Diesel was offered $11 million to return for the sequel, a million dollars more than what he was offered for XXX. Riddick was among those presumably strangled, but he survived. He now brings his veteran pop culture XP to ScreenRant. Alexa Davalos Friendship - Relationship; Jack/Richard B. Riddick; Jack (Kyra) Richard B. Riddick; Kyra (Chronicles of Riddick) Summary. In the end, Kyra still cared enough about Riddick to break the Necromongers conversion for a moment and save his life at the price of her own. Kyra : One where they tell you you'll never see daylight again. Spiritual Elements The Necromongers follow a dark religion in which Nirvana is the underverse. Actor AU in which Aereon had contact with Aughra and opens a path for Riddick to bring Kyra back to life. As a native of the planet Furya, Riddick was imbued with heightened senses, strength, and killing skills that were a signature trademark of his people. The Lord Marshal sends Commander Vaako to hunt Riddick down. She begins bolstering her courage by emulating him. : Richard B. Riddick Riddick's first appearance outside Pitch Black was a guest appearance and potential recruit in Fallout Tactics. Harry Potter because they are seriously lacking. Her death reduces Riddick, who very rarely shows any emotion besides contempt, to tears.[2]. Maybe even stop it. Although Riddick attempts to conceal his identity from the mercenaries by impersonating William J. Johns (in Pitch Black) over the intercom, they quickly voiceprint and identify him. The Necromongers attack and take control of the capital in a single night. The film received negative reviews. Outraged, Riddick attacked the Lord Marshal of the Necromongers. Her character definitely could have been more developed, but as a character her dying shortly definitely made an impact on Riddick and the viewer. Riddick and Jack teamed up and made it off planet with the other survivors, minus one pesky merc. None are to be underestimated. Richard B. Riddick is one of the most notorious killers in the entire galaxy, and certainly one of the most dangerous men alive. this video has bright colors and flashes. There is no future until we settle our past. [citation needed]. [citation needed]. [Screams] The Emperor has returned.A new Lord Marshal emerges from the Threshold.Fallen Empires will rise again. : To her Riddick is the ultimate "masterpiece" for her collection. The third film sees him predominately relying on a bone-sword he made from the remains of a creature he had killed. Because she used to be teased, she thought that being a boy was easier than being herself due to being a tomboy. Because of the five years she spent with mercenaries, she has grown colder; vindictive and calculating. While he may be a ruthless killer, when necessary, Riddick has never been shown to kill anyone who was not actively trying to kill him first and has been known to help people in need only if they don't slow him down or make him vulnerable. The film spun off books, an action figure line, animation and video games. The best Kyra and Riddick scene 844,673 views Mar 29, 2014 2K Dislike Share Save Nicole Holmes 1.14K subscribers My favorite scene of Riddick and Kyra together from 2004's The Chronicles of. It was how most people described him. She was also very defensive, keeping emotional walls up as a necessity of survival in prison. : The mysterious voice belongs to a character named "Shirah", who appears to serve as a sort of spiritual guide to Riddick, helping him awaken the Furyan abilities that lie dormant within him. She is known by the guards as always having a shiv on her somewhere. 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. His guile is outmatched only by his overconfidence. Kyra and Riddick confront each other After Riddick runs into Toombs again On New Mecca. 05/28/1982 Riddick: You gotta kill a few people. Riddick allows himself to be captured so he can be transported to Crematoria, a prison on a dead world where daytime surface temperatures scorch the face of the planet. The death cultists had come looking for Riddick and caught up with him as he was trying to leave the planet. Riddick & Kyra - The Gift 50,401 views Nov 15, 2007 195 Dislike Share Save cherrylane79 1.97K subscribers TCOR, Riddick & Kyra and their relationship. He's the holy Half-Dead who has seen the UnderVerse. Nothing is known about the girl who would become Kyra prior to the age of 12. When the highly-touted series failed to catch on with viewers and was canceled after half a season, Davalos bounced back with a convincing portrayal as Diane Keaton's daughter in the well-received made-for-television feature Surrender, Dorothy (2006) (TV). Five years pass between Jack's arrival at New Mecca and her Incarceration at Crematoria. Riddick praises Johns for being a better man than his son. Connections: The only exception to this was when, in Pitch Black, he returned with Carolyn to help the others, after she pleaded with him. Kyra: Did that. This was all the more vivid because details of Riddicks past such as an operation that