What 2004 sci-fi film starring Vin Diesel that was a sequel to Pitch Black received poor reviews from critics who called it 'riddickulous'?
"Vin Diesel Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), better known by his stage name Vin Diesel, is an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter. He is well known for his portrayals of Dominic Toretto in ""The Fast and the Furious"" film series, Richard B. Riddick in ""The Chronicles of Riddick"" series and Xander Cage in the ""xXx"" series. He is also a producer on sequels in these franchises, with his company One Race Films. Diesel has also starred in the comedy ""The Pacifier"" (2005) and the crime drama ""Find Me Guilty"" (2006). His voice-acting work includes ""The Iron Giant"" (1999)"
"a hilarious clip of his work that underscored the awfulness of his output, just about any 30-second segment of ""Riddick"" would do the trick."" Tom Huddleston of ""Time Out"" gave the film two out of five stars, saying ""It's flavourless: the aliens are unscary and easily despatched, Vin's too silent to be interesting, and the other characters are either dull or offensive."" Scott Foundas of ""Variety"" gave the film a positive review, saying ""An improbable but very enjoyable sequel that recaptures much of the stripped-down intensity of Diesel and director David Twohy's franchise starter ""Pitch Black""."" Justin Lowe of ""The"
"The Chronicles of Riddick The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction adventure film which follows the adventures of Richard B. Riddick as he attempts to elude capture after the events depicted in the 2000 film ""Pitch Black"". It is written and directed by ""Pitch Black"" director David Twohy, with Vin Diesel reprising his role as Riddick and now also acting as producer. It is the first and so far only film in the franchise to be given a PG-13 rating. After escaping the dark planet, Richard B. Riddick has been in hiding for five years, evading most"
"The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury is a 2004 made-for-DVD adult animated science fiction film. It was directed by the Korean-American animator Peter Chung, and features Vin Diesel reprising his role of Richard B. Riddick. It acts as a bridgepoint between ""Pitch Black"" and ""The Chronicles of Riddick"". Shortly after escaping the planet from ""Pitch Black"", Riddick, Jack, and the Imam are picked up by a Mercenary spacecraft. Although Riddick attempts to conceal his identity from the mercenaries by impersonating William J. Johns (in ""Pitch Black"") over the intercom, they quickly voice-print and identify"
"1980s. The big budget adaptations of Frank Herbert's ""Dune"" 1984 and Arthur C. Clarke's sequel to ""2001"", ""2010"" in 1984, were box office duds that dissuaded producers from investing in science fiction literary properties. Ridley Scott's ""Alien"" 1979 was significant in establishing a new visual styling of the future. Far from presenting a sleek, ordered universe, this alternative presented the future as dark, dirty and chaotic. Building on earlier films such as ""Mad Max"" 1979 this Dystopian vision became prevalent in many science fiction films and novels of the period. These included ""The Black Hole"" 1979, ""Saturn 3"" 1980, ""Outland"""
"the racing element to the drifting subculture. While the movie was in post-production, Vin Diesel agreed to do a cameo in order for his production company to acquire rights to the Riddick character from ""Pitch Black"". The third movie was the least financially successful of the franchise but the Vin Diesel cameo received a very positive reaction from the audience. The studio told Diesel that it planned to use his cameo as a way to relaunch the Dominic storyline. Vin Diesel had made a string of box office flops such as ""The Chronicles of Riddick"", ""Find Me Guilty"" and the"
"excited to hear about Furia? Do you want to know where it all began with that dark character Riddick?"" David Twohy confirmed that the new film would be rated R. The posts did not elaborate on how, if at all, ""Merc City"" would be connected to the upcoming film. Riddick (film) Riddick is a 2013 American science fiction thriller film, the third installment in the ""Riddick"" film series. Produced by and starring Vin Diesel as the title character, ""Riddick"" is written and directed by David Twohy, who previously wrote and directed the first two installments, ""Pitch Black"" (2000) and ""The"
"Hollywood Reporter"" gave the film a negative review, saying ""Faithful to the template if not the spirit of previous installments, this flabby second sequel barely manages to advance ""Riddick""'s considerable personal mythology."" Keith Staskiewicz of ""Entertainment Weekly"" gave the film a C+, saying ""Twohy succeeds in staging moments both tense and funny, but they're fewer and farther between than one would hope, and the dialogue is served up with a heaping helping of cheese, especially when delivered in Diesel's low-frequency growl."" Jocelyn Noveck of the ""Associated Press"" gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying ""Sloppy"
