It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Worst plot of "Pitch Black" not much better special effects. A big waist of time.

Gees, where do you begin..., I've just peeled myself off the floor after suffering some kind of visual overload, yes the scenes were very flashy, very colorful, and I couldn't keep up with the story because I was being overwhelmed by the seriously over-the-top special effects. From what I gathered, The Chronicles of Riddick could be considered a decent film from a different opinion, but in my opinion I wasn't a fan hence why I rated it lower, not necessarily a bad film it just didn't float my boat in any way. An exhibition of elaborate set designs and headache inducing special effects, this is proper Sci-Fi, I just wish I could've understood it. The Chronicles of Riddick is the sequel to (the much better) Pitch Black, that was a film I enjoyed and actually could follow, and Vin Diesel was fantastic in creating the allure and mystique that surrounds the titular character, Richard Riddick; yet in this film, the mystique and coolness was sadly replaced by confusion.Unusual for one of my reviews but I really can't elaborate on the story or the plot, because somewhere along the viewing I got lost and couldn't find the thread to get back into it, but, that's the point, it's a confusing film so I will base my review on that very point..., if you can watch The Chronicles of Riddick and understand it, well you must be a smarter guy than I.

This is an excellent movie. From start to finish.A movie that, every time you watch it, you notice something that you did not see before, from background scenes and props to characters and how they react. All these little things you start to notice fits perfectly into the whole movie. Wow. Well done guys.Then off course the action is incredible.I love how a movie starts off in one place and by the time it ends, you are worlds away from were it started. The actors was excellently selected for the characters they portray.The only reason I give it 8 out of 10 is because Keira is no longer with us...

This is what action movie is supposed to be. I lament how we undervalue a multi-layered story and Hollywood caters to the intellectually least of us when they make a lot of SiFi. If the characters don't have convincing motivations to fight you don't have a good story. I think the people who don't like this film can't appreciate all the factions and their motivations. I could understand every choice the major and minor characters made and that is amazing in any kind of story telling. It is the very reason people study Shakespeare. I have watched a lot of Science Fiction movies but very few have made me think about being in each characters shoes like The Chronicles of Riddick did.