An animated adventure featuring Riddick, the anti-hero made famous in the live action film PITCH BLACK and set in-between that film and it's sequel THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK. After... more
sequels. As an official product of a franchise, the 35-minute anime benefits from having the original actors voice the characters, including Vin Diesel as Riddick. ...
sequels. As an official product of a franchise, the 35-minute anime benefits from having the original actors voice the characters, including Vin Diesel as Riddick. ...
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, an all-new, exhilarating adventure in The Chronicles of Riddick saga! When Riddick is captured by bounty hunters, he is forced to battle unstoppable soldiers of fortune and vicious creatures. Riddick's night vision and ruthless combat skills are all that stand between him and a fate literally worse than death in this sci-fi thrill-ride that bridges the incredible stories of Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick.
Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Production Year: 2006 - Science Fiction - Director: James Hawes - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Noel Clarke, Camille Coduri, Penelope Wilton, David Tennant, Billie Piper
A review by atytyut2434 on The Chronicles Of Riddick - Dark Fury (Animated) (DVD) February 3rd, 2009
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Liked it
Story
Good
Characters / Performances
Good
Special Effects
Good
How does it compare to similar films?
Good
Advantages:
More Riddick ; - )
Disadvantages:
Its a bit too short
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
I am a fan of the Riddick movies and quite like anime too so I thought I'd give this a go, its set between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick and does feature the voices of Vin Diesel as Riddick, Keith David as Abu the Imam and Rhiana Griffith as Jack (who is the original Jack in Pitch Black). Nick Chinlund also features as the voice of Toombs (from The Chronicles Of Riddick).
The character animations of the lead characters are pretty good and fairly faithful to their look in Pitch Black, Vin Diesel manages to recapture the world weary tones of Riddick perfectly almost as though he'd never stopped playing the role. As far as the rest of the cast go some might recognise the voices of Dwight Schultz (better known from The A-Team & Star Trek Next Gen & Voyager) and Tress MacNeille (from The Simpsons & Futurama).
The film starts with a ship containing Riddick, Jack & Abu being captured by Mercenaries and Riddicks rather clever ways of avoiding detection and killing some of them. We discover that Chillingsworth the leader of the mercs captures and freezes Furyans & other criminals, displaying them like art or trophies.
Toombs is defrosted (as all the Bounty Hunters are also kept in suspended animation until needed or their predecessors are killed) and Chillingsworth asks Riddick to show her how he works (revealing she's a psychopath) by making him defend Jack & Abu from 2 alien creatures.
Riddick also shows an incredibly creative solution to having a bomb implanted into his neck using it to escape so Chillingsworth sends every living thing at her disposal after Riddick. Riddick leaves a trail of his own blood allowing Jack & Abu to get to the flight deck where they are recaptured by Junner, Chillingsworths 2nd in command.
At this point in the feature the animation style becomes very abstract, characters are taller and their limbs are longer (its almost as though they had switched artists as well as artistic styles here) and this switch is very evident during Riddick and Junners fight which ends in Riddick fulfilling his previous promise or threat to Junner with a great deadpan line perfectly delivered afterwards.
There is a rather interesting double twist ending which I won't reveal and Abu's feelings about Jack will eventually prove to be correct. For such a short feature (just under 35 minutes) they manage to pack a lot into it but I would have liked to have seen another 20 minutes of story as I felt they barely used Toombs or the cyborg creature.
I'd recommend this to fans of the Riddick franchise and its also a very good stand alone piece of anime in its own right with plenty of action, excellent characters and very good quality animation and illustration.
(this review also appears on dooyoo)
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The Art of Riddick... Review ofThe Chronicles Of Riddick - Dark Fury (Animated) (DVD)by
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Advantages: Excellent animation, explains what happened between Pitch Black and CoR Disadvantages: Only 33 minutes long
The character of Riddick (Vin Diesel) first appeared in the 1997 film 'Pitch Black', where the passengers of a transport ship are stranded on an unknown planet. Riddick is a violent criminal more in touch with his animal instincts than the niceties of human society. Having spent his life in and out of maximum-security prisons he has become both ruthless and deadly. During a stint inside the most deadly prison in the Universe, 'Butcher Bay', he had ... ...in the dark, though as a knock-on effect he is nearly completely blinded in daylight.
At the end of 'Pitch Black' we see Riddick and the survivors escaping the planet for destinations unknown. The character got his second on-screen appearance in the 200x movie 'The Chronicles Of Riddick'.
'The Chronicles Of Riddick: Dark Fury' is the story of events directly after 'Pitch Black' and five years before 'The Chronicles Of Riddick'. It is an animation, ...
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Advantages: fighting content from start to finish Disadvantages: short film of 33mins
...movie. It was directed by the Korean-American animator Peter Chung, and features Vin Diesel performing the voice of Richard B. Riddick.
A nice join up story and tells you what happens straight after Pitch Black and before The Chronicles of Riddick and explained why he had the Bounty hunters after him but only a little bit short this dvd for 33 mins in total,it has extras and bonus to it thats makes it better. it contains a decent amount of fighting ... ...not have been exposed to the films anyway. This film carries important character development elements for Jack (who becomes Kyra in The Chronicles of Riddick), as at the end she discovers her violent side by shooting the ship's owner Antonia Chillingsworth (Tress MacNeille) just before she can kill Riddick.
You would love it if your a big Vin Diesel fan or even someone that enjoyed the riddick series. ...
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Advantages: Full of action, Suspense and cool CGI Disadvantages: May seem similar to the Alien Franchise
...met the freelance merc Johns, and how he ended up getting captured. This was a good idea because it shows you the beginning of Chronicles of Riddick, allowing you to see what its going to be like
3. The Johns Chase Log (14.10 minutes)
A visual, animated and interactive day-by-day diary of the 'merc' Johns' pursuit of Riddick. Taking cues from elements of the back-story mentioned in Pitch Black, this feature creates a more complete story of the chase and capture of Riddick that occurs in the next film.
4. The Chronicles of Riddick Visual Encyclopaedia (4.41 minutes)
A sneak peek at the complete Visual Encyclopaedia that will be included on the "Riddick" DVD.
5. DarkFury: Advancing The Arc (1.28 minutes)
Featurette and preview to The Chronicles of RiddickDarkFury - the animated prequel to The Chronicles of Riddick that bridges...
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Plot: After escaping from captivity and surviving the terrors of the eclipsing planet, Riddick find himself hunted once more by mercenaries. Once captured he must rely on his keen combat sense and natural night vision if he is to be free once more. This time the enemy is human, but no less deadly than before.
An animated adventure featuring Riddick, the anti-hero made famous in the live action film PITCH BLACK and set in-between that film and it's sequel THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK. After escaping from captivity and surviving the terrors of the eclipsing planet, Riddick find himself hunted once more by mercenaries. Once captured he must rely on his keen combat sense and natural night vision if he is to be free once more. This time the enemy is human, but no less deadly than before.
Technical information
Special Features: Behind The Scenes Featurette, Exclusive Interview With Animator Peter Chung, Preview Of The Chronicles Of Riddick, Storyboards
Animated: Animated
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