His ability to cope with toxins is also heightened; when a merc team was attempting to take him out with horse tranquilizers, it took four darts just to make Riddick stop running, and he still remained conscious until he was hit in the head. "[20] The Austin Chronicle gave the film 3 out of 5 and called it a "bloated, but enjoyable production. Riddick can also kill efficiently without using a weapon. "Who's the Better Killer?". When her mentor left her behind for fear of getting her hurt, Kyra sought out training from less reputable sources. Riddick saw the question in her eyes and shook his head, now wasn't the time to talk about it yet. Alexa Davalos Intrigued, the Necromongers' leader, the Lord Marshal, orders Riddick be scanned by the Quasi-Dead, half-dead telepaths, who determine that he is indeed a Furyan survivor. Kyra Riddick was once a mercenary, then part of a security force,[1] and later a soldier. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. When she was sold to slavers and then ended up in prison and found out about the unglamorous truths of life as an outlaw she felt betrayed. To his horror, she had undergone the Necromonger conversion process and was now loyal to them. Whether this is her real name or a nom de guerre is a mystery. One major characteristic of Riddick is his indomitable will. Some accounts suggest that her birth name was Audrey (website). Vaako: [take off his helmet] He is not a man. Soon the survivors find themselves fighting for their lives against a predatory species called Bio-Raptors, and by the end of the film there are only three survivors: Riddick, a young girl called Jack, and Imam. : NEXT:Aliens - 10 Things That Make No Sense About The 1986 Sci-Fi Classic. There Jack demonstrated a worrying possibility of becoming a killer like Riddick, forcing him to separate from her. Because she used to be teased, she thought that being a boy was easier than being herself due to being a tomboy. In The Chronicles of Riddick, he considered it an insult, when he discovered the bounty placed on him was around a million of the currency for most planets, and when Toombs has a small crew to capture him (it was originally four crew members, then it was five). The odd surrogate father/child relationship budding between Riddick and Jack ended abruptly when Riddick left her with the Imam Abu al-Walid on New Mecca. She was also very defensive, keeping emotional walls up as a necessity of survival in prison. Riddick's abilities at hand-to-hand combat is a mix of Krav Maga, Hapkido, Eskrima, and Ninjutsu; he uses his formidable fighting skills while confronting one of the night-creatures of Pitch Black with only a shiv he had made, killing it with relative ease, as well as defeating one of the Lord Marshal's best Necromonger warriors in a matter of seconds in Chronicles. : Five years later a seventeen year old Jack goes by a new name, "Kyra". Set after Chronicles. In the end, Riddick was able to take advantage of the Lord Marshal's one weakness - the need to phase from one point to another, to drive a perfectly timed knife straight through his skull. [2], When they first meet again they have a nostalgic conversation. Riddick infiltrates the main hall on the Necromongers' flagship, where Dame Vaako sees him but encourages her husband not to warn the Lord Marshal and to let Riddick strike first and pave the way for Vaako to kill the Lord Marshal and take his place as leader. Five years pass between Jack's arrival at New Mecca and her Incarceration at Crematoria. [citation needed]. She begins bolstering her courage by emulating him. This particular villain was gifted with supernatural powers such as enhanced speed, crushing strength, and the ability to pull souls directly from the bodies of his victims. One where they tell you you'll never see daylight again. When the Hunter Gratzner crashes on the planet, M6-117, she and several survivors, led by Carolyn Fry, are confronted by certain death at the hands of the planet's inhabitants the Bioraptors. Unfortunately, their only interest in Jack was as a commodity and she was promptly sold to slavers. 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By impersonating a cop and traveling with a group of settlers aboard the nondescript transport cruiser Hunter Gratzner, Johns hopes to safely convey Riddick back to a prison colony and collect the outlaw's enormous bounty. He started out as a seemingly benevolent mercenary hauling back the dangerous mass murderer Riddick for a long haul in prison. | Richard B. Riddick is one of the most notorious killers in the entire galaxy, and certainly one of the most dangerous men alive. Little is known about Riddick's childhood, save that he had no formal education and seemed to have been in trouble with the law from an early age. The trip was interrupted when the Hunter-Gratzner crashed on a planet in the M-344/G system. Davalos next took on a prominent role as "Samantha" on the high-concept mystery-period series " Reunion " (2005). His only weakness (other than light sensitivity, leaving him in pain when in daylight without his goggles), as stated in the Pitch Black DVD, is his soft spot for children and anyone who really grows on him (those people become his friends), which resulted in his capture by the bounty hunter Johns (Cole Hauser). The Emperor has returned.A new Lord Marshal emerges from the Threshold.Fallen Empires will rise again. A sequel was released in 2013 called Riddick. : Riddick and Jack teamed up and made it off planet with the other survivors, minus one pesky merc. He is one of the final players available on the Convicts team and has the highest amount of strength and aggression of all recruitable Convict players, although he has the equal-lowest teamplay rating in the game. Enneagram: 9w8 sp/sx. Or in this case, not so empty ones. What was that? Riddick Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Kyra A new animal., When I said I didnt care if I lived or died, you knew I was kidding, right?. His will to survive was unmatched, and his animal instincts made him fearless among everyone. 