Fight Evil With Evil

Starring: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, Rhiana Griffith

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ - great

"All you people are so scared of me. Most days I'd take that as a compliment. But it ain't me you gotta worry about now." - Riddick

Why watch this? This is one hell of a sci-fi film. Strong female characters, flying creatures and introducing the smoldering Vin Deisel.

Plot Summary: A space transport ship carrying crew and passengers, including a dangerous criminal, crashes on a desolate planet where it is perpetually day due to three orbiting suns. The crash kills most of the passengers, leaving a small group of survivors, including the pilot, the criminal, a bounty hunter, a holy man, and a young girl. They discover that the planet's seemingly lifeless exterior hides a terrifying secret: a deadly species of creatures that emerge to hunt in the darkness of the infrequent total eclipse.

Dad's Preview: A very thematically dark thriller, where a space junket becomes stranded on a remote desert planet. Their cargo includes a violent criminal named Riddick. As the danger grows, so does the need for anti-heroic Riddick's unique set of skills. This film is fast-paced, with well-realized characters. I do particularly admire that the threat, though quite vicious, appears to be an organic species, akin to 500 lb. locusts.

Gramercy Pictures, Interscope Communications; USA Films