Only there wasn't a doctor here who could shine my eyes, not even for 20 menthol Kools. Skills: A beast. Kyra eventually became a criminal, convicted of four counts of manslaughter and three of first degree murder. In the film, and in all subsequent appearances the character has been portrayed by Vin Diesel. : She blames him for leaving her and Abu al-Walid in New Mecca. These are the ten toughest of the bunch, ranked by their power quotient. 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. [sneaks up behind Riddick and points a blade at his back] As she searched an underground cave for Zeke's remains she discovered that it was not Riddick who killed him, but creatures indigenous to the planet. To his horror, she had undergone the Necromonger conversion process and was now loyal to them. All of the guards and prisoners are killed, and Riddick is incapacitated by Vaako. 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). Having spent a long time in a max security prison, Kyra taught herself the killing arts necessary to overcome her smaller size so that she could overwhelm enemies with unorthodox attacks. He is also able to quickly judge the quality of, and find even seemingly minor flaws in most weaponry, down to very specific details. She may lack the physical prowess necessary to tackle some of the more vicious melee fighters out there, such as Riddick or Diaz, but she makes up for it with grit. Her death reduces Riddick, who very rarely shows any emotion besides contempt, to tears.[2]. Richard B. Riddick : [to Aereon] The blade comes off when the bounty comes off. Alexa Davalos | Riddick Wiki | Fandom The trip was interrupted when the Hunter-Gratzner crashed on a planet in the M-344/G system. Kyra still gasped, holding her chest, internal injuries slowly healing. The guards reach the hangar, just as the prisoners arrive to find the Necromongers have cornered them there. In truth, he was an opportunist who was willing to use innocents as bait for the dangerous Bioraptors living on the planet M6-117 (commonly referred to as Planet Number Two). Riddick is hunted and need to find a hideout off the grid for the night. When she saves Riddick, her eyes return to their normal state. It was how most people described him. Should I go for the sweet spot? "[3], Shortly after escaping the planet, Riddick, Jack, and Abu al-Walid are picked up by the mercenary ship Kublai Khan, captained by Antonia Chillingsworth, a collector of criminals, whom she freezes and keeps as "art" statues. When Kyra went under the alias "Jack", she was originally thought to be a twelve year old boy. The younger Johns was the main antagonist of Pitch Black. He followed the Necromongers back to their current staging area on Helion Prime. Providing her name as "Jack" while impersonating a male to be "hassled less", she grows closer to a few survivors, including the bushwhacker Shazza, a young Muslim teen named Ali, and the the ship's first officer (now Captain), Carolyn Fry. : this video has bright colors and flashes. Kyra. Riddick fights the Lord Marshal in front of his army, who keeps the upper hand with his supernatural powers. Can these lost souls help each other or will it tear their hearts out? Richard B. Riddick: I bow to no man. 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. A new animal., When I said I didnt care if I lived or died, you knew I was kidding, right?. 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 praises Johns for being a better man than his son. Richard B. Riddick : [to Aereon] Sister, they don't know what to do with just one of me. The Necromongers have long worshipped the Lord Marshals for their connection to the Underverse. 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. He's a tough nut to crack, and he leads one of the best merc teams in the galaxy, but he's also a calculated thinker. 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. Kyra and Riddick ended up as a team once more, but with Kyra expressing heranger for Riddick abandoning her. 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. Light amplification surgery, somewhat similar in effect to Riddick's eyeshine, has been patented in real life.[2][3]. It grossed $115.8 million worldwide making it a financial disappointment despite being the highest grossing Riddick film in the franchise. 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. Though Riddick was a strong fighter, Johns was definitely just as capable of holding his own, proving himself as a powerful merc. Riddick, Jack, and Imam must fight their way through the army of human and alien creatures at her disposal or they will meet a fate crueler than death. 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). Imam believes Riddick is a Furyan, a member of a race of warriors long thought extinct, and wants to know about his homeworld and if anyone other than himself is left. Riddick managed to escape the prison with Kyra and even began to rebuild their relationship, but this was interrupted when the Necromongers intercepted them. Behind the scenes Richard B. Riddick first appeared in Pitch Black: Slam City, a Shockwave prequel comic on the official Pitch Black website, one month before the release of the movie. But we will talk. The guards kill the bounty hunters except for Toombs, take the reward money, and prepare to leave before the Necromongers arrive. Death by tea cup. : He became her role model. When Riddick attacks, the Lord Marshal presents Kyra, who appears to have been converted. She likes to hide a razor in her mouth which she uses to cut Riddick on his left cheek (dubbed, the Kyra Kiss). It was how most people described him. In Jim and Ken Wheat's original script for Pitch Black, the Riddick character was a woman named Taras Krieg. Despite finding himself in situations where the odds of survival and/or escape would seem insurmountable, Riddick always pushes forward and never gives up. