one of the first lesson of movie watch while never waste time on a movie where the lead actor be also a producer . all too often and such film end up a someone vehicle for themself and and that exactly what this movie be . it an even bad situation where the actor or producer be a very bad actor and which be what vin diesel be . the problem start from the very outset of the film . there a back story here that go beyond it predecessor and pitch black . thing be talk about that the viewer have no clue to . even the contrive use of a narration at the beginning of the film and the tried and fail let hear what go on in the character head convenience ( a la dune represent the disaster ) can not straighten thing out . the thought in vin diesel head and it seem and ring as hollow a his performance . even to use the word performance seem false . it seem that a good deal of thought go into find dramatic way for riddick to remove his goggles . from the side and the back and the front . those goggles be so important that a prison guard at one point tell riddick that he go to keep them after riddick dy . who really care . jeez and spend the $ 10 and go buy a pair of swim goggles at target like everyone else . this be and as far a i could figure out and suppose to be an action film . that make it especially sad that the action sequence and particularly the fight and be shoot in such a choppy and flash flash flash manner that one can not see what go on . i suspect that the director have a bunch of poorly choreograph and clunky sequence and have them edit for highlight and result in scene that look more like a series of still photograph than a film . the script in this film be unbelievably bad . it try so hard to be clever and catchy and and it end up sound amazingly stilted . for example and mercenary be call merks . the bad guy be the necromongers and and riddick be a member of the race of furians . please and stop . necromongers . furians . it all come out sound more like the dialogue deliver by junior high school kid play a role playing game like a script . diesel delivery and flat and listless and only add to the desire to grab some earplug and wish that one be enjoy a summer on crematorium . if riddick could have have one save grace and it be the set design . the design be reminiscent of the work of h. r. geiger in place and with good subtlety and eerie tone and bring to mind everything from alien to hellraiser . unfortunately and even that peter out for long and tedious stretch of chase sequence across fake look desert mountain and forgettable cavern . all in all and the chronicle of riddick be really just a couple of tedious hour of special effect desperately in search of a story which and sadly for the audience and never materializes . if one can get past all of the shortcoming of this movie and then i suppose one could enjoy it . of course and get past all the shortcoming would involve walk straight past the theater and do something more interesting . like watch paint dry and or screw a cakestand into one pelvis . the main problem with this film and though and be the misleading title . two syllable be leave off the end of the main character name represent u and lous .