Riddick sequels still coming?

[TheVileOne]

Well remember the estimates on Sunday are just estimates before all the final Sunday numbers and ticket sales are in.

 

[Teelie]

The report I saw was premature then despite reporting from today as if it was final instead of estimating yesterday's numbers.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I get the sense that Twohy was trying too hard to service the audience and studio executives. And again that's kind of why I felt putting Riddick in such a big movie was a mistake to begin with.

I mean I like the director's cut and how much better it was, but would it have made more money? Well I'm not sure. I think it would've gotten better reviews for sure at least.

But here's one of the many things the director's cut fixes. In the theatrical cut the prison shootout scene is very poorly edited. Watching it in theater I was like, "OK what just happened and what happened to Toombs' crew? What happened to the chick?" In the theatrical version we literally see almost NOTHING. All the deaths are off-screen after we see them start shooting. It's anti-climactic. In the director's cut we actually see what happens. We see what happens to the Asian pilot, to Christina Cox. The sled gets blown up by a rocket launcher The prison guards win and take off.

So I mean that's something that led to my rather sour view of the theatrical cut, but suddenly on the Blu-ray it makes sense and I like it now. So I got to think if it was in the theater it would've played much better.

Pretty much everything in the DC was better, with the exception of Linus Roache's characters death, he pretty much revealed he was a furyan earlier in the scene in the DC, then Riddick still shows shock when he outright says it, it was a little jarring. But other than that the DC improves on everything in the TC.

 

[Beanjuice]

The first half of this movie was awesome. After The mercs got involved it kind of went down from there, but I was pleased. I would have preffered the movie to just have stayed Riddick vs creatures, and then a bigger badder serpent thing at the end. I give this a 6.5/10 because I was impressed with the creatures for the budget they had, and I Katee Sackhoff. Other than that, it was what I expected it to be. Pitch Black 2 only not as good.

 

[the last son]

I prefer the video games to both chronicles and Riddick.

 

[TheVileOne]

The videogames were pretty well received and in some ways kept the franchise alive in these intervening years.

 

[Octoberist]

I feel like the world building and tone is much more stronger and coherent than the stuff featured in the movies.

 

[Marvolo]

I really hope we get the next two movies they have planned. At the end when Riddick says "Sometimes a man just has to go home" or something like that I had a big smile on my face. I'm a big fan of this character and I want to see him through to the end of his journey. Here's hoping this is a success.

 

[redhawk23]

The first half of this movie was awesome. After The mercs got involved it kind of went down from there, but I was pleased. I would have preffered the movie to just have stayed Riddick vs creatures, and then a bigger badder serpent thing at the end. I give this a 6.5/10 because I was impressed with the creatures for the budget they had, and I Katee Sackhoff. Other than that, it was what I expected it to be. Pitch Black 2 only not as good.

Agreed in full.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I really hope we get the next two movies they have planned. At the end when Riddick says "Sometimes a man just has to go home" or something like that I had a big smile on my face. I'm a big fan of this character and I want to see him through to the end of his journey. Here's hoping this is a success.

Yep, I havent seen the 3rd movie yet but reading an interview today they now have 5 movies planned in this universe in total. The Underverse and Furya are obviously things they want to explore and I hope we get to see them both.

 

[TheVileOne]

I'm just curious if The Underverse is real or of its something different than what the Necromongers claim.

I hope Furya is next.

Thing is though not sure how much they can do on the smaller budgets though.

 

[Warhammer]

The Underverse has to be real for the single fact that the Lord Marshall pulled out a man's soul. I would also like to see them make the Underverse film they intended to make as well as Riddick returning to Furya. I highly doubt it, but one can hope.

 

[the last son]

Surprisingly, one of the best performances came form Batista.

 

[TheVileOne]

I enjoyed Batista in the movie.

Yes Lord Marshal has powers, but did anyone see how he got them? To me, their cult sounded a lot like hocum.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I'm just curious if The Underverse is real or of its something different than what the Necromongers claim.

I hope Furya is next.

Thing is though not sure how much they can do on the smaller budgets though.

Twohy has said he will need bigger budgets for the next 2 movies, the only worrying thing is the new isnt performing the best at the BO to justify it. International numbers and home sales may have a lot to do with it. They did finance this movie themselves but getting a bigger budget they require will need more backing I think.

I enjoyed Batista in the movie.

Yes Lord Marshal has powers, but did anyone see how he got them? To me, their cult sounded a lot like hocum.

Its stated in the movie he went to the Under-verse and came back and thats how he got his powers, also after COR, the next was supposed to be Riddick going into the Under-verse to bring Jack/Kyra back. So I think it is real and we will see it.

 

[Teelie]

Though the movie is not doing blockbuster money it is doing as it was predicted which is not a bad sign. Over performing would have been better but then how many movies do better than expectation that aren't hyped to the gills?

It's too early to say if a sequel will be green lit or not although I'm hopeful given the returns it has made so far on a smaller budget with smaller marketing. I'd like to see the Underverse and Riddick bringing back Jack/Kyra.

 

[cabel]

They have to at least settle the score with Vaako somehow.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Though the movie is not doing blockbuster money it is doing as it was predicted which is not a bad sign. Over performing would have been better but then how many movies do better than expectation that aren't hyped to the gills?

