Dark Fury - The Chronicles of Riddick (Animated) |  | Director: Peter Chung
Actors: Vin Diesel, Rhiana Griffith, Keith David, Roger Jackson, Tress MacNeille
Studio: Universal Studios
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Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, Surround Sound, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 35 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D24684D
ISBN: 0783289529
UPC: 025192468421
EAN: 9780783289526
ASIN: B0001O3YA8
Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 2004
Release Date: June 15, 2004
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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 sights 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
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 Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury... Pitch Black the morning after November 5, 2009
Julian Kennedy (St Pete Florida)
Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury: 5 out of 10: At 30 minutes this stand alone short resembles a Saturday morning cartoon rather than a plot bridge between Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick. (And Lord knows if any movie needed a plot bridge it was Chronicles of Riddick.)
The animation is a mixed bag with a lot of the 3d spaceship work leaving a bit to be desired (too shiny for one thing). And while the voice work is authentic, the story is a true one off throwaway. (Hammy and very unlikely villains happen to pop by.) The story may be a throwaway but it does at least give it points for being coherent. (And Lord knows if any movie needed a coherent story it was Chronicles of Riddick) The action scenes are generally well done with a little violence thrown in for good measure.
Certainly one gets the gut feeling that Dark Fury could have been a lot worse. Despite the decent amount of extras the DVD doesn't really work as a stand-alone product. It would however have made a fine second or third disk in the Chronicles of Riddick or even Pitch Black DVD releases.
pretty good as animated features go September 7, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
Riddick is a sort of villain turned good guy:
you never know when he is going to be just a bad guy
who is sometimes good?
Riddick is a sort of superman with dark glasses
and an attitude you can't cut with a diamond drill?
I enjoyed the space opera effect that this movie has:
Luke Skywalker Riddick isn't, but he has his own
attributes. They have made three movies in the sequence so far.
I've liked all three, but can't give them great makes
as movies.
Dark Fury Riddick Chronicles Part II June 10, 2009
C. A. Isbell (Chicago, IL USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It kind of helped link Pitch Black to the last Chronicles of Riddick, but I wish it had been live instead of a cartoon. The animation as good, but it was very "out there". Guess you have to be a graphics junkie to appreciate it. I prefer live action movies myself, but I wanted to keep the Trilogy together, and if it was the only way to do it? Well....It's not very long, so you can jump right into the last dvd in short order, so that was a good thing.
Short but good June 8, 2009
Ruthie
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was done in the AniMatrix style. It was a little short, but done well in my opinion.
 Animated Short Riddick Movie July 15, 2008
H. Villarreal
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Got the three Riddick movies as a gift and watched all three over the weekend. I can't believe I liked them so well. In this cartoon segment of the Riddick saga, Riddick, Jack, and Imam end up on a ship conveniently owned by a collector of master criminals (a female) who is anxious to add Riddick to her collection. (She freezes her victims but they are still alive.) I remember this storyline from a Star Trek when a collector tried to collect Data. This reused storyline still worked well for this, particularly because this was so short. I think it would have been a mistake to make this longer. It was just the right length to hold my interest. The animation is interesting in this, very stylized and unique.
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