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[The Universal logo on a black screen.]
[A spaceship approaches Helion Prime, a leading economic power planet on the Helion System. Aereon is an envoy of the Elemental race, who arranged for Riddick to be brought to Helion. Riddick is a wanted fugitive believed to be a Furyan, a race of warriors long thought extinct from the planet Furya.] Aereon: They are a plague that now sweeps through the worlds of man...
[Thunder rumbles. A silhouette of Riddick in the dark.] Aereon: ...leaving behind a trail of dead planets and towering icons...
[A captive Aereon is being taken before Lord Marshal, the Necromongers' leader. The Necromongers are a religious empire who intend to convert or kill all who oppose them.] Aereon: ...monuments to their unholy crusade.
[Fully-armed Necromongers in the UnderVerse, their promised land.] Lord Marshal: All those poets, on all those worlds, who spoke of war as such an unsightly thing, they never stood here.
[A warrior helmet reveals Lord Marshal face.]
[In the UnderVerse, Dame Vaako, Commander Vaako's wife, walks beside Lord Marshal. Vaako is a loyal Necromonger Commander.] Dame Vaako: Never fails to inspire, does it, each time a world falls?
[The Necromonger army kneels before Lord Marshal.] Aereon: The Necromongers, a dark army, that will convert or kill every last human life.
[Several spaceships take off.] Aereon: Unless they can be stopped.
[Shots in quick succession of Riddick, armed and fighting.] Aereon: But sometimes, the only way to stop evil is not with good. You must confront it with... another kind of evil.
[A close up on Riddick, who manages to escape to the top of Crematoria, a scorching subterranean prison moon.]
[In Crematoria, The Guv talks to Riddick. He is a leader among the prisoners on Crematoria.] The Guv: Who the hell are you?
[Riddick running through open fire, as he escapes Crematoria. Toombs, a bounty hunter pursuing Riddick.] Toombs: Riddick!
[Riddick, The Guv, another male prisoner and Kyra escape through the hot soil of Crematoria. Kyra, previously known as Jack, is a young woman Riddick had rescued five years before. She was since sold into slavery and then sent to prison for murder.] Lord Marshal: Where does he come from? Who are his people? These are the things I need to know.
[Close up on Commander Vaako, then of Riddick talking to Imam in the city of New Mecca in Helion Prime. Imam was also rescued by Riddick five years prior.] Imam: Do you remember your homeworld?
[Images of Furya, then of Riddick back in New Mecca.] Leader: Have you met any others? Aereon: Others like yourself?
[Riddick fighting off enemies.] Riddick: It's not my fight.
[Aereon talks to Riddick.] Aereon: Consider it a test.
[Back in UnderVerse.] Lord Marshal: Convert now, or fall forever.
[Shots in quick succession of crumbling monuments. Back in New Mecca, Ziza, Imam's daughter, addresses Riddick.] Ziza: Are you gonna stop the monsters now? Riddick: I am the monster.
[Shots in quick succession of a planet overheating, spaceships fighting each other, and Riddick in the pilot seat of a spaceship.]
Lord Marshal: Get Riddick.
[In Crematoria, hellhounds are released. They are genetically engineered animals, bred for speed and strength, released for security purposes.] Prisoner: Here they come!
Aereon: He's beginning to understand. Riddick: Are you with me?
[Shots in quick succession of Riddick escaping with Kyra.]
[A caption reads, ""This Summer"". Exploding spaceships and Riddick sprinting as he's attacked by a firing army.]
[A caption reads, ""All the power"". Close up on Riddick.]
Dame Vaako: Who is this man?
[A cation reads, ""In the universe"".] Lord Marshal: He sees everything.
[A caption reads, ""Cannot stop destiny"".]
[Shots in quick succession of a spaceship crashing, and of Riddick and Lord Marshal.] Lord Marshal: You are not the one to bring me down.
[Shots in quick succession of fighting, an army, spaceships and Lord Marshal.]
