Tagline: All the power in the universe can’t change destiny.
It is a dark time in the universe. Planet after planet is falling to an unholy army of Necromongers-conquering warriors who offer ravaged worlds a simple choice-convert or die. Those who refuse their rule hope in vain for someone or something that will slow the spread of Necromongers. But rebels are short-lived and saviors.
When things get bad, weary survivors turn to myths for comfort-murmured prophecies, vain hopes, legends of good vanquishing evil. But good isn’t always the antidote to evil and legends can be wrong. Sometimes the only way to stop evil is not with good- but with another kind of evil. So an unlikely figure is summoned from exile and asked to join the fight: Riddick (Vin Diesel), who couldn’t care less who’s in charge of the universe, just as long as he’s left alone. Since leaving a god-forgotten (and creature-ridden) planet in the Taurus system five years ago, the wanted fugitive hasn’t looked back.
Most of his time has been spent evading capture and ghosting whatever mercenaries are on his tail. To him, it’s all the same, apocalypse or no-this one-man army is interested only in saving his own life. Get in his way and he’ll gladly take yours. But something has been set in motion, and the coming confrontation propels Riddick into a series of epic, winner-take-all battles: from an idyllic, multi-cultural civilization under siege; to a subterranean prison carved out beneath the surface of a hellish, volcanic planet; and finally, aboard the massive, baroque Necro mothership and the seat of power in their black empire-the Basilica. In the final battle, it is foretold that the fate of all may depend upon the destiny of one Furyan. And all the power in the universe cannot stop destiny.
The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction adventure film which follows the adventures of Richard B. Riddick as he attempts to elude capture after the events depicted in the 2000 film Pitch Black. It is written and directed by Pitch Black director David Twohy, with Vin Diesel reprising his role as Riddick and now also acting as producer. It is the only film in the franchise to be given a PG-13 rating.
After escaping the dark planet, Richard B. Riddick has been in hiding for five years, evading most of the bounty hunters and mercenaries. Riddick is reunited with Imam, the man he rescued. Imam believes Riddick is a Furyan, a race of warriors long thought extinct, and wants to know about his homeworld and if anyone other than himself is left. Recaptured by Toombs, Riddick is taken to Crematoria, a harsh subterranean prison moon, where Jack, a girl Riddick rescued, was reported to have been sent.
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The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Directed by: David Twohy
Starring: Vin Diesel, Keith David, Thandie Newton, Karl Urban, Alexa Davalos, Judi Dench. Colm Feore, Linus Roache, Keith David, Christina Cox, Terry Chen
Screenplay by: David Twohy
Production Design by: Holger Gross
Cinematography by: Hugh Johnson
Film Editing by: Tracy Adams, Martin Hunter, Dennis Virkler
Costume Design by: Michael Dennison, Ellen Mirojnick
Set Decoration by: Peter Lando
Art Direction by: Kevin Ishioka, Mark W. Mansbridge, Sandi Tanaka
Music by: Graeme Revell
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action and some language.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: June 11, 2004
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