Product Description
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Journey to a remote, hostile planet with a group of marooned
passengers who learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only
thing they have to fear in Pitch Black. Then, see him battle
ruthless soldiers of fortune and vicious creatures in renowned
animator Peter Chung's The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury. And
finally, Riddick finds himself humanity's unlikely champion in
the special effects-fueled The Chronicles of Riddick. Join
Riddick in three times the action, three times the adrenaline and
three times the adventure as the Riddick Trilogy makes complete
one of the greatest sci-fi epics of all time!
Bonus Content:
Disc 1 - Pitch Black:
* The Johns Chase Log
* Feature Commentary with Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser and Director
David Twohy
* Feature Commentary with Director David Twohy, Producer Tom
Engleman and Visual Effects Supervisor Peter Chiang
* The Making of Pitch Black
* Dark Fury: Advancing the Arc
* The Chronicles of Riddick Visual Encyclopedia
* A View Into the Dark
* Deleted Scenes
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Disc 1 - The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury:
* From Pitch Black to The Chronicles of Riddick: Bridging the
Gap
* Peter Chung - The Mind of an Animator
* Into the Light
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Disc 2 - The Chronicles of Riddick:
* Deleted Scenes
* Virtual Guide to The Chronicles of Riddick
* Toomb's Chase Log
* Riddick Insider
* Visual Effects Revealed
* Vin Diesel's Guided Tour
* Interactive 360° View of the Sets
* Audio Commentary with Writer/Director David Twohy and Actors
Karl Urban & Alex Davalos
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Pitch Black
Owing a major debt to Alien and its cinematic spawn, Pitch Black
is a guilty pleasure that surpasses expectations. As he did with
The Arrival, director David Twohy revitalizes a derivative story,
allowing you to forgive its flaws and submit to its visceral
thrills. Under casual scrutiny, the plot's logic crumbles like a
stale cookie, but it's definitely fun while it lasts.
A spaceship ces on a desert planet scorched under three
suns. The mostly doomed survivors include a resourceful captain
(Radha Mitchell), a drug-addled cop (Cole Hauser), and a deadly
prisoner (Vin Diesel) who quickly escapes. These clashing
personalities discover that the planet is plunging into the
darkness of an extended eclipse, and it's populated by hordes of
ravenous, razor-fanged beasties that only come out at night. The
body count rises, and Pitch Black settles into familiar sci-fi
territory.
What sets the movie apart is Twohy's developing visual style,
suggesting that this veteran of B-movie schlock may advance to
the big leagues. Like the makers of The Blair Witch Project,
Twohy understands the frightening power of suggestion; his hungry
monsters are better heard than seen (although once seen, they're
chillingly effective), and Pitch Black gets full value from
moments of genuine panic. Best of all, Twohy's got a well-matched
cast, with Mitchell (so memorable with Ally Sheedy in High Art)
and Diesel (Pvt. Caparzo from Saving Private Ryan) being the
standouts. The latter makes the most of his muscle-man role, and
his character's development is one more reason this movie works
better than it should. --Jeff Shannon
Dark Fury - The Chronicles of Riddick (Animated)
Taking a page from The Animatrix, Dark Fury is part of a new
trend of bridging theatrical sequels. As an official product of a
franchise, the 35-minute anime benefits from having the original
actors voice the characters, including Vin Diesel as Riddick.
This story opens with the new action hero and the two other
survivors of Pitch Black already caught by a giant spaceship
filled with dread. The sinewy leader has a unique--and
creepy--jail for master villains and she has her s set on
Riddick. The film--indeed the series--is indebted to animator
Peter Chung, who brings his techno style from his Aeon Flux
series. His smooth animation for Riddick doesn't reinvent the
character as much as give him a new, appealing fluidity. As anime
goes, there's nothing really new here--plenty of action, cool
killers, and dramatic spurts of blood--but it's a building block
for how this genre might enliven movie series and sequels in the
future. --Doug Thomas