[Riddick in a dark candle lit room in New Mecca. He puts the candles out.] Riddick: You're not afraid of the dark, are you?
[A caption reads, ""The Chronicles of Riddick"". Film credits appear on screen, followed by a caption that reads, ""Coming soon"".]
Arrow Video
Following the sleeper success of their breakthrough sci-fi/horror smash Pitch Black, writer-director David Twohy and star Vin Diesel reunited for 2004's action-packed The Chronicles of Riddick, an expansive and ambitious sequel that took their eponymous antihero to the farthest reaches of the galaxy.
Riddick (Diesel) is an intergalactic fugitive whose dark past catches up with him when he is lured out of hiding by Imam (Keith David, The Thing), another survivor of the planet of horrors they barely escaped from five years earlier. Now out of the shadows, Riddick is identified by an ethereal emissary (Academy Award winner Dame Judi Dench) as the descendant of an ancient race of warriors who may be the universe's last hope against the Necromongers, an evil army of fanatics intent on bending the world to their will. As enemies close in on all sides, including the ruthless Lord Marshal (Colm Feore, Thor) and his scheming lieutenant Vaako (Karl Urban, The Boys), Riddick finds himself a reluctant saviour of the cosmos, with only his razor-sharp wits and cunning killer instinct standing in the way of total annihilation.
At long last, Twohy and Diesel's hard-hitting outer-space epic has been restored in glorious 4K, with hours of incisive bonus features exploring every detail of this densely-constructed and masterfully-executed mythology.
Product Features
4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 4K restorations by Arrow Films of the Theatrical and Director's Cuts of the film, approved by David Twohy
- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio on both cuts, plus remixed Dolby Atmos for the Theatrical Cut
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on both cuts
- Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford
- Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Walter Chaw, original production notes and the "Chronicles Compendium", an overview of the characters and planets featured in the film
DISC ONE
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Theatrical Cut from the original negative
- Ambition on Another Scale: Chronicling a Blockbuster Sequel, a brand-new feature-length documentary on the film, featuring interviews with interviews with writer-director David Twohy, actors Keith David and Linus Roache, storyboard artist Brian Murray, concept artist Matt Codd, miniature effects artist Ian Hunter and digital matte artist Dylan Cole
- Realizing Riddick, a new interview with Twohy on the creation of the character
- Back to Black, a new interview with Murray on his continuing work within the Riddick saga
- Chronicles of a Cult Film Celebrity, a new interview with David on the role of Imam
- Theatrical trailers
DISC TWO
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Director's Cut
- Archive audio commentary by David Twohy and Vin Diesel
- Archive audio commentary by Twohy and co-stars Karl Urban and Alexa Davelos
- Archive introduction by Twohy
- Creation of New Mecca, an archive featurette focusing on the world and characters of Helion Prime
- Riddick Rises, an archive featurette focusing on the prison planet of Crematoria
- Keep What You Kill, an archive featurette focusing on the world of the Necromongers
- Visual Effects Revealed, an archive featurette focusing on the VFX
- Interactive Production Calendar, a series of short, candid videos filmed throughout shooting
- Production Vignettes, a series of short behind-the-scenes segments
- Three deleted scenes
- Virtual Guide to the Chronicles of Riddick, a series of short animated segments explaining the world of the film
- Toombs' Chase Log, a short film narrated by Nick Chinlund in character
- A guided tour of the set by Vin Diesel, along with 360-degree panoramic views of eight sets from the film
- On-set interviews with Twohy, Diesel, Dench, Urban, Colm Feore, Alexa Davelos, Thandie Newton and producer Scott Kroopf
- Promotional interviews with Twohy, Diesel, Newton, Urban, Davelos and Feore
- Easter egg
DISC THREE (LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE)
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Theatrical Cut in the alternate 1.78:1 aspect ratio
- Escape from Butcher Bay, a compilation of cutscenes from the acclaimed tie-in video game
- The Lowdown, a television special produced to promote the film's original release
- 119 / 134 Mins Approx
- David Twohy
- 15
- Vin Diesel
- Thandiwe Newton
- Judi Dench
- Karl Urban
- English SDH
- 2.40:1 / 1.78:1
- 2004
- English
- 3
- Free
- Arrow Video
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[The Universal logo on a black screen.]