It's too early to say if a sequel will be green lit or not although I'm hopeful given the returns it has made so far on a smaller budget with smaller marketing. I'd like to see the Underverse and Riddick bringing back Jack/Kyra.

Yeah its not doing badly, its just not doing stellar either, its doing as predicted, I'm just not sure that'll be enough for it to get a sequel but we will see when its BO run ends how much it has earned.

I want to see the Underverse too, the return of Jack/Kyra would be nice, but I wouldnt mind if the character didnt return either. Although seeing more of Alexa is always welcome.

They have to at least settle the score with Vaako somehow.

To be honest, when COR came out, I thought it was all leading to a showdown with Vaako, I still havent seen the 3rd movie but from what I hear they are even more at odds now.

 

[Teelie]

I think it's safe to say without spoiling anything that Riddick has more than one score to settle before the series is concluded.

 

[bullets]

Damn, really wanted to like this flick more then I did. Love the first two and the character.

The first act of the film with Riddick and his dog were awesome. Loved everything there and was with it 100%. But when the bounty hunters come in and Riddick is barely in it, it dragged big time. Was really disappointed and bored. Only awesome thing during that part of the flick was Sackhoff sideboob.

The flick didn't really grab me back [BLACKOUT]till they killed his dog[/BLACKOUT]. Thought the last act was fair, pretty anti climatic imo. Vin Diesel put out a solid perfromance but when he's not on screen it really suffers from his lack of presence. Really wish the bounty hunter stuff was better cause it killed the flick for me.

Always down for more flicks cause he's a great character, just hope they stick with him through the whole film next time. Or write some more interesting supporting characters.

6/10 for me.

This is exactly how I felt about Riddick. It was interesting to see him vulnerable and get his edge back. The second half of the film plays off like a less interesting version of Pitch Black and at the end I thought " That's it?".

 

[Marvolo]

I enjoyed the whole film, but the bounty hunters do become pigs for slaughter pretty suddenly. I also can't wholly get behind the idea that Riddick would once again find himself on a planet confronting a horde of beasts that come out due to a natural phenomenon that basks the planet in darkness. But in an infinite universe almost anything is possible so I guess It is possible he could find himself in this situation twice if he went far enough across the universe so I won't get hung up on it too much. Overall a good time.

Shout out to that awesome "dingo dango" he had with him! Great design and personality for a pet. A pet fitting Riddick perfectly.

 

[Kane52630]

I really enjoyed the hell out of this film, great dialogue goes a long way in these types of films and this one proves it. I love how the movie is in three distinctive parts giving you a variety of the story. I do think the weakest part was the bridge from Chronicles to this one but thankfully it was very brief.
9/10

 

[cabel]

Got the blu ray collection. Forgot how good Pitch Black actually was.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Well the movie dropped just over 63% in its 2nd weekend, seems WOM isnt very good on this, I have yet to see it but will be soon. Its a good job the budget was so low as the movie will make its budget back domestically.

 

[JackMercy]

This is a great movie. I really don't understand people who weren't entertained by this. (Yes, I've seen the other two, and am a fan.) In this case, "It is what it is." It functions perfectly well within its own universe and rules, sticks to them, keeps true to its original character (Riddick directly addresses some criticism that Chronicles got: "I got soft.") I think it's a miracle that it got made at all.

People who say this is "bad directing" don't really understand filmmaking -- there are loads of great shots, editing moments, and characterization payoffs in here, and I'd argue that Vin gets "more to do" with this character than his 'Fast' one, or rather, Twohy pushes him harder and better -- you can see vulnerabilities and emotion in this guy, despite the fact that he's a killer. And it's Vin who delivers on screen in ways that he simply doesn't with many other roles (and with goggles over his head a lot of the time -- and I'm the guy who argues that it's hard to identify with characters if you can't see their eyes, like Cyclops).

Sure, feminists could have a field day with Riddick's apparent half-seduction of Sackoff's "not male-inclined" merc, a significant issue, sure -- and whose ship is she on at the end? ;-) Twohy keeping that option open shows he has cojones -- though he would have had even more if she had been shown with Riddick!

The Mercs? We all know what they're there for -- the banter is highly entertaining in its context and tone -- hear what I said here? TONE. This film re-established that unique tone of the earlier films and Riddick's character, one mean, in certain ways very conceited guy (with women, let's say) -- but he always delivers, and people constantly underestimate him, and it's simply a joy watching him constantly prove them wrong.

I'd also argue the look and effects are pretty impressive for its budget (looks more like an $80 mil. movie), and Sackoff could definitely establish a nice career in roles like these.

I saw this and The Grandmaster in the same evening (Wong Kar-wai is a master, but this not quite up there with his best), and I almost liked Riddick better. Consummate genre filmmaking that knows what its delivering, does it well and with humor, and doesn't feel the need to spell out everything, leaving numerous things to mystery (as it should be).


By the way, the original intention was for Chronicles to start a new trilogy, but obviously that didn't happen (logically -- Universal and the filmmakers were perhaps a bit too overconfident with it) -- they had to re-arrange their plans significantly to finally get this made. And Vin bought these rights back from Universal himself as payment for Tokyo Drift, so that shows you how much he cares about this role.