None are to be underestimated. However, as the chaos began to erupt, audiences soon learned that Johns was not who they thought he was. 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. Kyra still gasped, holding her chest, internal injuries slowly healing. He hasn't seen her since they were separated when New Mecca fell to the Necromongers. [18] Time Out also gave the film a negative review and stated, "The sequel baton pass at the finale is pretty nifty, but it's surely asking too much to think the filmmakers could leave us wanting more. 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. Riddick then flies back to Helion Prime using Toombs's spacecraft. A match made in literal hell. During the Pitch Black era, when she was much younger and less hardened, Jack would have 2 less APs on all Attributes and her only Skills were Acrobatics, Thief (Stealth), and Weaponry (Knives), all at 2 APs. Why didn't I think of that? Kyra and Riddick ended up as a team once more, but with Kyra expressing heranger for Riddick abandoning her. One of his most defining features are his eyes, a characteristic inherent in a certain caste of his species (the Alpha-Furyans), although he implies in Pitch Black that they were "shined" by a back-alley surgical operation. : 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. He had yet to see Riddick take interest in any of the concubines that graced his bed. Stan Richard Marve Ted Where is Riddick from? Riddick Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. 9w8s are a curious blend of passivity and acceptance and direct aggression, because their core and wing are in conflict with each other. Alexa Davalos So why the hell was Riddick treating him differently? When Riddick attacks, the Lord Marshal presents Kyra, who appears to have been converted. Dahl is far from a pushover. Though all Necromongers were versed in some form of the dark arts, the Lord Marshal was a cut above. Her disillusionment with the criminal lifestyle was completed when she found out that the operation Riddick had purportedly undergone to get his eyeshine didnt exist. Jack was enthralled with Riddick, who was everything she wanted to be tough and dangerous, feared and respected. A beast. Riddick fights the Lord Marshal in front of his army, who keeps the upper hand with his supernatural powers. Things don't go as Johns had planned, and they both fall victim to the fallout of a break in to the slam that John's damaged ship had limped to. It was never enough, and Vaako kept hoping multiple assassination plots against Riddick would one day work. Further kills include a brethren of Rykengolls after she was enslaved and brutalized by them. Acid green eyes, raven black hair, and a will to survive that makes her the perfect equal to his cunning, ferocity, and ability to adapt and overcome. : tip: "uchiha sasuke/uzumaki naruto" angst kudos>10, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings (109), Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) (26), Richard B. Riddick/Original Female Character (26), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence (18), Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Richard B. Riddick/Original Female Character, Richard B. Riddick/Dame Vaako/Vaako (Riddick), Oliver Banks/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Jack | Kyra & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Vaako (Riddick) & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Eldritch Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Canon-Typical The End Content (The Magnus Archives), Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Richard B. Riddick/Khan Noonien Singh | John Harrison, Richard B. Riddick/Vaako/Original Female Character(s), Vaako (Riddick)/Original Female Character(s), The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin, Not quite a songfic but some lines might be familiar, Refers to past sexual encounters but no details, Original Male Character/Original Male Character, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Riddick has some growth to do before we get there. She even occasionally wears a set of goggles she found. Kyra She was held in the Crematoria Slam Facility. See also Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs You don't care if you live or die? In terms of sheer power, Riddick had few equals. Richard B. Riddick The woman known as "Jack B. Badd"[1], and "Kyra"[2] was a runaway and convict. 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. One where they tell you you'll never see daylight again. Shortly after escaping the planet from Pitch Black, Riddick, Jack, and the Imam are picked up by a Mercenary spacecraft. 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. The only exception to this was when, in Pitch Black, he returned with Carolyn to help the others, after she pleaded with him. Kyra: Did that. When Riddick attacks, the Lord Marshal presents Kyra, who appears to have been converted. 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. 