[A spaceship approaches Helion Prime, a leading economic power planet on the Helion System. Aereon is an envoy of the Elemental race, who arranged for Riddick to be brought to Helion. Riddick is a wanted fugitive believed to be a Furyan, a race of warriors long thought extinct from the planet Furya.] Aereon: They are a plague that now sweeps through the worlds of man...
[Thunder rumbles. A silhouette of Riddick in the dark.] Aereon: ...leaving behind a trail of dead planets and towering icons...
[A captive Aereon is being taken before Lord Marshal, the Necromongers' leader. The Necromongers are a religious empire who intend to convert or kill all who oppose them.] Aereon: ...monuments to their unholy crusade.
[Fully-armed Necromongers in the UnderVerse, their promised land.] Lord Marshal: All those poets, on all those worlds, who spoke of war as such an unsightly thing, they never stood here.
[A warrior helmet reveals Lord Marshal face.]
[In the UnderVerse, Dame Vaako, Commander Vaako's wife, walks beside Lord Marshal. Vaako is a loyal Necromonger Commander.] Dame Vaako: Never fails to inspire, does it, each time a world falls?
[The Necromonger army kneels before Lord Marshal.] Aereon: The Necromongers, a dark army, that will convert or kill every last human life.
[Several spaceships take off.] Aereon: Unless they can be stopped.
[Shots in quick succession of Riddick, armed and fighting.] Aereon: But sometimes, the only way to stop evil is not with good. You must confront it with... another kind of evil.
[A close up on Riddick, who manages to escape to the top of Crematoria, a scorching subterranean prison moon.]
[In Crematoria, The Guv talks to Riddick. He is a leader among the prisoners on Crematoria.] The Guv: Who the hell are you?
[Riddick running through open fire, as he escapes Crematoria. Toombs, a bounty hunter pursuing Riddick.] Toombs: Riddick!
[Riddick, The Guv, another male prisoner and Kyra escape through the hot soil of Crematoria. Kyra, previously known as Jack, is a young woman Riddick had rescued five years before. She was since sold into slavery and then sent to prison for murder.] Lord Marshal: Where does he come from? Who are his people? These are the things I need to know.
[Close up on Commander Vaako, then of Riddick talking to Imam in the city of New Mecca in Helion Prime. Imam was also rescued by Riddick five years prior.] Imam: Do you remember your homeworld?
[Images of Furya, then of Riddick back in New Mecca.] Leader: Have you met any others? Aereon: Others like yourself?
[Riddick fighting off enemies.] Riddick: It's not my fight.
[Aereon talks to Riddick.] Aereon: Consider it a test.
[Back in UnderVerse.] Lord Marshal: Convert now, or fall forever.
[Shots in quick succession of crumbling monuments. Back in New Mecca, Ziza, Imam's daughter, addresses Riddick.] Ziza: Are you gonna stop the monsters now? Riddick: I am the monster.
[Shots in quick succession of a planet overheating, spaceships fighting each other, and Riddick in the pilot seat of a spaceship.]
Lord Marshal: Get Riddick.
[In Crematoria, hellhounds are released. They are genetically engineered animals, bred for speed and strength, released for security purposes.] Prisoner: Here they come!
Aereon: He's beginning to understand. Riddick: Are you with me?
[Shots in quick succession of Riddick escaping with Kyra.]
[A caption reads, ""This Summer"". Exploding spaceships and Riddick sprinting as he's attacked by a firing army.]
[A caption reads, ""All the power"". Close up on Riddick.]
Dame Vaako: Who is this man?
[A cation reads, ""In the universe"".] Lord Marshal: He sees everything.
[A caption reads, ""Cannot stop destiny"".]
[Shots in quick succession of a spaceship crashing, and of Riddick and Lord Marshal.] Lord Marshal: You are not the one to bring me down.
