful action lover’s adventure.
Dark Fury is set in between the first and second movie and is a completely CG movie. It seems to be more like a cartoon than an actual movie and it is only 35 minutes long, but it explains what happens after the survivors leave the planet in Pitch Black and sets up the storyline for The Chronicles of Riddick. Riddick’s ship is pulled into another, belonging to a villainous woman, and he must battle atrocious creatures and “ruthless soldiers” to escape again. Although computer animated, this movie is interesting, exciting and contains much action, yet it doesn’t have as much excitement as the others and isn’t quite as exhilarating.
These three movies were much enjoyed by my family and me, because we delight in watching action movies that aren’t too violent and found these to be quite fitting, although, as I stated before, these movies aren’t for the faint-hearted, especially the first, because they can be intimidating and shocking at times. I would not recommend showing them to small children, but adventure loving teenagers and adults would most definitely enjoy these thrilling movies that keep you fixed on the edge of your seat, biting your nails.
