A good sci-fi movie, not an alien monster movie

Rating: Null/10 (14 September 2002)

I see too many comments about how the scenes with the aliens were weak. This is a movie about Riddick, not some new CGI invention. Overall it was a real good movie, though some of the plot devices were very blatant. I can't decide if a bit more insight into the changes in Riddick would have been better, or if letting the viewer form their own opinions about his reasoning works better. I guess some of that will depend on the followup movie.
The lighting effects and Riddickvision/alienvision were interesting. While you can see some similarity to Aliens, it reminds me more of Screamers with a better script and better acting. If you wanna see cool CGI bugs, go see Starship Troopers.