[Shots in quick succession of fighting, an army, spaceships and Lord Marshal.]
[Riddick in a dark candle lit room in New Mecca. He puts the candles out.] Riddick: You're not afraid of the dark, are you?
[A caption reads, ""The Chronicles of Riddick"". Film credits appear on screen, followed by a caption that reads, ""Coming soon"".]
Arrow Video
Following the sleeper success of their breakthrough sci-fi/horror smash Pitch Black, writer-director David Twohy and star Vin Diesel reunited for 2004's action-packed The Chronicles of Riddick, an expansive and ambitious sequel that took their eponymous antihero to the farthest reaches of the galaxy.
Riddick (Diesel) is an intergalactic fugitive whose dark past catches up with him when he is lured out of hiding by Imam (Keith David, The Thing), another survivor of the planet of horrors they barely escaped from five years earlier. Now out of the shadows, Riddick is identified by an ethereal emissary (Academy Award winner Dame Judi Dench) as the descendant of an ancient race of warriors who may be the universe's last hope against the Necromongers, an evil army of fanatics intent on bending the world to their will. As enemies close in on all sides, including the ruthless Lord Marshal (Colm Feore, Thor) and his scheming lieutenant Vaako (Karl Urban, The Boys), Riddick finds himself a reluctant saviour of the cosmos, with only his razor-sharp wits and cunning killer instinct standing in the way of total annihilation.
At long last, Twohy and Diesel's hard-hitting outer-space epic has been restored in glorious 4K, with hours of incisive bonus features exploring every detail of this densely-constructed and masterfully-executed mythology.
Product Features
4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 4K restorations by Arrow Films of the Theatrical and Director's Cuts of the film, approved by David Twohy
- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio on both cuts, plus remixed Dolby Atmos for the Theatrical Cut
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on both cuts
- Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford
- Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Walter Chaw, original production notes and the "Chronicles Compendium", an overview of the characters and planets featured in the film
DISC ONE
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Theatrical Cut from the original negative
- Ambition on Another Scale: Chronicling a Blockbuster Sequel, a brand-new feature-length documentary on the film, featuring interviews with interviews with writer-director David Twohy, actors Keith David and Linus Roache, storyboard artist Brian Murray, concept artist Matt Codd, miniature effects artist Ian Hunter and digital matte artist Dylan Cole
- Realizing Riddick, a new interview with Twohy on the creation of the character
- Back to Black, a new interview with Murray on his continuing work within the Riddick saga
- Chronicles of a Cult Film Celebrity, a new interview with David on the role of Imam
- Theatrical trailers
DISC TWO
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Director's Cut
- Archive audio commentary by David Twohy and Vin Diesel
- Archive audio commentary by Twohy and co-stars Karl Urban and Alexa Davelos
- Archive introduction by Twohy
- Creation of New Mecca, an archive featurette focusing on the world and characters of Helion Prime
- Riddick Rises, an archive featurette focusing on the prison planet of Crematoria
- Keep What You Kill, an archive featurette focusing on the world of the Necromongers
- Visual Effects Revealed, an archive featurette focusing on the VFX
- Interactive Production Calendar, a series of short, candid videos filmed throughout shooting
- Production Vignettes, a series of short behind-the-scenes segments
- Three deleted scenes
- Virtual Guide to the Chronicles of Riddick, a series of short animated segments explaining the world of the film
- Toombs' Chase Log, a short film narrated by Nick Chinlund in character
- A guided tour of the set by Vin Diesel, along with 360-degree panoramic views of eight sets from the film
- On-set interviews with Twohy, Diesel, Dench, Urban, Colm Feore, Alexa Davelos, Thandie Newton and producer Scott Kroopf
- Promotional interviews with Twohy, Diesel, Newton, Urban, Davelos and Feore
- Easter egg
DISC THREE (LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE)
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Theatrical Cut in the alternate 1.78:1 aspect ratio
- Escape from Butcher Bay, a compilation of cutscenes from the acclaimed tie-in video game
- The Lowdown, a television special produced to promote the film's original release
- 119 / 134 Mins Approx
- David Twohy
- 15
- Vin Diesel
- Thandiwe Newton
- Judi Dench
- Karl Urban
