Pitch Black first published by Through The Trees “They say most of your brain shuts down in cryo-sleep. All but the primitive side, the animal side. No wonder I’m still awake.” So says Richard B. Riddick (Vin Diesel), a native of the planet Furya, at the beginning of David Twohy’s Pitch Black, even as we…
Babylon A.D. first published by Film4 Synopsis: Vin Diesel’s veteran-turned-mercenary escorts an innocent young woman through an apocalyptic futurescape, unsure whether she is human bomb or new messiah. From the director of La Haine. Review: “I learned something that day: you can’t always walk away. Too bad it was the day I died.” The sound of Vin Diesel’s…
‘Balls Deep’: Riddick’s flirtation with incivility first published by Cinetalk Note: spoiler-heavy. “I got sloppy, lost my edge. Maybe I went and did the worst crime of all. I got civilised. So now, we reverse the clock… Gotta find that animal side again.” These words, delivered in voice-over by Richard B. Riddick (Vin Diesel) near the…