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. 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. : Jack: Okay, I can do it. She traveled to Lupus 5 and signed up with a group of mercs. When an opportunity for Riddick, Kyra, and some of the inmates presents itself for an escape, they decide to try and reach a hanger with a ship by traveling on the surface, surviving by keeping pace within the temperate zone created between the scorching heat and freezing cold of Crematoria's daily cycles. | [1], On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 29% based on reviews from 167 critics and an average score of 4.60/10. Her long mane of wavy hair added to her feral demeanor. When the ship crashed on M6-117 the survivors found her in the wreckage. It grossed $57 million in North America, and its total worldwide gross stands between $107 million[2] and $115 million. In general, Riddick possesses an abnormally high threshold of pain and psychologically channels what pain he does feel into anger. : The Emperor has returned.A new Lord Marshal emerges from the Threshold.Fallen Empires will rise again. She still seems to be obsessed with Riddick and to warped degree appears to harbor romantic feelings for him. : 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). tip: "uchiha sasuke/uzumaki naruto" angst kudos>10, A man. Captured by the mercenaries, the trio of survivors discover that their captors have unusual plans for Riddick. She demonstrates these powers through the art of calculations. Was there *anything* you said that was true?, Jack is dead. He started to feel empathy and love from the people who cared about him (Kyra, Imam). Riddick: You gotta kill a few people. After Riddick runs into Toombs again On New Mecca. [Screams] The cost quoted to Riddick is 1000 creds. The surgery made his eyes more sensitive to normal light, requiring him to wear welding goggles to protect them (although he has also been shown without the goggles in a regularly illuminated room). The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) - Plot Summary - IMDb [3], Fry's conversation with Riddick compels Fry to seek evidence about the truth of Zeke's death. Technical Specs, [sneaks up behind Riddick and points a blade at his back]. Riddick was beaten down and about to receive the Lord Marshals deathblow when Kyra broke her conditioning long enough to stab the Lord Marshal in the back. They are the Holy Half-Dead, but then they meet a creature from the void itself. Rated Teen for Language. It is during this time that a seventeen year old Jack takes on the name "Kyra". Riddick: Exactly., Kyra: Where can I get eyes like that? I'm not going to hurt you. He died somewhere on that planet. Riddick: Then you gotta get sent to a slam It was there that Jack met Riddick, an infamous outlaw. The death cultists had come looking for Riddick and caught up with him as he was trying to leave the planet. 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. I'll let you go in a minute, and if you behave, it will stay that way. 22 Feb 2023 12:12:41 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. He entered their flagship and found Kyra. Riddick was a hunted man and decided to leave Jack behind so that she wouldnt become a collateral casualty of the on-going attempts to capture him. Riddick: You gotta kill a few people. 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. Riddick was still alive. [22] On April 7, 2009, a remake of the video game was included with the release of the game sequel The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. However, as the chaos began to erupt, audiences soon learned that Johns was not who they thought he was. Riddick/Kyra- Always 18,147 views Apr 25, 2011 201 Dislike Share elwiniowhit 992 subscribers I thought this song fit their relationship so well. Johns lived through the events of Pitch Black, and has caught up to Riddick again two and a half years later. He commanded the fearsome Necromongers in their galactic-wide campaign towards transcendence, and laid waste to countless worlds in the process. One of few survivors, she finds herself drawn to the strange convict Riddick, his merc captor, and the scared girl masquerading as a boy.Tossed together by fate they form a bond strong enough to tie them together across the 'verse. Keep moving! | : In Pitch Black, she had cropped cut hair, a slightly deeper voice, and wore male clothing to add to this ruse. Riddick & Kyra - The Gift 50,401 views Nov 15, 2007 195 Dislike Share Save cherrylane79 1.97K subscribers TCOR, Riddick & Kyra and their relationship. 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. It was she who came up with the prophecy of the Furyan warrior that would dethrone the Lord Marshal, which turned out to be Riddick. Please consider turning it on! 