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. Riddick was still alive. [4], Jack discovers her violent side by shooting Antonia Chillingsworth just before she can kill Riddick. : Alyna Leone has always been a little wild, relying on her heightened senses, reflexes and natural instincts to survive. He's also capable of giving off a non-threatening aura, particularly if he wants opponents to think they have the upper hand. Richard B. Riddick: Look, I'm not with everyone here. His will to survive was unmatched, and his animal instincts made him fearless among everyone. The Lord Marshal backhanded Kyra into a set of decorative spikes along the walls of the chamber, fatally wounding her. Because of the five years she spent with mercenaries, she has grown colder; vindictive and calculating. Remember that favorite game of yours? [points to Irgun] Vaako: A piece you will have. : Kyra was small-framed but very lithe and well-toned. However, size wasn't enough, and Riddick bought enough time to take him down, putting an end to his opportunistic plans. Riddick left Jack more than once, but when it really mattered, he stayed until the end. [4] Five years later, Kyra is a convicted murderer and former mercenary when she reunites with Riddick. In the second film, he used the knife he took from Irgun as his weapon during his fight with him and the Lord Marshall, killing both with it. | Given the Necromongers' apparent faith in and respect for the power of the Quasi-Dead, this is a very impressive feat. After killing a crew led by mercenary Toombs and stealing his ship on planet U.V., he heads to New Mecca on the planet Helion Prime, after Toombs reveals his bounty originated there. Rated Teen for Language. Im Kyra. Riddick: You gotta kill a few people. This manifests itself in Riddick's decision to deliver both Jack and Abu al-Walid to New Mecca.[4]. Only there wasn't a doctor here who could shine my eyes, not even for 20 menthol Kools. The ship's owner, Antonia Chillingsworth, collects criminals, whom she freezes and keeps as statues that are, in her view, art. In a series centered on powerful rulers, mercenaries, and murderers, who in the Riddick franchise has the most power? Equipment: The Guv: There are inmates and there are convicts. Riddick allows himself to be captured so he can be transported to Crematoria, a prison on a dead world where daytime surface temperatures scorch the face of the planet. A sequel was released in 2013 called Riddick. "[12] Desson Thomson of Washington Post also gave the film a negative review and said that "the muddy, convoluted story revolves around the star's cool-guy poses and one-liners. The film spun off books, an action figure line, animation and video games. To her Riddick is the ultimate "masterpiece" for her collection. What a gusher. When the ship crashed on M6-117 the survivors found her in the wreckage. 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. Riddick is hunted and need to find a hideout off the grid for the night. tip: "uchiha sasuke/uzumaki naruto" angst kudos>10, A man. Eight years later, Riddick has returned from the Underverse and is searching for Jack. Also, in 2007, Davalos appeared in the Stephen King horror adaptation The Mist (2007/I). 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. In the latest film, Riddick attempts to manipulate the two groups of mercenaries into fighting over him instead of working together. Riddick is reunited with Imam, a holy man he rescued five years earlier. This discovery is clearly a source of worry for Riddick and Abu al-Walid as the three escape from the mercenary ship. Aside from helping Riddick unlock his eyeshine, the character Shirah also either allows or helps Riddick discover his ability to unleash a sort of energy wave. Kyra! : The Necromongers have long worshipped the Lord Marshals for their connection to the Underverse. The film received negative reviews. To put a barrier between the disappointments and humiliations shed suffered, Jack took on a new persona, going by the name Kyra from then on. "[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. Was there anything you said that was true? Jack adopted several of Riddick's traits, including shaving her head, wearing old broken goggles, and using profanity to mimic her new hero. He thinks hed see it coming. As the creatures closed in around Fry, Jack heard her and rallied the rest of the survivors to save her. 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. He hoped to get her out of the prison and to try and make things right between them. Davalos next took on a prominent role as "Samantha" on the high-concept mystery-period series "Reunion" (2005). It is at this moment that Riddick receives his eyeshine. In the prison, Riddick finds Jack, now named Kyra, and they reconcile with each other. Too bad he and River don't actually like each other.Riddick is looking for a ship that can be discreet. She's a capable fighter, and an even better weapons expert, able to wield a range of different guns as if they were second nature. : Light amplification surgery, somewhat similar in effect to Riddick's eyeshine, has been patented in real life.