Riddick: The Complete Collection

This set contains all of the Riddick movies (Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, and Riddick) that starred Vin Diesel in his other, less well-known franchise, as well as the short animated film, The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, that bridges the time between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick. The first movie involves a space freighter carrying both cargo and passengers (including a dangerous criminal on his way to a high-security prison, Diesel's Riddick), encounters difficulty en route, and crashes on a deserted, seemingly lifeless planet with three suns. It then turns into a horror movie as the suns set and the true nature of the plant is revealed. The second movie has some ties to the first movie but is a very different story pitting Riddick against a race of planet invaders called Necromongers. The third movie, is a bit derivative of the first, seeing Riddick stranded on an Alien planet, this time hunted by mercenaries when he activates a beacon on an abandoned ship. Then he has to deal with the mercs and the planet's original inhabitants.Each of the movies looks very good in HD, with, as you would expect, the A/V quality getting better with each movie. There are extras for each of the movies, including commentary tracks on all three movies, deleted scenes for every movie, featurettes on the effects, making of documentaries for each movie, an extended edition of Riddick, and more. So, if you like watching bonus material, there is a lot there for you.Overall, the movies are a good blend of action and, with the first and third, horror/suspense. The acting is okay to good. Diesel is what he is, but each movie has a good supporting cast that makes up for his shortcomings. Between the three movies, they include Cole Hauser, Keith David, Alexa Davalos, Karl Urban, Tandie Newton, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Katee Sackhoff, Keri Hilson, and Dave Bautista. As long as you do not go into them expecting academy-award-winning material, they are enjoyable. The dialogue can get clunky and/or downright dumb sometimes, but the action sequences generally make up for those moments. So, if you like action movies these are good ones to check out.

My husband and I watched the movie on tv and just had to have the trilogy.

great collection, excellent quality

Very Good Product

I agree with another reviewer who stated that a card board protective sleeve was not included . My disc came in a regular, undamaged, plastic blue, Blu-ray case. The disc are in perfect condition. Shipping was really quick. In fact, mine arrived on a Sunday so it was indeed 2 day Prime shipping. Most Prime shipping take 3 days despite guaranteeing 2 day shipping. The audio is fantastic on all the movies except "Dark Fury." Speaking of which I really enjoyed it. I do wish that the producers could have afforded to have given us a full length feature film to build the arc of the story. However, I understand that Vin Diesel and his movies have been underestimated throughout his career. I'm not saying that his acting is any where near being on par with academy award worthiness. However, there are a lot of movie goers who miss the action movies and stars of the 80's & 90's. I'm a female, with numerous academic and professional achievements and I simply adore action, fantasy and syfi movies. I watch movies for entertainment, enjoyment and even mindless, impractical fun. I Love movies like the The Fast & the Furious franchise, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy, the Terminator franchise, the movie "Shoot Em Up," John Wick, The Jason Bourne movies, Sin City, The Matrix Saga, Everything Riddick, the Transformers franchise, The Expendable movies, The "Red" movies, The Transporter movies, The Under World movies, the Die Hard Franchise, and the Lethal Weapon movies, etc., etc. Thus, I'd like to see the Riddick franchise continue for at least 1 or 2 more movies.Anyway back to the review of the Blu-ray Riddick collection. As for the extra footage, there really wasn't that much in each movie. What there was, overall did not add much to the arc of the stories or profoundly enhance its movie. In total, there was maybe a total of 15 or 20 mins worth of extra footage. The extra were rather disappointing. They are not nearly as extensive or as in-depth as most of us have come to expect extras to be. If you already have this collection in Blu-ray, I honestly can't recommend spending the extra cash on this version. Prior to this purchase, I did not own any of the movies. Thus, in my case it was a good purchase. I would purchase again and recommend under the or similar circumstances. As for the content of the featured films themselves, I thoroughly enjoyed and have already watched all 3 back to back yesterday and this am 2 or 3 times now. I know! I know! LOL As an aside, I really wish Hollywood had cast Vin Diesel as the newest action hero early on in his career so that we who enjoy them could have had more of him in action movies. In the mid-90's and early 2000's there really was a need to fulfill the shoes of the action movie icons of the 80's and 90's: Sly Stallion, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson to name a few. Oh well, opportunity missed so 'llI just take him where I can see him. :-) Enjoy the collection!

I really like this series. Riddick is an antihero that you root for. The trilogy starts with Pitch Black. Survivors of a crashed spaceship must work together to survive. Once the lights go out you can’t see what’s coming and it’s not good. The survivors must rely on Riddick to guide them in the dark because Riddick can see in the dark. In the Chronicles of Riddick we learn a little about where Riddick comes from. A powerful Warlord conquers and transforms survivors to become Necromungers. Riddick is brought into a fight not only to save a planet he’s also out for revenge for the annihilation of his people know as the furyens. In this last one Riddick must work with bounty hunters to get off a planet infested by creatures the thrive when it rains. If you like action this series is for you.

I love the product and the movie was good

So excited to have a Riddick marathon!