It's pretty much Pitch Black. It may be hard to believe that they would rehash the same basic premise from the very first movie so much that, aside from a few changes in character archetypes, it was almost plot- point to plot-point the same movie. This leaves a horrible smudge on the movie that is very hard to shake. Still, once you get past that little fact, there are still some good action sequences, as well as some new little tricks that one would come to expect from our main protagonist. There are some decently set up bounty hunters and space police clashes that bring a good tension, as well as some well-deserved horrific death scenes. As a stand alone movie, this could have been a great science fiction/horror film, but that's the problem, so was Pitch Black upon its first release. It had everything other than a massive budget, but that's what made it very unique. It introduced Riddick, who was a mysterious, and unknown bad ass at the time that the fans seemed to favor quite a bit. It's just a shame they had to scrape his character and stretch him over a franchise that should have stopped a long time ago.
Review of Riddick
