The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury

Plot synopsis:
Shortly after escaping the planet from Pitch Black, Riddick, Jack, and the Imam are picked up by a Mercenary spacecraft. Although Riddick attempts to conceal his identity from the mercenaries by impersonating William J. Johns (in Pitch Black) over the intercom, they quickly voice-print and identify him.
Captured by the mercenaries, the trio of survivors discover that their captors have unusual plans for them. The ship's owner, Antonia Chillingsworth (Tress MacNeille), collects criminals, whom she freezes and keeps as statues that are, in her view, art. Although the criminals are frozen, they are alive and conscious. To her Riddick is the ultimate "masterpiece" for her collection. Riddick, Jack, and Imam must fight their way through the army of human and alien creatures at her disposal or they will meet a fate crueler than death.
Riddick is pursued much of the story by Toombs and his mercs/bounty hunters. Mercs are kept in suspended animation until they are needed. They are released to confront Riddick and company aboard the ship.
Jack has important character development, as she discovers her violent side by shooting the ship's owner just before she can kill Riddick. This discovery is clearly a source of worry for Riddick and Imam as the three escape from the mercenary ship. Riddick decides to deliver both Jack and Imam to New Mecca, where they'll be safe.

Tags: sci-fi

Review:
Dark Fury picks up right where Pitch Black ended, with Riddick, Jack and Imam being captured by mercenaries, the leader of whom has some strange and sadistic intentions in regards to Riddick.
This short gives us the answer of some key events that occurred in the five years between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, as well as some insight into why Riddick, Jack and Imam interact the way they do in CoR.
Aside from its value as an answer provider, Dark Fury is also a highly entertaining piece of animation.
The plot moves along at a quick pace and it is a lot of fun to watch Riddick kick some @$$ in animated form.
I highly recommend seeing this before watching The Chronicles of Riddick, not only is it a good movie but it also explains some key elements of the story..
I was a big fan of the bizarro Aeon Flux back in the 90's and director Peter Chung brings that wonderful style to the universe of Riddick (much like he did in The Animatrix).Dark Fury is a small story set between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick (which I haven't seen) in which Riddick, Jack and Abu dock their scout vessel with an ominous and evil ship filled with frozen Mercs and run by a vicious female overlord with a perverted idea of imprisonment.The whole thing is basically an excuse for some quick violence but it's entertaining and expands upon the Riddick universe in interesting ways.
Dark Fury is well drawn, fast paced and with a little CGI to spice it up.The animated short story takes place where we last left Riddick, the preacher and the wannabe tough girl in Pitch Black.
Great use of the voices to keep the link to the franchise moving with big Vin battling all sorts including what i thought looked like a 'Giant Mecha Penis - with teeth'.
Like others before me this should be compulsory viewing before the new feature (i haven't seen it yet) just to get into the Riddick groove of things.
This is not live action, but rather an Anime edition of the time in between Pitch Black and the Chronicles of Riddick.
If you haven't seen it, I won't spoil it for you, but it makes a fine attempt to detail what happened to "Jack" between the time Riddick leaves to the time of Riddick's re-emergence.I'm not into Anime, personally, so I had to devote some extra concentration to this in order to glean the story from it, but those around me who do enjoy Anime did comment on how well it was done.
An interesting enough animated sequel to "Pitch Black".
Bridging the gap from "Pitch Black" to "The Chronicles of Riddick", "Dark Fury" is an interesting enough exercise in animated story-telling.
Vin Diesel, Rhiana Griffith and Keith David return as the survivors of the first installment, this time coming up against baddies of a more human nature, not counting multi-tentacled waving aliens.This is a good looking animated movie, short but containing some reasonably memorable action set pieces and some unexpectedly bloody violence.7 out of 10.
Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury: 5/10: At 30 minutes this stand alone short resembles a Saturday morning cartoon rather than a plot bridge between Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick.
(And Lord knows if any movie needed a plot bridge it was Chronicles of Riddick.) The animation is a mixed bag with a lot of the 3d spaceship work leaving a bit to be desired (to shiny for one thing).
(And Lord knows if any movie needed a coherent story it was Chronicles of Riddick) The action scenes are generally well done with a little violence thrown in for good measure.
It would however have made a fine second or third disk in the Chronicles of Riddick or even Pitch Black DVD releases..
The Chronicles of Riddick Dark Fury: Meh, passable enough.
I thought Pitch Black was enjoyable enough but was left entirely unimpressed by Chronicles of Riddick so what chance did an animated short have?
Not bad actually.It tells the rather short story of what happened to Riddick, Imam and Jack after they escaped the original movie.
Picked up by mercenaries it appears they have gotten out of one mess and straight into another.Made by Peter Chung I have to say the films biggest weakness is the animation style, it really is quite dreadful.
Off the top of my head that's three down two to go.The Good:Voice castThe Bad:Highly average stuff as a wholeNot keen on the animation styleThings I Learnt From This Movie:Mentioning Monkey Dust has got me all nostalgic, damn that was a good show.
