THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK

Director: David Twohy (Pitch Black, writing credits for The Fugitive, Waterworld, more)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton, Judi Dench

Wow! Awful! Vin Diesel cannot act. Beyond that, he's not even action-star material. His weak chin, and body that looks like it wants to be chubby, make him kind of silly as a tough guy. Beyond that, this movie was pretty bad even without Vin. It's one of those films where things happen quickly one right after another, but you don't really care about any of them. Beyond that, this movie had a scene where Vin outran a deadly 1000 degree sunrise. That's right - he *outran* the sunrise. Beyond that, the writing, and art design of the film were appaling. The "Necromongers" ran around the galaxy just being evil, looking like a goth rock band, using 10-foot-tall swords to kill people when they could have been using ray guns (the idiots). This movie sucked. As a final note, Judi Dench made a few strange appearances. She is a quality actress. Why was she here? I can only guess the answer is "lots of money". Regardless, her presence did nothing but mekely reemphasize the abundant badness throughout.

Standouts: I can't think of any right now ...
Blowouts: Simply too many to list in this short space. An awful movie. Atrocious.

Grade: D