[2][3]. And even when an undead army looms, and Necromonger Commander Vaako joins their number, becoming another addition to Riddick and Alyna's mate bond, the promise of Family and Home forge bonds that cannot be broken. She had dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. Kyra eventually became a criminal, convicted of four counts of manslaughter and three of first degree murder. I'll let you go in a minute, and if you behave, it will stay that way. Santana's power comes largely from a mixture of his skills as a mercenary and his unpredictability. "[13], James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film 2.5 out of 4 and stated that "although The Chronicles of Riddick offers its share of solidly entertaining moments, it doesn't hold together as a single, coherent motion picture experience. He died somewhere on that planet. He is also able to quickly judge the quality of, and find even seemingly minor flaws in most weaponry, down to very specific details. Lord Marshal Zhylaw is dead, but his downfall brings unexpected consequences for Jack and Riddick. "[11] Ann Hornaday of Washington Post gave the film a negative review and stated that "The Chronicles of Riddick doesn't hark back merely to the classic horror or science fiction canon but to nearly every single cinematic genre in the book, from westerns to film noir to sword-and-sandal epics. The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction / fantasy / thriller film in which wanted criminal Richard Bruno Riddick arrives on a planet called Helion Prime and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers, an army that plans to convert or kill all humans in the universe. At times she displays moments of vulnerability, usually when she's around Riddick. A monster. Captured by the mercenaries, the trio of survivors discover that their captors have unusual plans for Riddick. Kyra was introduced as an awkward kid in the first Pitch Black film, but she blossomed by the time the second film came out. Few beings in the galaxy were as dangerous and deadly as Lord Marshal Zhylaw. Kyra She believes Riddick has perished on the surface of Crematoria. It is a sequel to Pitch Black (2000) and the second installment in the Riddick film series. #TheChroniclesofRiddick Did Kyra love Riddick as: --A big brother or --A father figure or --A lover Because their whole relationship in this movie is really confusing. She might have fallen in with groups like Ras al Ghuls cult of assassins and ended up either in prison or on the run from the law. They reach the hangar, but Vaako and his soldiers have arrived on the planet. Sci-fi audiences were introduced to a new kind of anti-hero with the breakout hit Pitch Black, starring Fast & The FuriousleadVin Diesel. Vaako slices a look at his wife, then swiftly returns his gaze to Riddick. 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. 05/28/1982 This was all the more vivid because details of Riddicks past such as an operation that gave people the ability to see in the dark turned out to be false. In addition to raw analytical power, Riddick is generally an astute judge of character, especially in the dark side of human nature. Her character definitely could have been more developed, but as a character her dying shortly definitely made an impact on Riddick and the viewer. Riddick saw the question in her eyes and shook his head, now wasn't the time to talk about it yet. In Jim and Ken Wheat's original script for Pitch Black, the Riddick character was a woman named Taras Krieg. Kyra and Riddick confront each other After Riddick runs into Toombs again On New Mecca. [3] Universal hired David Hayter to come up with a script, which was later revised by Akiva Goldsman. Occupation 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. She enjoyed playing "who's the better killer" with Riddick, and she backed it up with strong fighting skills, a high degree of agility, and cunning tactics, such as hiding a razor bleed in her cheek for up-close attacks. Technical Specs, [sneaks up behind Riddick and points a blade at his back]. The natural curls framed her face in a wild mess. Perhaps even greater was his ability to resist the Lord Marshall's attempt to steal his soul. Defeating enemies, following orders, and winning wars was his only priority. Derek started writing about video games at age 14 and went on to write for GamePro Magazine and several other prominent outlets. Homepage hero illustration: Guillaume Martinez. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Five years later a seventeen year old Jack goes by a new name, "Kyra". Alexa continued her ascent in Hollywood by being cast in Edward Zwick's Defiance (2008/I), released in 2008, as "Lilka", Daniel Craig's love interest. 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. RELATED:10 Classic 50s Sci-Fi Movies That Still Appeal To A Modern Audience. But when he comes back into her life at Crematoria, what will he find out about the not so littel girl now woman and what dark secrets haunt her pas The Purifier then reveals that he too is a Furyan and encourages Riddick to kill the Lord Marshal before committing suicide by walking out into the scorching heat. Where the original Johns was an amoral opportunist, the elder Johns is a tough-as-nails mercenary with a code of honor and integrity. To her Riddick is the ultimate "masterpiece" for her collection. Riddick responds: "Tell 'em Riddick's dead. Kyra Kyra appears to still be obsessed with becoming like Riddick. [citation needed], The "unrated director's cut" DVD (featuring scenes which were cut in order to obtain a PG-13 rating) was released on November 16, 2004, and sold 1.5 million copies on the first day alone.[23].