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. Riddick was born on Furya. To her Riddick is the ultimate "masterpiece" for her collection. Kyra The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) - Works | Archive of Our Own 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. She was his angel, his light in his endless dark life. : You gotta kill a few people. If not ', Come now, husband, Dame Vaako chides, we must observe the niceties. What a gusher. It was never enough, and Vaako kept hoping multiple assassination plots against Riddick would one day work. "[14] Ty Burr of Boston Globe gave the film 2 out of 4 and called it "a hodgepodge of Lord of the Rings, Starship Troopers, and the more recent Star Wars films. He appears in the game during a random special encounter, aptly titled Pitch Black. The Lord Marshal sends Commander Vaako to hunt Riddick down. And Jayne really loves a good bar fight. Meanwhile, Vaako reports Riddick dead and is promoted to a higher rank by the Lord Marshal. Jack: Where the hell can I get eyes like that? When her deception is discovered, she stops pitching her voice lower. She had dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. Let's play. Was there anything you said that was true? [citation needed]. In the prison hierarchy, Kyra appears to be extremely independent. Despite his harsh upbringing and violent attitude, Riddick has been shown to have a certain knack for deduction, rapidly deducing what had happened to the original inhabitants of the mining base where he and the other crash survivors had been staying, as well as finding the creature's blind spot in Pitch Black and swiftly deducing what had caused the firefight between the Warden's and Toombs' men in The Chronicles of Riddick. Actor Vin Diesel has played the title role in all of the Riddick-based films and video games thus far. Initially, Riddick is reluctant to become involved in the struggle between the Necromongers and the world they seek to conquer. Still, the two reached the beginning of an unspoken reconciliation as they worked together to escape Crematoria. [7], Slant Magazine gave the film 1.5 out of 4 and stated, "Eschewing the claustrophobic minimalism of its predecessor Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick is an extravagant orgy of used sci-fi parts. analysis - What was the point of the interplay between Richard Riddick The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction action film written and directed by David Twohy. The Ultimate Riddick Trilogy Quiz! | Zoo Chronicles of Riddick: LOST Chapter 1, a pitch black / riddick fanfic 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. Because of her IMO Riddick's life changed after the events of pitch black and dark fury. Filming & Production The next day, the Necromonger high priest called "The Purifier" coerces the populace into converting, except for Riddick, who kills the man who killed Imam. His guile is outmatched only by his overconfidence. A podfic recording of Tarlan's "Concubines". Dame Vaako and her husband determine Lord Marshal wants Riddick dead, as he may be the child of said prophecy. How do I get eyes like that? He now brings his veteran pop culture XP to ScreenRant. Dahl is far from a pushover. Vaako has wanted her since he first saw her all those years ago when he was a new convert but he also wants to stay by Riddick's side as his loyal First Commander. 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. Vaako slices a look at his wife, then swiftly returns his gaze to Riddick. "[15] Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 out of 4 and called it "an exercise in computer-generated effects. UI designer : Jaetheme.com. Jack decided to follow Riddick. None are to be underestimated. Davalos next took on a prominent role as "Samantha" on the high-concept mystery-period series "Reunion" (2005). Language: English Words: 908 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 2 Kudos: 56 Bookmarks: 4 Hits: 1554 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. Aereon, an Air Elemental, identifies the army as the Necromongers, religious fanatics who seek to convert all human life and kill those who refuse. As a way of looking up to her new idol, Riddick, she later shaves her head bald and begins to use more profanity to mimic the convict. 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. Riddick: The Main Characters, Ranked By Power, 10 Best '90s Sci-Fi Horror Movies That Still Hold Up Today, 10 Classic 50s Sci-Fi Movies That Still Appeal To A Modern Audience, planet M6-117 (commonly referred to as Planet Number Two, 10 Dramatic Sci-Fi Movies To Watch If You Love Melancholia, Aliens - 10 Things That Make No Sense About The 1986 Sci-Fi Classic, Brendan Fraser Offers Humble Response To The Whale Criticisms, 7 Fairytale Princesses That Still Need Disney Adaptations, Harry Potter: Why Goyle Disappears Halfway Through Prisoner Of Azkaban. She was weak, couldnt cut it. 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. It is shown in the director's cut of The Chronicles of Riddick after she lays her hand on Riddick's chest, leaving a glowing blue handprint, and says, "this mark carries the anger of an entire race but it's going to hurt".