- English SDH
- 2.40:1 / 1.78:1
- 2004
- English
- 3
- Free
- Arrow Video
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One of the more interesting 4k transfers
I‘ve seen a lot of Arrow‘s 4k releases at this point, and this one is certainly one of the most interesting ones so far. First off the easy stuff: The audio is flawless, a significant improvement over any previous release (and trust me, I‘ve seen several), with both better spatial localisation and general quality. Atmos does the action wonders and embeds the worlds flawlessly. Nothing that was bad about this movie, like the lighting repeatedly betraying the theatre stage sets or the divisive writing and lore, got worse. In some movies, a higher resolution emphasises on some previously harder to see flawed details, especially janky CGI; while the CG in this movie is indeed janky, it‘s not _more_ jankie than it already was. Most things that are good about the movie, about which people may disagree, but in my case is the character dynamics, the right amount of sci-fi fantasy & drama so that I care about what‘s happening (especially in the Director‘s Cut), some cool ideas and well choreographed action, get a slight, some a strong improvement. The action hits a little harder with extra details of violence, the settings feel more authentic and fantastical because they‘re practical which almost always ages well in higher resolutions, and the added detail and more lifelike colours improves every dramatic character moment. But I think the strongest achievement about this transfer is that it elevates everything else, everything that wasn‘t already good or bad, into high fidelity. The visuals have always been fine - David Twohy knows how to handle a limited budget with practical sets and colour grading - but now they stand out as beautiful and striking. The colour grading is even stronger because it‘s more nuanced (stronger in impact( not in severity), and as already pointed out, the practical effects and sets look great as they almost always do in 4k restorations. The sound falls under this category too; it was always fine, but stands out as great here. The special material is extensive; way beyond what I‘ll ever look at, but most importantly, this release features every version of this movie out there: The Theatrical Cut, the Director‘s Cut, and the Open Matte (16:9) version. The latter I had never seen before and find particularly curious, because I usually much prefer 16:9 for movies aspect ratios, but for Riddick, in some scenes I almost feel like the 21:9 version works better. This is not the case for most scenes though, and the added details above and below the previously only visible parts of the screen immerse just a little more, and are even nicer to look at. Unfortunately, the Open Matte version is only available for the Theatrical Cut, and since I much prefer the Director‘s Cut, that‘s what I‘ll probably be watching most of the time on future rewatches. What I find peculiar, and this is the reason why I say that this is one of the more interesting 4k releases, is that the visual quality and colour grading sometimes differ greatly from one scene to the next, sometimes even from one shot to the next (usually during Director‘s-Cut-exclusive shots). Aereon‘s face is much darker in some shots than in others during her first conversstion with Riddick, and during the shelter purification ceremony scene with the Helios civilians, the quality suddenly looks like as if from as low as a DVD transfer. This only lasts for a minute or two and never repeats like this, but it stands out and makes me wonder if the source material for this sequence specifically was actually lost - I‘d love some information on this, just for clarity! The packaging is nice, not Arrow‘s best, but the artwork is good and amarays are the default for a reason. Unfortunately, my booklet was a tiny bit damaged upon arrival, probably because it‘s so thick that, in combination with the advertisement card, it got pushed into the inlay disc holder. I don‘t assume this to be the case for every purchase and even if it originally was, they now know and will probably do better (and the booklet really is the least important part of the whole product, in my opinion). All in all, this release is the best way this movie can be watched, which it deserves to be. I recommend both the movie and this release highly, with the caviat that both aren’t perfect, but as far as I can tell, there probably isn‘t much more to get from the existing source material (especially if the reason for the sometimes lower quality shots is missing source material). I‘ll be proven wrong if a future, other 4k release does better, but until then, this is it.Â
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