Peter Chung, creator of Aeon Flux brings us an interquel, Dark Fury to the films Pitch Black (a low budget sci-fi suspense story) and The Chronicles of Riddick (an action-packed sci-fi adventure).
Chung has a very interesting style and I thought it translated well on screen.The only one who didn't deliver as well however, surprisingly, was Riddick himself who delivered an unbelievable amount of redundant one-liners during the film and I did not have as much respect for him, like when I watched Chronicles.Regardless, this is an excellent follow-up to Pitch Black..
Dark Fury it is supposed to be lost link between Pitch Black and Chronicles Of Riddick, but It's been a while since I watched Pitch Black, so I don't remember how did it end.
This time Riddick will have to beat a so powerful women and her servants (or something like that).So, I only recommend Dark Fury to those followers of PB series, and manga/animation lovers (in general).*My rate: 5/10.
This animation is about Riddick and the gang boarding a spacecraft to fight a lady with a hobby to collect the most wanted criminals around the universe.It's amazing how much plot and action they have packed in in just 30 minutes.
Usually for animation spin-offs they don't get the start to voice it, but in here I am impressed and glad that they got Vin Diesel to voice Riddick.Even though I forgot the plots of the two Riddick films, I still enjoyed "The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury" as a stand-along animation..
As part of the hype for 2004's The Chronicles of Riddick, this short animation was developed to bridge the gap between the aforementioned film and its predecessor, Pitch Black.
It's not a huge gap, per se, but it's enough to warrant some explanation; if you're really wondering how all the characters got separated and where this guy Toombs came from, then this feature will satisfy your curiosity.This cartoon is pretty short and has plenty of cool action.
The overall animation quality is funky and wild, in a matter not much different than Peter Chung's other works (such as Aeon Flux).The story for this feature is pretty cool.
The plot is not terribly substantial, and little is added to the characters, but the premise is fascinating.This flick has pretty cool animation quality: the character designs are really blocky and funky, but highly distinctive.
Voice-acting is not bad, writing is okay, and the designs for all the settings, props, and costumes look great.4/5 (Entertainment: Good | Story: Pretty Good | Film: Pretty Good).
An animated picture that pieces together The Chronicles of Riddick.
You have just got to love how it is animated, and in doing so still has the cool action scenes people want to find in the second installment of The Chronicles of Riddick trilogy.
I like this movie not only for it's action scenes but the great effects.
Another cool part is how short it is compared to the other Riddick movies.
Again, Vin Diesel is back and this time he's animated, how cool is that?
I recommend this title to anyone who loves action because The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury is an excellent movie..
Like the creators of the Matrix that gave us the Animatrix as part of the matrix evolution story, the creators of Riddick gave us The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury.
This short animated movie comes somewhere between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick in the overall plot about Riddick.
Everything ends before it began.I really liked Pitch Black, and even more The Chronicles of Riddick, so naturally I wanted to watch this one, which was dull.
It really can't be compared to eastern animated movies ( Like Jin Roh, Wonderful Days or Ghost In The Shell) which are much more detailed, and the stances and the proportions of the characters seem to be more natural than in Dark Fury.The good thing that it's not so long.
If you liked the movies, watch this one as a complementary for your Riddick education..
"Dark Fury" is the middle installment of the so-called "Riddick Trilogy," which I have recently suffered through.
This animated adventure is probably the highlight of the trilogy, believe it or not, simply because it knows when to end (unlike its live action neighbors).The wafer-thin plot involves Riddick (Vin Diesel, of course) taking on a creepy harpy woman with a fetish for serial killers.
To anyone who has seen the excellent "The Matrix" and its horrible sequels, this animated movie "Dark Fury" is exactly the same as the "Last Flight Of The Osiris" (short animation) for "The Matrix".So, we have a great movie ("Pitch Black"), and a very weak sequel (The Chronicles Of Riddick).
But this little animated gem brings back our anti-hero in familiar territory: a great story (even though it's short) and some great sci-fi ideas (the frozen "collection" and the cyborg monster, for example).If you liked Pitch Black it's guaranteed you will like this one.
Pitch Black was a wonderful introduction to our Owl like friend who can see too well in the dark, but the movie that followed 4 years after The Chronicles of Riddick was a better movie and good follow up.Mr. Riddick here is seen in this half an hour animation that is meant to be something like a bridge between the first movie and the second.
Many that saw the first Pitch Black would have been impressed as I was with the way the movie played out, as the characters were well introduced and so after the movie ended I wondered what will become of the girl.We had to wait 4 years before the makers David Twohy with the production assistance of Vin Diesel, to answer that question.
The animation style is anime, and although the animation was a little bit shaky and the story not so grand, but if you have seen the first and the second movie there seemed to be no reason not to see this one, as the cartoon showcased more of the fun of why we love Riddick and less of anything reasonable.It also focused on solidifying the bond between Riddick and Jack, which was present in the first movie but in the second many who haven't seen the first will be unable to understand why Riddick will stop at nothing to bring down the Necromongers.Here our hero (Riddick), Imam and Jack have escaped the planet from Pitch Black and they found themselves picked up by a mercenary ship where they encountered the ship's owner, Antonia Chillingsworth.
