Ironic?

Rating: 1/10 (19 June 2006)

I personally thought this movie was riddled with amazing coincidences and horrible acting. The movie starts out with a space ship taking off with a monstrous criminal on board (Riddick). The trip is going OK until they crash land on a planet that seems deserted. However, they find out that the planet is rare in the fact that every 22 years the planets line up in a solar eclipse and the entire planet turns pitch black. Seems believable...... until they realize there also happen to be hundreds of aliens that thrive in darkness living on the planet - ironic? Well, that's possible too, until you factor in the chances that they happen to be on the planet right as the eclipse happens - which is a .0037% chance..... Oh, and one more thing..... Riddick has a rare talent - he is one of few people in the history of the universe that can see in the dark and must lead them to safety. - Yes, this is a science fiction movie, but I felt the story was written very poorly, with outlandish ideas and it wasn't helped by the horrendous acting by Diesel and his fellow co-actors.