"special effects, inconsistencies, lack of originality, and plot holes. Critics have put ""Superman IV"" in the category of the worst films ever made. Superman saves a spaceship of cosmonauts whose ship was thrown off course by debris, then visits his home-town of Smallville as Clark. Now that his adoptive parents have died, Clark has inherited their now-unattended farm. In an empty barn, he uncovers the capsule that brought him to Earth, and removes a luminescent green Kryptonian energy module. A recording left by his mother Lara states that its power can be used only once. After refusing to sell the"
"based on 14 reviews. Justin Chang of ""Variety"" called it a ""relentlessly mediocre"" film that ""barely engages with its potential ideas beyond the most blandly expository, bullet-ridden level"". Chang said Willis' against-type casting could have been fun, but Willis instead seems bored. Jeannette Catsoulis of ""The New York Times"" wrote that the film ""has absolutely nothing to recommend it"", and Robert Abele of the ""Los Angeles Times"" called it ""dystopian sci-fi for dummies"". In giving it a C rating, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of ""The A.V. Club"" described it as ""crummy and artless in a way that's intrinsically watchable"". Vishnevetsky wrote that"
"some facet of the movie which is not utterly, interminably boring. That is, until ""Dracula 3000""."" Mitchell Hattaway of ""DVD Verdict"" said, """"Dracula 3000"" is a shining example of complete filmmaking ineptitude. You can look all you want and you won't find even the slightest hint of intelligence on any level. ... It sucks. ""Dracula 3000"" makes """" look like ""Alien""."" David Oliver of ""CHUD.com"" said, ""This is the worst movie I've ever reviewed so far for ""CHUD"". How is it bad? Every particular way you can think of: the acting, the writing, directing... I can go on for paragraphs."
"out of four stars, writing, ""The ""Resurgence"" blueprint calls for a scene in which characters have human, allegedly humorous and/or touching moments; a scene in which characters plot strategy against the aliens; and a big action sequence in which it's often difficult to tell the difference between the good-guy spaceships and the bad-guy spaceships. Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat."" Mike Ryan of ""Uproxx"" gave the film a negative review, saying, ""This should be dumb fun. It's just dumb."" Peter Bradshaw of ""The Guardian"" gave the film 1/5 stars, describing it as a ""planet-smashingly boring sci-fi sequel."" Dave Palmer of"
"Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel. Frank Scheck of ""The Hollywood Reporter"" said, ""An already silly premise is given a ham-fisted treatment in this ill-advised remake of John Milius' 1984 hit action film"". Manohla Dargis of ""The New York Times"" said, ""Bradley... handles the low-fi action well, which helps divert attention from the bargain-bin special effects, bad acting and politics"". Mark Olsen of the ""Los Angeles Times"" said, ""Reasonably dopey fun on its own, the remade ""Red Dawn"" simply can't stand up to the real-world issues it steps on like a land mine"". Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" said,"
"storyline and its visual style and stunts, while many negatively criticized its dramatic depth. Despite its critical reaction, the film became the second-biggest February release to that time and grossed over $179 million against production budget of $78 million. A spin-off film, ""Elektra"", was released in 2005 to critical and commercial failure. In 2004, an R-rated director's cut of ""Daredevil"" was released, reincorporating approximately 30 minutes of the film, including a subplot involving a character played by Coolio, and it received slightly more acclaim from critics than the theatrical version. A sequel was planned, but because of ""Elektra""s failure, this"
"actor playing Merdeen, Tom Chadbon, had previously appeared in the 1979 Fourth Doctor serial ""City of Death"". The serial generally receives a poor response, similar to the stories of this era. Patrick Mulkern of Radio Times was critical of the serial: ""a dismal last gasp from ailing writer Robert Holmes. The travails of the Saxon-like Tribe of the Free and whey-faced tunnel-dwellers are totally unengaging. Lifeless characters, clumsy robots, flimsy cliffhangers, zero peril."" AV Club's Christopher Bahn said: ""Mysterious Planet"" never really takes off, laden down by the script, a lot of time wasted running around in the forest or"
"... To call this film shit is an insult to fragrant brown logs everywhere."" Dracula 3000 Dracula 3000, also titled Dracula 3000: Infinite Darkness, is a television horror movie released in 2004 that brings Bram Stoker's fictional vampire Count Dracula into outer space in the distant 30th century. Despite its name, it is not a direct sequel to ""Dracula 2000"". In the year 3000, the space salvage ship ""Mother III"" happens upon the derelict transport ""Demeter"". Captain Van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) and his crew board the abandoned ship. They explore the bridge and find the corpse of the ""Demeter's"""