Antonia views Riddick as a masterpiece a work of art she has to have and in her desire to see him kill using his wonderful techniques of seeing in the dark, Antonia made the mistake of letting Riddick go and putting him up against some funny machinery, and that is how some series of unfortunate events led to Riddick, Imam and Jack escaping.In the end, this animation doesn't make you hate the franchise, but it doesn't make you love it either, it is not a must watch, but if you are preparing for the new Riddick movie coming out later this year you can just add it to your view list.www.lagsreviews.com.
Great movie, good bridge, except for...
Maybe I'm the only one but after seeing Aeon Flux (which the story line I liked), Alexander (anime) and that contribution to the Animatrix; his drawing style is seriously weird.
I was somewhat disappointed by this half-hour animated movie which a) tells its own rather slight story and also b) explains some of what happened between Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick.I suppose it's better than not having it at all - and I like having Vin Diesel et al bringing aural continuity, at least - but I think there was potential for more.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury.
This short was a sequel to the original 'Pitch Black' but was it really required?.We see Riddick and the other two survivors leaving the dark planet of the original film.
The sequences with Riddick's ship look like an amateur did them very quickly, so plain and lifeless!.Other than that the animation is nice n quirky, not overly fantastic but it does the job.
This style is typical anime style with a slightly surreal edge, the characters are drawn in exaggeration at times, overly defined or amplified if you will.What is nice is the fact all the main characters are voiced by the real film cast to give that extra layer of cannon, coolness and fanboyism.
The story ticks along fine, a bit simple but its OK, we see the intro of 'Toombs' which is a minor highlight really, not particularly important but hey its there...a small token mainly for the sequel of course.Overall I found this pretty average really, nothing too special, by the numbers in terms of both animation and excitement.
A bit short also I might add but at least it served up plenty of blood n gore which always looks good in these anime adventures.
She appreciated psychopaths only so long as she had the upper hand?The fight scenes were lacking in choreography and tried to compensate by distorting perspectives - I gave the toon a 7 but really i wanted to deliver a 6.5 The semi and null grav segments although cool were underused to my view and ideally this animation should have been 47 to 1'20" in duration for a proper segue from Pitch Black, Vol. 1 to Chronicles of Riddick, Vol. 2 I have no idea if anyone realises this, but Riddick seems in part based on Conan of Cimmeria!
Riddick and the survivors of Pitch Black are captured by a group of mercenaries who have rather unusual plans for them.Acting as a sort of bridgepoint between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, this animated short doesn't do any heavy lifting by trying to set up or explain the rather intricate galactic political situation we find in the latter.
Directed by Peter Chung, creator of AEon Flux, it often looks and feels like that 90s MTV series, yet with voices provided by their live-action counterparts, it does very much synch up with the movies.I was hoping there'd be a bit more here.
What I got instead was a reasonably well made, passable short that ultimately only rewards the hard-core Riddick fan..
In this 35-minute short film, which is a part of the Wheat universe featuring Riddick, our hero goes against a large-breasted evil female character with her very own perception of what is art and how to form it.
While he is at it, he also needs to protect Jack again who is voiced by the same actress like in the movie.
Riddick, of course, is also voiced by Vin Diesel and he also looks exactly like him.
I can't give more references to the live action movies as I have not seen them, but I saw that Chillingsworth does not appear in one of them yet and she (plus her scary henchman) would certainly be an interesting addition as main antagonist to Diesel's character.
All in all a mildly entertaining animated short film, but I would only recommend it to big fans of the franchise..
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury takes places some time after Pitch Black where Riddick and the other survivors encounter a new threat.I found the movie at a local pawn shop for a dollar and I thought why not give it a try and surprising enough I actually enjoy this more than I did "The Chronicles Of Riddick".The movie serves as a bridge between Pitch Black to The Chronicles Of Riddick.Vin Diesel reprises his role as the Anti-Hero Riddick and it's interesting to see him in animation form.
We are also introduce to Toombs who makes his debut in the series in this film.Now onto the movie itself, for a movie that is only 30 minutes long it serves a lot of key points to the plot of the next film and actually was able to hold my interest for the whole time.The Animation is a hit and mess but they did some good work enough However they did impress me enough to hold my interest in the film.The Voice acting is pretty good and sold the story to the film as well.So honestly I call this the real sequel to Pitch Black in the Riddick film series.So all in all I enjoy this film and for a dollar I say it was worth having in my collection.I give The Chronicles Of Riddick: Dark Fury an 8 out of 10You're not afraid of the dark are you?.
Short animated continuation of "Pitch Black.".
The first one is "Pitch Black", and on the same disk is this animated short, "Dark Fury."As "Pitch Black" ended we saw three characters escaping from the alien planet in a small escape ship.
Riddick, Rhiana Griffith is the young girl Jack, and Keith is the Imam, Abu al- Walid.It was pleasantly entertaining, in a "bridging" sense, for those of us who watched "Pitch Black."SPOILERS: The three manage to escape at the end, but one of the bad guys had also managed to save himself from Riddick's killing spree, so we imagine that he will chase Riddick next in the follow-up movie, which I haven't seen yet.