Sci-Fi at its' best. An attention grabber that's not shallow.

Rating: Null/10 (17 October 2000)

This story is interesting from the start. An odd, but not so odd, group of people, who are the only survivors of a crash landing, band together (more or less) and try to find a way to continue their journey to Mecca, another planet. The idea of this movie is original (other than who's afraid of the dark), but what I think really gave it the depth,that these particular movies need so much, was Vin Diesel. Count on seeing more of this guy. His character was fit to play. Riddick (Vin) is a convicted murderer that you learn to respect first and then possibly like. His coolness is outdone by his straightforwardness and you might wonder if he really is a bad-guy. So an eclipse takes place and these wild-looking creatures (they can't tolerate light) come out to eat. Riddick is the ace (he has night vision and alarming strength), and he and the attractive, now in command(captain was killed in crash) Fry, are the strength in this gradually diminishing group. But in the end ( I had to watch the film twice to get the message finally) the last death seems to give Riddick another chance in life (more ways than one). Enjoyed this.