gave people the ability to see in the dark turned out to be false. A monster. tip: "uchiha sasuke/uzumaki naruto" angst kudos>10, A man. : Richard B. Riddick was a notorious murderer and criminal who found himself marooned on a hostile planet with his mercenary captor, and a group full of travelers under siege by a terrifying alien species. There are three versions of the film: the theatrical cut, which was PG-13; the Director's Cut, which is unrated (both are available on DVD); and the third version, a mix of the two assembled for television viewing, which has some, but not all, of the added footage from the Director's Cut. "Who's the Better Killer?". The middle act ends with Riddick leading Kyra and several others on a prison break, only for Kyra to be captured by the Necromongers, which brings on the climactic assault of Riddick storming the . It is possibly a merc recruiting hotspot. They are the Holy Half-Dead, but then they meet a creature from the void itself. A killer himself and resident of several maximum-security facilities, he is often able to predict an individual's negative impulses before they act on them. Where the original Johns was an amoral opportunist, the elder Johns is a tough-as-nails mercenary with a code of honor and integrity. You dig up a doctor and you pay him twenty menthol Kools to do a surgical shine job on your eyeballs. He also mentions on board the Dark Athena that people he helps often end up dead. In addition to raw analytical power, Riddick is generally an astute judge of character, especially in the dark side of human nature. Her big break arrived when producers selected her to play "Kyra", the heroine in the 2004 futuristic fantasy vehicle The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), starring Vin Diesel. Riddick left Jack more than once, but when it really mattered, he stayed until the end. Riddick then flies back to Helion Prime using Toombs's spacecraft. Despite his Human origin in Pitch Black, in subsequent sequels his race was changed to Furyan, a warrior race of adapted humans obliterated by a military campaign that left his home planet of Furya desolate and is one of the last of his kind. Although the criminals are frozen, they are alive and conscious. Boss Johns is the father of the original Johns character from Pitch Black, though the two aren't exactly alike. : He started to feel empathy and love from the people who cared about him (Kyra, Imam). Not only is she a member of the Elementals, but she possesses a deep link to the currents of the galaxy that ebb and flow, including time itself. Richard B. Riddick : Then you gotta get sent to a slam. [3], After it was established that Riddick didn't kill Zeke, and with the stress of deadly predators added to the trauma of the crash (along with whatever drove her from her home on Taurus 1), Jack quickly became obsessed with Riddick's strength and survival instincts. He thinks hed see it coming. Having no cash, Riddick offers down payment of a pack of Kool cigarettes which he earlier took from a guard. tip: "uchiha sasuke/uzumaki naruto" angst kudos>10, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings (109), Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) (26), Richard B. Riddick/Original Female Character (26), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence (18), Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Richard B. Riddick/Original Female Character, Richard B. Riddick/Dame Vaako/Vaako (Riddick), Oliver Banks/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Jack | Kyra & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Vaako (Riddick) & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Eldritch Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Canon-Typical The End Content (The Magnus Archives), Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Richard B. Riddick/Khan Noonien Singh | John Harrison, Richard B. Riddick/Vaako/Original Female Character(s), Vaako (Riddick)/Original Female Character(s), The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin, Not quite a songfic but some lines might be familiar, Refers to past sexual encounters but no details, Original Male Character/Original Male Character, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Riddick has some growth to do before we get there. She believes Riddick has perished on the surface of Crematoria. Sorry, Dahl. Vin Diesel reprises his role as Richard B. Riddick and acts as producer, alongside Thandiwe Newton (credited as Thandie), Karl Urban, Alexa Davalos, Colm Feore, and Keith David. Faced with several creatures far more powerful than himself, or any human for that matter, he has shown himself to be capable of evading, killing, or even taming them. Unsurprisingly, in a world of murderers and mercenaries, there are some truly powerful characters in the franchise. However, Riddick's most famous weapons are surely a pair of Ulak blades that he is seen using during his escape from Crematoria in The Chronicles of Riddick. This, combined with the "shine job" on his eyes that allowed him to see in the dark makes him a capable and frightening opponent. Jack decided to follow Riddick. Why didn't I think of that? Alexa starred as Kyra in The Chronicles of Riddick. After Riddick runs into Toombs again On New Mecca. In general, Riddick possesses an abnormally high threshold of pain and psychologically channels what pain he does feel into anger. A podfic recording of Tarlan's "Concubines". When her deception is discovered, she stops pitching her voice lower. However, Universal passed it up for a new draft from the first film's director and writer, David Twohy.