"was generally panned by critics as a cheap, exploitive imitation of the movie ""Alien"", with sex, nudity, uneven editing, cheap special effects, and an audio track that some found unpleasant. It has attained a certain cult status among fans of grungy, cheap, sleazy science fiction. It is frequently paired with and compared to the previous year's Corman-produced ""Alien"" rip-off ""Galaxy of Terror"", with which ""Forbidden World"" shares some of the same sets (designed by James Cameron). The movie also makes use of footage recycled from the 1980 movie ""Battle Beyond the Stars"", which was also produced by Corman. It is"
"way back in the dimly remembered past, before 1978."" Gene Siskel gave the film zero stars out of four, calling it ""a hideously ugly motion picture."" ""Variety"" wrote, ""The true horror of 'New Year's Evil' is the endless musical numbers by punk rockers and shots of their dancing fans. Amongst that, the bloody killings seem a welcome relief."" Among retrospective reviews, Eric Vespe of Ain't It Cool News said, """"New Year's Evil"" falls into that 'didn't love it, didn't hate it' gray area of mediocrity that doesn’t exactly inspire any kind of passion one way or the other. On the"
"office. He is followed by Steven Spielberg (28, with ""Jaws"") and James Cameron (30, with ""The Terminator""). After the release of ""Chronicle"", Trank was linked to Sony's ""Spider-Man"" spin-off, ""Venom"", Warner Bros.'s ""The Red Star"", and Sony's film adaptation of the video game ""Shadow of the Colossus""; however, Trank turned down those film projects. Trank directed the 2015 reboot of ""Fantastic Four"", which was released in August 2015. The movie was critically panned. It received a 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 27 out of 100 rating from Metacritic. Trank became the subject of controversy when he posted and"
"the film a score of 38/100 based on reviews from 34 critics. For his performance in the film, Vin Diesel was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Actor at the 2004 Golden Raspberry Awards, but lost to George W. Bush for ""Fahrenheit 9/11"". Considering its production budget was reported to have been between $105 million and $120 million (which does not include marketing and distribution), the film was a box office disappointment. It grossed $57 million domestically, and its total worldwide gross stands between $107 million and $115 million depending upon sources; however, it was successful on DVD. Due"
"of ""The Hollywood Reporter"" felt the film is ""like a 100-minute trailer for a movie that never happens."" He called the film ""maddeningly lame and unimaginative"" in addition to criticizing the visual style as a ""dark, unattractive, gloomy mode."" In a review for ""Screen Daily"", Tim Grierson criticized the film's narrative as nonsensical, making the film ""progressively more muddled and tedious."" David Jenkins of ""Little White Lies"" praised ""Fantastic Four"" for its stylistic deviation from other recent superhero films, and argued that the film's characters ""make decisions which may appear to lack credibility, but the writing works hard to show"
"part its ""Mutant Monsters Triple Feature"" which combined it with ""The Dark"" and ""Creatures from the Abyss"". It was last released by Code Red as a double feature alongside ""Cop Killers"". The film has been met with negative reviews. Scott Weinberg from DVD Talk was among the film's detractors calling the film ""Grungy, muddy-looking"" he also called it a ""blatant Alien ripoff"". J. Read from ""Monstersatplay.com"" called it ""cheap, rushed, and an incongruous mess"" stating it as a perfect example of all the bad movies that came out in the 1980s. Allmovie called the film ""abysmal"", with ""clumsy, ham-fisted"" direction,""lack"
"artist."") John Simon felt it was ""a regrettable failure, although not a total one. This film is fascinating when it concentrates on apes or machines ... and dreadful when it deals with the in-betweens: humans ... ""2001"", for all its lively visual and mechanical spectacle, is a kind of space-""Spartacus"" and, more pretentious still, a shaggy God story."" Eminent historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. deemed the film ""morally pretentious, intellectually obscure and inordinately long ... a film out of control"". In a 2001 review the BBC said that its slow pacing often alienates modern audiences more than it did upon"
"an uninteresting and overly-long take on a fascinating period of 20th century history. However he did appreciate the production values, which were 'solid', and the film had a 'predictably rich' music soundtrack. As of 24 August 2010, the film has a score of 53% on Rotten Tomatoes. ""Invincible"" opened in North America on 20 September 2002 on 4 theatres, grossing US$14,293 ($3,573 per screen) in its opening weekend, ranking 85th for the weekend. At its widest point, it played at only 9 theatres, and its total gross is US$81,954. It was only in theatrical release for 35 days. Invincible (2001"
"ending. Mick LaSalle gave a largely negative review. """"A.I."" exhibits all its creators' bad traits and none of the good. So we end up with the structureless, meandering, slow-motion endlessness of Kubrick combined with the fuzzy, cuddly mindlessness of Spielberg."" Dubbing it Spielberg's ""first boring movie"", LaSalle also believed the robots at the end of the film were aliens, and compared Gigolo Joe to the ""useless"" Jar Jar Binks, yet praised Robin Williams for his portrayal of a futuristic Albert Einstein. Peter Travers gave a mixed review, concluding ""Spielberg cannot live up to Kubrick's darker side of the future."" But"
