As a result, Jack ended up in the slave-labor prison on Crematoria. [citation needed]. I'd rather talk to you in a somewhat calmer setting. Riddick is reunited with Imam, a holy man he rescued five years earlier. He used his extremely capable and talented warrior Krone to finish Riddick off and leave him for dead. Skills: Kyra appears to still be obsessed with becoming like Riddick. Few beings in the galaxy were as dangerous and deadly as Lord Marshal Zhylaw. Where the original Johns was an amoral opportunist, the elder Johns is a tough-as-nails mercenary with a code of honor and integrity. What if Jack on the Hunter-Gratzner was actually Subject Zero right after she escaped the Cerberus Teltin facility on Pragia? It grossed $57 million in North America, and its total worldwide gross stands between $107 million[2] and $115 million. Richard B. Riddick : [to Aereon] The blade comes off when the bounty comes off. When mercs come hunting for Riddick, Jack learns she's been contracted to marry Riddick without her knowledge or consent. [2], When they first meet again they have a nostalgic conversation. Spiritual Elements The Necromongers follow a dark religion in which Nirvana is the underverse. Let him think that. | Was there anything you said that was true? As they are leaving the planet, Jack asks what they should say if they run into bounty hunters or other law enforcers asking where to find Riddick. He hasn't seen her since they were separated when New Mecca fell to the Necromongers. It is a sequel to Pitch Black (2000) and the second installment in the Riddick film series. But you are making that very difficult right now. Riddick: Exactly., Kyra: Where can I get eyes like that? . In terms of sheer power, Riddick had few equals. She was his angel, his light in his endless dark life. Whether this is her real name or a nom de guerre is a mystery. Itiri Ciana captain of her own ship, and employee of the Seiun Intergalactic Shipping Company, packs up her ship and travels to one of the universe's toughest slams. By impersonating a cop and traveling with a group of settlers aboard the nondescript transport cruiser Hunter Gratzner, Johns hopes to safely convey Riddick back to a prison colony and collect the outlaw's enormous bounty. The ship's owner, Antonia Chillingsworth, collects criminals, whom she freezes and keeps as statues that are, in her view, art. Actor Riddick is hunted and need to find a hideout off the grid for the night. Commander Shepard was dead until Cerberus brought her back to stop the Collectors. Her long mane of wavy hair added to her feral demeanor. [3], When they finally get to the escape ship, the only survivors are Riddick, Abu al-Walid, and Jack. Riddick is deadly with any weapon that he can get his hands on, but his weapon of choice is undoubtedly a knife. [Screams] Then you gotta get sent to a slam. It was she who came up with the prophecy of the Furyan warrior that would dethrone the Lord Marshal, which turned out to be Riddick. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. Alexis Llewellyn as Ziza, Imam's daughter. She appeared as a girl in Pitch Black, then as a young woman in The Chronicles of Riddick. He started to feel empathy and love from the people who cared about him (Kyra, Imam). Unfortunately, their only interest in Jack was as a commodity and she was promptly sold to slavers. #TheChroniclesofRiddick Did Kyra love Riddick as: --A big brother or --A father figure or --A lover Because their whole relationship in this movie is really confusing. Kyra was small-framed but very lithe and well-toned. Kyra could have been the former sidekick-in-training of any number of heroes or villains. Riddick, Jack, and Abu al-Walid must fight their way through an army of mercs and creatures at her disposal. Before Riddick's birth, a Necromonger officer named Zhylaw (who would eventually become the Lord Marshall) consulted an Elemental seer, who told him that a Furyan male would be born that would be responsible for his downfall. 2004 American science fiction film directed by David Twohy, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, "The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) - Financial Information", "Helmer Twohy swings on U, Radar's 'Pitch', "USATODAY.com - Overblown, overdone 'Riddick': Wish it was just over", "Even Vin Diesel can't toughen up flabby 'Riddick', "The Chronicles of Riddick Review- Washington Post", "The Chronicles of Riddick review- Washington Post", "The Chronicles of Riddick movie review (2004) | Roger Ebert", "CNN.com - Review: 'Riddick' big, boomy, bad - Jun 11, 2004", "BBC - Films - The Chronicles Of Riddick", "The Chronicles of Riddick - Movie Review", "Movie Review: The Chronicles of Riddick", "The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay - Developer's Cut", "Riddick runs with 1.5 million in day 1 sales", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Chronicles_of_Riddick&oldid=1142678380, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2009, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Carefully laying her body down he stared at her face. Riddick praises Johns for being a better man than his son. Boss Johns is the father of the original Johns character from Pitch Black, though the two aren't exactly alike. He also tends to think of a fun bar fight as foreplay. Was there anything you said that was true? Riddick was once a mercenary, then part of a security force,[1] and later a soldier. "[13], James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film 2.5 out of 4 and stated that "although The Chronicles of Riddick offers its share of solidly entertaining moments, it doesn't hold together as a single, coherent motion picture experience. She's a capable fighter, and an even better weapons expert, able to wield a range of different guns as if they were second nature. This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 20:12. Kyra She began to dress like he did and mimic his speech patterns. The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction / fantasy / thriller film in which wanted criminal Richard Bruno Riddick arrives on a planet called Helion Prime and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers, an army that plans to convert or kill all humans in the universe. Help me welcome our guest.. Riddick was also surprised when he underestimated Jack's (Kyra's) affection toward him between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, only learning of it after she had become