[4]. Kyra eventually became a criminal, convicted of four counts of manslaughter and three of first degree murder. Perhaps even greater was his ability to resist the Lord Marshall's attempt to steal his soul. Kyra Filming & Production Kyra was small-framed but very lithe and well-toned. Derek started writing about video games at age 14 and went on to write for GamePro Magazine and several other prominent outlets. Initially, Riddick is reluctant to become involved in the struggle between the Necromongers and the world they seek to conquer. When she finally met such a person in the form of Riddick she became a one-person cult of personality, imitating Riddick to the best of her ability. Riddick was born on Furya. If Riddick was forced to play Lord Marshal to a group of undead freaks, then fuck it. Her disillusionment with the criminal lifestyle was completed when she found out that the operation Riddick had purportedly undergone to get his eyeshine didnt exist. NEXT:Aliens - 10 Things That Make No Sense About The 1986 Sci-Fi Classic. Riddick is hunted and need to find a hideout off the grid for the night. I'd take my wounded and go. He commanded the fearsome Necromongers in their galactic-wide campaign towards transcendence, and laid waste to countless worlds in the process. Death by tea cup. See also Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs Its production budget was reported to have been between $105 million[1] and $120 million[2] (not including marketing and distribution costs). Technical Specs, [sneaks up behind Riddick and points a blade at his back]. Lord Marshal orders Riddick's death, but Riddick escapes only to be recaptured by Toombs. Referring to Riddick as "darkeye", they have had the same operation to see in the dark bowels of the Ursa Luna prison where the guards do not tend to go. Kyra still gasped, holding her chest, internal injuries slowly healing. Directed and written by David Twohy. Although the criminals are frozen, they are still alive and conscious. . Only there wasn't a doctor here who could shine my eyes, not even for 20 menthol Kools. , . Dame Vaako and her husband determine Lord Marshal wants Riddick dead, as he may be the child of said prophecy. "[11] Ann Hornaday of Washington Post gave the film a negative review and stated that "The Chronicles of Riddick doesn't hark back merely to the classic horror or science fiction canon but to nearly every single cinematic genre in the book, from westerns to film noir to sword-and-sandal epics. var pfHeaderImgUrl = '';var pfHeaderTagline = '';var pfdisableClickToDel = 0;var pfHideImages = 0;var pfImageDisplayStyle = 'block';var pfDisablePDF = 0;var pfDisableEmail = 0;var pfDisablePrint = 0;var pfCustomCSS = '';var pfEncodeImages = 0;var pfShowHiddenContent = 0;var pfBtVersion='2';(function(){var js,pf;pf=document.createElement('script');pf.type='text/javascript';pf.src='//cdn.printfriendly.com/printfriendly.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(pf)})(); Jack B. Badd (later Kyra) is a recurrent character in the Riddick science-fiction movies. [3], When they finally get to the escape ship, the only survivors are Riddick, Abu al-Walid, and Jack. Riddick elects to have no anesthetic, despite the procedure involving cutting the cornea and drilling through the eye to inject a reflective substance behind the retina. How do I get eyes like that? The problem with being a Reader is you tend to get swept up in other people's emotions. Richard B. Riddick But we will talk. 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. 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He had yet to see Riddick take interest in any of the concubines that graced his bed. "[17] BBC gave the film 2 out of 5 and praised Diesel's "imposing screen presence", but criticized its "risible dialogue[s]". Kyra Too bad he and River don't actually like each other.Riddick is looking for a ship that can be discreet. After his plan to kill the original Marshal failed in The Chronicles Of Riddick, he found himself under the authority of Riddick, who "kept what he killed.". On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It was never enough, and Vaako kept hoping multiple assassination plots against Riddick would one day work. He hasn't seen her since they were separated when New Mecca fell to the Necromongers. The Riddick franchise includes three movies that follow an antihero named Riddick and his adventures across the universe. 