the chronicle of riddick may seem like a cool movie but behind all the special effect and it isn not . richard riddick ( diesel ) and the anti hero from pitch black be back . this time and the space fugitive with night vision be be chase across the galaxy by mercenary out to collect the price on his head . on the planet helion and he encounter lord marshal ( colm feore ) and his invading warrior the necromongers and and when riddick be imprison and he must escape and put a stop to marshal evil reign . the plot sound like it have some potential but the execution be do poorly . pitch black be fairly entertaining but this sequel be far from entertain and it one of the bad film of 2004. what wrong with this film . well first the act isn not very good though and this isn not very surprising . judi dench do the best job out of everyone else though she isn not in the film for a long time . vin diesel do not talk in the first one yet he do so in this film and that not a good thing . he be a passable actor in some film but in a couple of film and his performance be really bad . thandie newton and colm feore both give bad and forgettable performance . this be one film they both should leave off their resume . david twohy do an okay job of direct but i be surprised how he could have mess up this one after do a good job on the original . the dialog in the film be bad and unintentionally funny . the action scene be average and none really stand out either . the special effect be do really well yet sometimes they go overboard with them . the character could have be handle well . the story be weak and it do become very silly at time . the end be do alright but it be also kind of dumb . the main problem with this movie be that it bore . there be hardly any entertaining moment in it . it only two hour long but it feel so much long . they also tame the film and give it a pg 13 rating . this make the film ruin the first one and make riddick seem a lot weak . in the end and the chronicle of riddick be a very disappointing sequel to pitch black . it also just a bad sci fi action flick in general and not worth watch . rating negative and youre good of if you just skip this .