"rare 0 stars out of 4, calling it ""A contemptible film: Vile, ugly and brutal. There is not a shred of reason to see it. Those who defend it will have to dance through mental hoops of their own devising, defining its meanness and despair as 'style' or 'vision' or 'a commentary on our world'."" ""Variety"" gave the film an unfavorable review, writing that the film was an ""initially promising, but quickly disappointing retread of a hugely influential horror classic"". Peter Travers of ""Rolling Stone"" panned the film, awarding it 2/4 stars, writing: ""Director Marcus Nispel, acclaimed for his ads"
"Times"" wrote that it was ""somewhere between hypnotic and immensely boring."" ""Variety""'s 'Robe' believed the film was a ""[b]ig, beautiful, but plodding sci-fi epic ... A major achievement in cinematography and special effects, ""2001"" lacks dramatic appeal to a large degree and only conveys suspense after the halfway mark."" Andrew Sarris called it ""one of the grimmest films I have ever seen in my life ... ""2001"" is a disaster because it is much too abstract to make its abstract points."" (Sarris reversed his opinion upon a second viewing, and declared, """"2001"" is indeed a major work by a major"
"Dinocroc Dinocroc is a 2004 American horror film directed by Kevin O'Neill. The film's plot revolves around a genetically engineered ""Suchomimus"" terrorizing the lake-side residents of a small town. The film stars Matthew Borlenghi, Jane Longenecker, Charles Napier, Costas Mandylor, Bruce Weitz, and Joanna Pacuła. The film was produced by infamous b-movie master Roger Corman. The film received a limited theatrical release in early 2004, before premiering on the Syfy Channel in April of that year. It was followed by two sequels, ""Supergator"" and ""Dinocroc vs. Supergator"", as well as a spin-off film, ""Dinoshark"". Upon release, the film received negative"
"film one out four stars and likened it to an extended dream without logic or a coherent plot, full of nightmarish images and no character development. ""Time Out"" also said that ""the only valid reason for seeing this belated sequel is that it goes some way towards explaining the incomprehensible plot of its predecessor."" ""Variety"" called the film ""an utterly unredeeming, full-gore sequel"" and ""incredibly morbid and meaningless"". Carrie Rickey of the ""Philadelphia Inquirer"" described the film as ""a series of apparently unrelated horrors visited upon good-looking blond people"" and criticized the gore. Roger Hurlburt of the Sun-Sentinel criticized LeGros'"
"recaptured while they possibly created a clone of Supergator since the original Supergator had died in the previous film). It first aired on Syfy on June 26, 2010, was directed by Jim Wynorski and starred David Carradine and John Callahan. The film received negative reviews from critics and currently holds a 3.1/10 rating on imdb. On rotten tomatoes it holds a 30% rating from audiences. It received a Golden Galaxy Award from the American Science Fiction Society. It was censored due to the brutal death of one child in the movie. Dinocroc Dinocroc is a 2004 American horror film directed"
"as well as a limited theatrical release. Critical reception for ""The Devil's Dolls"" was mixed. ""The Los Angeles Times"" panned the movie, calling it ""a pastiche of derivative nonsense that only reminds you of the better films (“""The Shining"",” “""The Exorcist""”) that it seeks to copy. The acting and special effects are terrible, but unfortunately not terrible enough to be a true camp classic. It’s just a listless, routine exercise in religious horror, infused with a whiff of the exotic that tends toward the xenophobic."" Michael Gingold of ""Rue Morgue"" was also dismissive of the film, as he felt that"
"the film as the 4th-worst sequel of all time. ""Empire"" named the film the 25th-worst movie ever made. In June 2009, David Germain from the Associated Press called the film the ""worst-reviewed $400 million hit ever"". There was considerable negative reaction to the characters Mudflap and Skids, who some perceived as embodying racist stereotypes. Manohla Dargis of ""The New York Times"" said that ""the characters [...] indicate that minstrelsy remains as much in fashion in Hollywood as when, well, Jar Jar Binks was set loose by George Lucas"". Critic Scott Mendelson said ""To say that these two are the most"
"in which Diesel also starred. The film received a 48% approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes, which calls it a ""missed opportunity"", and grossed $277.4 million worldwide. It was followed by two sequels, """" (2005) and """" (2017). A biochemical weapon, ""Silent Night"", presumed missing since the fall of the Soviet Union, is obtained by Anarchy 99, a Russian terrorist group with formal military training. The NSA send an undercover agent to recover the weapon, but Anarchy 99's skills easily see through the deception and assassinate him NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons suggests that they need to send someone who lacks ties"