7:11 5.6M views 1 year ago 1:46:26. Universal Pictures decided to develop a sequel to Pitch Black after the success of The Fast and the Furious, another action film that starred Vin Diesel. As a result, Jack ended up in the slave-labor prison on Crematoria. After leaving Toombs in a cell, Riddick escapes the prison and leads several prisoners across Crematoria's volcanic surface to steal the ship. Jack: Okay, I can do it. Before Riddick's birth, a Necromonger officer named Zhylaw (who would eventually become the Lord Marshall) consulted an Elemental seer, who told him that a Furyan male would be born that would be responsible for his downfall. He seems to have sensed Dahl's insecurity and played upon that and the insecurity of her co-workers in their mission. : Kyra Aside from his more supernatural skills, Riddick is in superlative physical condition and is an exceptional fighter with or without the use of his eyes. Riddick is taken to Crematoria, a harsh subterranean prison moon, where Jack, the girl Riddick also rescued, is being held. Stan Richard Marve Ted Where is Riddick from? It was there that Jack met Riddick, an infamous outlaw. But not her. "[8] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a score of 'C' and called the film a "mostly a ponderous chronicle. Finally, he orchestrated a plan to return Riddick to his home planet Furya, in exchange for the Necromongers. However, size wasn't enough, and Riddick bought enough time to take him down, putting an end to his opportunistic plans. Her haunting beauty and spirited performance garnered raves from critics. Richard B. Riddick, more commonly known as Riddick, is a fictional character and the antiheroic protagonist of the Chronicles of Riddick series, including the animated short movie Dark Fury and the video games Escape from Butcher Bay and Assault on Dark Athena.Actor Vin Diesel has played the title role in all of the Riddick-based films and video games thus far. Fluffier than the tags make it sound, but please read the chapter notes! He has also been described as having "a knack for escape", surviving not only the Lord Marshall's purge of the Furyans when he was an infant but subsequently escaping from various prisons over the course of his life. The younger Johns was the main antagonist of Pitch Black. Death by tea cup. As they are leaving the planet, Jack asks what they should say if they run into bounty hunters or other law enforcers asking where to find Riddick. He came to believe that when he was born, his mother attempted to strangle him and left him in a trash bin behind a liquor store. Sorry, Dahl. This ability is also displayed off screen in Escape from Butcher Bay. When Riddick left her behind to go into hiding, Jack was devastated. Riddick Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Then you gotta get sent to a slam. At first glance, Aereon (played by the iconic Judi Dench) may appear to be nothing more than a harmless old woman, but she's one of the most powerful beings in the Riddick universe. But I will take a piece of him. After he is finished receiving stitches, Joe tells him how to escape, and, perhaps coincidentally, warns Riddick not to "trust [his] eyes"; at that moment, a ghostly voice informs Riddick that he has "been blind for far too long" and that he is to receive a gift. Krone was a Necromonger underling of the ambitious and deceitful Vaako, who wanted nothing more than to be Lord Marshal. Soon enough he finds someone he wants more than he ever thought possible but he now has a crown he never wanted on his head. Having no cash, Riddick offers down payment of a pack of Kool cigarettes which he earlier took from a guard. In Pitch Black, she had cropped cut hair, a slightly deeper voice, and wore male clothing to add to this ruse. She's more than ready to retire already and the best way to do that is get these assholes across their threshold as fast as humanly possible. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus says it "offers some thrills" but calls it "a disappointment". Kyra: where they tell you youll never see daylight again. Five years after hed left Jack behind, Riddick came to Crematoria looking for her. Certainly the title should be a big hint. Lord Marshal orders Riddick's death, but Riddick escapes only to be recaptured by Toombs. It is during this time that a seventeen year old Jack takes on the name "Kyra". Release Dates Kyra was introduced as an awkward kid in the first Pitch Black film, but she blossomed by the time the second film came out. Davalos next took on a prominent role as "Samantha" on the high-concept mystery-period series "Reunion" (2005). Jack was fascinated by outlaws. In later life, Riddick repressed his memories of Furya, including those of the massacre. Alexa is, without a doubt, one of Hollywood's fastest rising young stars. [Louder] A crossover/retelling of Mass Effect 2, post modified events of Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick and Riddick, where Jack is both Jack|Kyra and Jack|Subject Zero. It was how most people described him. It was how most people described him. The film received negative reviews. Examples range from somewhat exotic items like retractable spikes in her boots to razor blades hidden in her mouth. Riddick and Kyra are forced to fight the Necromongers. Please consider turning it on! [2], Twelve year old Jacky (it is unknown whether this was her real name or an alias) ran away from her home on Taurus 1, stowing away on the New Oslo Shipping Corporation transport Hunter Gratzner. Using the communication system from a mercenary outpost, Riddick lures two ships to the planet, intending to commandeer one of them; but his plan is complicated when he finds that one of the arriving mercenaries is the father of his old enemy, Johns the bounty hunter. Riddick is reunited with Imam, a holy man he rescued five years earlier. Itiri Ciana captain of her own ship, and employee of the Seiun Intergalactic Shipping Company, packs up her ship and travels to one of the universe's toughest slams. Richard B. Riddick is one of the most notorious killers in the entire galaxy, and certainly one of the most dangerous men alive. Richard B. Riddick, more commonly known as Riddick, is a fictional character and the antiheroic protagonist of the Chronicles of Riddick series, including the animated short movie Dark Fury and the video games Escape from Butcher Bay and Assault on Dark Athena. Homepage hero illustration: Guillaume Martinez. She had a 700,000 UD bounty and was caught after leaving the Helion System for the Proxima System. Alyna Leone has always been a little wild, relying on her heightened senses, reflexes and natural instincts to survive. The death cultists had come looking for Riddick and caught up with him as he was trying to leave the planet. Though Riddick was a strong fighter, Johns was definitely just as capable of holding his own, proving himself as a powerful merc.