“Riddick” impresses as a gritty action film

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Riddick displays his strong self-defense skills. Photo courtesy of Collider.com

Jazmine Vining, Staff Reporter

“Riddick ” is a hit action horror picture, that will surely entertain viewers who see the film.

Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick (Vin Diesel) fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge.

As he fights for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he has yet encountered, and with his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.

Diesel stands up to his reputation as the best action genre actor of this time. Diesel really gets into his character and puts on a believable performance as a highly- wanted murderer.

All of his actions in the feature really stood out to make it a believable performance. To me it showed that Diesel isn’t just known for his performance in movies such as “Fast 5” and “Fast 6”, but also he can take the role as a runaway murderer. “Riddick” is one of Diesel’s best performances.

Jordi Molla stars as Santana, the leader of the mercenaries that are out to claim Riddick’s head as a trophy, and also has a fantastic performance.

Molla’s reputation still precedes him as he is known to play the villain in many other films such as “Bad Boys 2.” Molla’s acting was off at times, but as the performance went on, Molla lived up to his standards and the performance was unforgettable.

If you want to see an absolutely amazing action/horror film, “Riddick” is the best movie to see. It has it all the action, the horror and the nail-biting suspense, which will leave you on the edge of your seat wanting more.

All of the actors did a fantastic job on getting into their character while others lacked the ability to form their characters.

Katee Sackhoff, playing the role as Dahl, another assassin after Riddick, had difficulties getting into her character. Sackoff had trouble making a believable performance and couldn’t play her role. An example; during the movie Sackhoff chases down Riddick and tries to shoot him, but you can tell she was hesitant about firing a gun.

It is a very good movie that you can watch over and over and never get tired. The movie had so much suspense that I saw it three times. “Riddick” is the number one action movie in America. It was such an amazing picture that opening day the premiere made 9.9 million dollars

This is a movie that you don’t want to miss. If you like the action and the horror genre then “Riddick “is definitely the movie to see.