Riddick (2013)

Vin Diesel takes his shirt off and grunts a lot. Plus he’s got a dog.

I miss this low-budget 2010s action movie genre. They don’t make them like this anymore.

Riddick is a massive return to form after Chronicles of Riddick - stripped down, simple, effective. It’s like 25% survivalist movie, 75% space western.

I was weirdly charmed by the early 2010s CGI and green screen bloom. It holds up moderately well, but you can definitely tell it’s of the era. The whole thing reminds me of Xbox 360 games from that period - just brown. Everything brown. Why was everyone obsessed with brown as a neutral color back then? God that sucks. But it fits the vibe of the movie, so I’ll allow it.

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