a mercenary and resident of a maximum-security prison in order to see him once again. Aereon, an Air Elemental, identifies the army as the Necromongers, religious fanatics who seek to convert all human life and kill those who refuse. [6] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. RELATED:10 Classic 50s Sci-Fi Movies That Still Appeal To A Modern Audience. Jack decided to follow Riddick. Years active Riddick managed to escape the prison with Kyra and even began to rebuild their relationship, but this was interrupted when the Necromongersintercepted them. Did a lot of that. Riddick is her first recruitment stop, and she has another dossier he'll find very interesting. [7], Slant Magazine gave the film 1.5 out of 4 and stated, "Eschewing the claustrophobic minimalism of its predecessor Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick is an extravagant orgy of used sci-fi parts. "Who's the Better Killer?". Their pack just may be strong enough to weather the oncoming storms, if they trust each other. When her deception is discovered, she stops pitching her voice lower. Riddick and Kyra escape to the planet's sun-ravaged surface, where Riddick, helped by Necromonger warrior Vaako (Karl Urban) and his sexy wife Dame Vaako (Thandie Newton), sets out to defeat the Lord Marshal and save the universe from his rule and save the rest of humanity from being converted into Nercomonger warriors. Riddick didn't care, his Kyra, his beautiful, sweet Kyra. When it appears that Riddick is about to be killed, Kyra stabs the Lord Marshal in the back with a spear and he punches her into a column of spikes, mortally wounding her. Homepage hero illustration: Guillaume Martinez. Like his movie origin, Riddick is a stealth focused melee fighter with advanced hand-to-hand fighting skills and the ability to see in the dark. When the highly-touted series failed to catch on with viewers and was canceled after half a season, Davalos bounced back with a convincing portrayal as Diane Keaton's daughter in the well-received made-for-television feature Surrender, Dorothy (2006) (TV). : Did that. : : Official Sites Kyra dies in Riddick's arms just before the Necromongers, including Vaako, kneel before Riddick as their new leader. He had yet to see Riddick take interest in any of the concubines that graced his bed. To his horror, she had undergone the Necromonger conversion process and was now loyal to them. Eight years later, Riddick has returned from the Underverse and is searching for Jack. Certainly the title should be a big hint. Kyra and Riddick ended up as a team once more, but with Kyra expressing heranger for Riddick abandoning her. Acrobatics*: 06, Martial Artist*: 06, Thief (Concealment, Stealth)*: 06, Weaponry (Firearms, Melee)*: 06, Weaponry (Knives): 07. He also takes some welder's goggles from the facility. She's also an expert sniper, capable of picking targets off from great distances, as she demonstrated in the 2013 Riddick film. Also, he was able to hold off the Lord Marshal and even injure him which the Lord Marshal admitted hadn't happened in a long time. In one case, Riddick concluded that the prized dagger of a Necromonger was "a half gram too heavy on the back end" after an inspection lasting all of a couple of seconds, although the tone of voice in which he delivered this appraisal suggested pre-fight bravado rather than abstract fact. Richard B. Riddick is one of the most notorious killers in the entire galaxy, and certainly one of the most dangerous men alive. Filming & Production To put a barrier between the disappointments and humiliations shed suffered, Jack took on a new persona, going by the name Kyra from then on. In the Chronicles of Riddick film, Jack/Kyra angrily tells Riddick that when she was sent to prison, she found out that it is impossible to find anyone who can perform a "surgical shine job" at any price and accuses him of lying about how he received his night vision. Kyra Or in this case, not so empty ones. Sitting beside her Riddick lifted Kyra off the bed, her lifeless body little more than a ragdoll in his arms. It is during this time that a seventeen year old Jack takes on the name "Kyra". Riddick quickly learns that Kyra is a very different person from the "Jack" he knew five years ago; an emotionally detached survivor in peak physical condition with keen senses, and experienced in martial arts. Thanks to a company discount full crates are switched out for empty ones. [10] Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle gave the film 1 out of 4 and stated that it is "an inane film rendered sometimes laughable by an atmosphere of dead-serious reverence. Work Search: How do I get eyes like that? All of them. Despite his criminal nature and background, he is sometimes shown to perform moral or even atypically heroic actions, usually against his own better judgment and survivalist nature. : Outraged, Riddick attacked the Lord Marshal of the Necromongers. In 2009, Alexa was cast in the much coveted lead role of "Andromeda" in Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans (2010), alongside Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes. Johns lived through the events of Pitch Black, and has caught up to Riddick again two and a half years later. Things don't go as Johns had planned, and they both fall victim to the fallout of a break in to the slam that John's damaged ship had limped to. Equipment: The look in those eyes and the flush to his face called to Riddick in the most animalistic ways. Riddick was born on Furya. Richard B. Riddick : [to Aereon] Sister, they don't know what to do with just one of me. Vaako slices a look at his wife, then swiftly returns his gaze to Riddick. Her first kill was Antonia Chillingsworth, commander of the merc vessel Kublai Khan. They are the Holy Half-Dead, but then they meet a creature from the void itself. [Louder] Keep moving! Can these lost souls help each other or will it tear their hearts out? She was also very defensive, keeping emotional walls up as a necessity of survival in prison. He claims to have been "educated" in the penal system. In Jim and Ken Wheat's original script for Pitch Black, the Riddick character was a woman named Taras Krieg. [4] Five years later, Kyra is a convicted murderer and former mercenary when she reunites with Riddick. This particular villain was gifted with supernatural powers such as enhanced speed, crushing strength, and the ability to pull souls directly from the bodies of his victims.