7:11 5.6M views 1 year ago 1:46:26. Language: English Words: 908 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 2 Kudos: 56 Bookmarks: 4 Hits: 1554 They reach the hangar, but Vaako and his soldiers have arrived on the planet. [3] Shortly after they escaped M6-117, they are captured by a Mercenary ship commanded by Antonia Chillingsworth. : 22 Feb 2023 12:12:41 It grossed $57 million in North America, and its total worldwide gross stands between $107 million[2] and $115 million. Official Sites 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. In terms of sheer power, Riddick had few equals. She now has much longer brown hair had matured into a beautiful, athletic woman. Riddick/Kyra- Always 18,147 views Apr 25, 2011 201 Dislike Share elwiniowhit 992 subscribers I thought this song fit their relationship so well. Alyna Leone has always been a little wild, relying on her heightened senses, reflexes and natural instincts to survive. Kyra The younger Johns was the main antagonist of Pitch Black. Riddick is taken to Crematoria, a harsh subterranean prison moon, where Jack, the girl Riddick also rescued, is being held. The natural curls framed her face in a wild mess. Because of her IMO Riddick's life changed after the events of pitch black and dark fury. Kyra and Riddick ended up as a team once more, but with Kyra expressing heranger for Riddick abandoning her. A match made in literal hell. This is set in the younger days of riddick, before pitch black. Please consider turning it on! She mentions that she joined the mercenaries on the planet Lupus 5, which appears to be barren and over-industrialized and contains a well-developed space transportation industry. She blames him for leaving her and Abu al-Walid in New Mecca. 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). Sci-fi audiences were introduced to a new kind of anti-hero with the breakout hit Pitch Black, starring Fast & The FuriousleadVin Diesel. After Riddick kills The Lord Marshall he turns to the mortally wounded Kyra. Their pack just may be strong enough to weather the oncoming storms, if they trust each other. Kyra Eight years later, Riddick has returned from the Underverse and is searching for Jack. She had a 700,000 UD bounty and was caught after leaving the Helion System for the Proxima System. At first, Diaz appeared to be nothing more than a strongman for Santana's merc outfit, but he didn't stay that way. Riddick soonrealizes that Jack is actually a female and she has begun her menstrual cycle, giving the Bioraptors a blood scent by which to track them. In later life, Riddick repressed his memories of Furya, including those of the massacre. I was. Vaako and the surviving Necromongers make their escape, taking Kyra with them. Feeling betrayed and abandoned, Jack made as complete a break from her past as she could under the circumstances, changing her name to Kyra. She might have fallen in with groups like Ras al Ghuls cult of assassins and ended up either in prison or on the run from the law. If I kill them first, not really. Riddick: Exactly., Kyra: Where can I get eyes like that? His ability to cope with pain, stress and situational panic is most likely the main reason behind his success, which combined with his sharp intelligence gives Riddick the ability to escape from any situation. Company Credits Riddick Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Johns lived through the events of Pitch Black, and has caught up to Riddick again two and a half years later. The guards kill the bounty hunters except for Toombs, take the reward money, and prepare to leave before the Necromongers arrive. To his horror, she had undergone the Necromonger conversion process and was now loyal to them. [citation needed]. Riddick responds: "Tell 'em Riddick's dead. Therefore, while Riddick and Kyra, who is an antiheroine of sorts, always make the right choice when confronted with a dilemma, you have no understanding of why they chose that course over another. When mercs come hunting for Riddick, Jack learns she's been contracted to marry Riddick without her knowledge or consent. 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. Kyra directed all of her anger over the bad things that had happened to her upon Riddick. RELATED:10 Classic 50s Sci-Fi Movies That Still Appeal To A Modern Audience. Riddick: You gotta kill a few people. This gives her a form of clairvoyance based largely on probabilities, statistics, and first-hand knowledge. Enneagram: 9w8 sp/sx. Occupation Did that. When they're reunited on Crematoria she tells Riddick briefly about what has happened to her during the five years since they last spoke. RELATED:10 Dramatic Sci-Fi Movies To Watch If You Love Melancholia. During that time she befriends the criminal Richard B. Riddick, coming to admire him. Only there wasn't a doctor here who could shine my eyes, not even for 20 menthol Kools. Keep moving! [6] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. The ship's owner, Antonia Chillingsworth, collects criminals, whom she freezes and keeps as statues that are, in her view, art.