Riddick and Kyra are forced to fight the Necromongers. The odd surrogate father/child relationship budding between Riddick and Jack ended abruptly when Riddick left her with the Imam Abu al-Walid on New Mecca. Was there anything you said that was true? Carefully laying her body down he stared at her face. She began to dress like he did and mimic his speech patterns. Kyra Directed and written by David Twohy. Vin Diesel reprises his role as Richard B. Riddick and acts as producer, alongside Thandiwe Newton (credited as Thandie), Karl Urban, Alexa Davalos, Colm Feore, and Keith David. : She is known by the guards as always having a shiv on her somewhere. Jack was enthralled with Riddick, who was everything she wanted to be tough and dangerous, feared and respected. This discovery is clearly a source of worry for Riddick and Abu al-Walid as the three escape from the mercenary ship. Jack decided to follow Riddick. She traveled to Lupus 5 and signed up with a group of mercs. RELATED:10 Best '90s Sci-Fi Horror Movies That Still Hold Up Today. He also mentions on board the Dark Athena that people he helps often end up dead. RELATED:10 Dramatic Sci-Fi Movies To Watch If You Love Melancholia. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! How can he do both? Riddick was born on Furya. Some accounts suggest that her birth name was Audrey (website). As a result, Jack ended up in the slave-labor prison on Crematoria. The Lord Marshal backhanded Kyra into a set of decorative spikes along the walls of the chamber, fatally wounding her. "Who's the Better Killer?". Richard B. Riddick Original Female Character (s) Alpha/Omega Furyan Forced Bonding Bonding Loss of Virginity Love Older Man/Younger Woman Angst Kidnapping A man. Filming & Production Maybe even stop it. Fugitive Riddick has been in hiding, evading bounty hunters and mercenaries sent to capture him. What was that? Alexa starred as Kyra in The Chronicles of Riddick. Harry Potter because they are seriously lacking. And Jayne really loves a good bar fight. Kyra and Riddick ended up as a team once more, but with Kyra expressing heranger for Riddick abandoning her. Remember that favorite game of yours? He hoped to get her out of the prison and to try and make things right between them. Can these lost souls help each other or will it tear their hearts out? Riddick quickly learns that Kyra is a very different person from the "Jack" he knew five years ago; an emotionally detached survivor in peak physical condition with keen senses, and experienced in martial arts. [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. But we will talk. It was there that Jack met Riddick, an infamous outlaw. There Jack demonstrated a worrying possibility of becoming a killer like Riddick, forcing him to separate from her. She was weak, couldnt cut it. Kyra appears to still be obsessed with becoming like Riddick. Kyra : Jack: So you can see whos sneaking up on you in the dark? Vaako slices a look at his wife, then swiftly returns his gaze to Riddick. She had dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. I hate not being the bad guys! When the highly-touted series failed to catch on with viewers and was canceled after half a season, Davalos bounced back with a convincing portrayal as Diane Keaton's daughter in the well-received made-for-television feature Surrender, Dorothy (2006) (TV). The one time his will seemed to waver was when Kyra was killed, sacrificing herself to save him and help him defeat the Lord Marshal, and even then, he channeled his loss into new strength. Alyna Leone has always been a little wild, relying on her heightened senses, reflexes and natural instincts to survive. When Riddick attacks, the Lord Marshal presents Kyra, who appears to have been converted. In 2009, Alexa was cast in the much coveted lead role of "Andromeda" in Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans (2010), alongside Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes. While Fry tried to interrogate Riddick, Jack snuck in and asked him how he got his eyes. He spent the majority of the film staying low-key, acting as backup support in case anything got hot. Riddick has only been Lord Marshal for a few weeks when he starts to explore everything that is Necropolis. Richard B. Riddick He used his extremely capable and talented warrior Krone to finish Riddick off and leave him for dead. Vaako and the surviving Necromongers make their escape, taking Kyra with them. It is a sequel to Pitch Black (2000) and the second installment in the Riddick film series. 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. The best Kyra and Riddick scene 844,673 views Mar 29, 2014 2K Dislike Share Save Nicole Holmes 1.14K subscribers My favorite scene of Riddick and Kyra together from 2004's The Chronicles of. Damn. Jack: Okay, I can do it. 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. Kyra Feeling betrayed and abandoned, Jack made as complete a break from her past as she could under the circumstances, changing her name to Kyra. She was held in the Crematoria Slam Facility. Im Kyra. They are the Holy Half-Dead, but then they meet a creature from the void itself. Except there wasnt any doctor that could shine my eyes, not even for twenty menthol Kools. Eight years later, Riddick has returned from the Underverse and is searching for Jack. The cost quoted to Riddick is 1000 creds. He now brings his veteran pop culture XP to ScreenRant. He came to believe that when he was born, his mother attempted to strangle him and left him in a trash bin behind a liquor store. Help me welcome our guest.. He thinks hed see it coming. Riddick is taken to Crematoria, a harsh subterranean prison moon, where Jack, the girl Riddick also rescued, is being held. One where they tell you you'll never see daylight again. This, combined with the "shine job" on his eyes that allowed him to see in the dark makes him a capable and frightening opponent. Having spent a long time in a max security prison, Kyra taught herself the killing arts necessary to overcome her smaller size so that she could overwhelm enemies with unorthodox attacks. On Crematoria, a disagreement breaks out between Toombs and the prison warden over what Toombs is owed for Riddick's bounty. But not her. Kyra would have been the main character and the series presumably would have covered the events during the five years between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick.[5]. At times she displays moments of vulnerability, usually when she's around Riddick. Technical Specs, [sneaks up behind Riddick and points a blade at his back]. Did a lot of that. In the battle, Imam is killed and Riddick escapes. Further kills include a brethren of Rykengolls after she was enslaved and brutalized by them. : In the Chronicles of Riddick film, Jack/Kyra angrily tells Riddick that when she was sent to prison, she found out that it is impossible to find anyone who can perform a "surgical shine job" at any price and accuses him of lying about how he received his night vision. He is also able to quickly judge the quality of, and find even seemingly minor flaws in most weaponry, down to very specific details. "[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. Richard B. Riddick is one of the most notorious killers in the entire galaxy, and certainly one of the most dangerous men alive. 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Johns lived through the events of Pitch Black, and has caught up to Riddick again two and a half years later. [3], Fry's conversation with Riddick compels Fry to seek evidence about the truth of Zeke's death. In later life, Riddick repressed his memories of Furya, including those of the massacre. Riddick, who had a bit of a soft spot for children, quietly humored her and even began to be somewhat protective of her. In the latest film, Riddick attempts to manipulate the two groups of mercenaries into fighting over him instead of working together. #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. 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. For instance, the minor subplot in the Director's Cut of Riddick's visions, as well as his moments with Toombs's second in command, are both absent, but the ending from the Director's Cut is present. She doesn't talk with anyone unless she has to. The only exception to this was when, in Pitch Black, he returned with Carolyn to help the others, after she pleaded with him. Despite finding himself in situations where the odds of survival and/or escape would seem insurmountable, Riddick always pushes forward and never gives up. : Richard B. Riddick A beast. Kyra was introduced as an awkward kid in the first Pitch Black film, but she blossomed by the time the second film came out. Sitting beside her Riddick lifted Kyra off the bed, her lifeless body little more than a ragdoll in his arms. Riddick was a hunted man and decided to leave Jack behind so that she wouldnt become a collateral casualty of the on-going attempts to capture him. Derek started writing about video games at age 14 and went on to write for GamePro Magazine and several other prominent outlets. The video game, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (which serves as a prequel to Pitch Black), clarifies that Riddick's eyeshine is more than just something he picked up in a prison. To his horror, she had undergone the Necromonger conversion process and was now loyal to them. After either receiving a shot from Vaako's energy handgun or a fraction of a second before the discharge of said weapon, she immediately emits a large blast of blue energy from Riddick (or Riddick himself does so with her guidance), leaving the group of surrounding Necromongers dead. Born into a family of performers - her grandfather Richard Davalos starred alongside James Dean in East of Eden (1955) - in 2002, Davalos turned her focus to acting and migrated to Los Angeles and began signing for guest parts on series such as "Angel" (1999) and "Undeclared" (2001). Connections: Kyra: where they tell you youll never see daylight again. [2], When they first meet again they have a nostalgic conversation. 7:11 5.6M views 1 year ago 1:46:26. Her former mentor might seek her out to make amends for leaving her and to see if he could save her from her current circumstances. 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. Kyras reunion with Riddick was very contentious at first. She was his angel, his light in his endless dark life. | It is during this time that a seventeen year old Jack takes on the name "Kyra". 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 Within the canon of the series, Riddick is shown to have a vast number of skills, which include great mobility, stealth, killing abilities, survival in harsh conditions, prison-breaking, and piloting. However, the ship inadvertently passes through a comet's tail while on autopilot, forcing it to crash land on an unknown planet with three suns. : This particular villain was gifted with supernatural powers such as enhanced speed, crushing strength, and the ability to pull souls directly from the bodies of his victims. You dig up a doctor and you pay him twenty menthol Kools to do a surgical shine job on your eyeballs. But I will take a piece of him. 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. He has also been described as having "a knack for escape", surviving not only the Lord Marshall's purge of the Furyans when he was an infant but subsequently escaping from various prisons over the course of his life. He's violent, cunning, and manipulative, and he'll utilize all three at the same time to get what he wants. Her first kill was Antonia Chillingsworth, commander of the merc vessel Kublai Khan. A sequel was released in 2013 called Riddick. He seems to have sensed Dahl's insecurity and played upon that and the insecurity of her co-workers in their mission. Vaako has wanted her since he first saw her all those years ago when he was a new convert but he also wants to stay by Riddick's side as his loyal First Commander. [Screams] Riddick elects to have no anesthetic, despite the procedure involving cutting the cornea and drilling through the eye to inject a reflective substance behind the retina. He had yet to see Riddick take interest in any of the concubines that graced his bed. None are to be underestimated. Richard B. Riddick Richard B. Riddick Davalos next took on a prominent role as "Samantha" on the high-concept mystery-period series "Reunion" (2005). Unsurprisingly, in a world of murderers and mercenaries, there are some truly powerful characters in the franchise. Despite his criminal nature and background, he is sometimes shown to perform moral or even atypically heroic actions, usually against his own better judgment and survivalist nature. I'd take my wounded and go. this video has bright colors and flashes. Let him think that. 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. Thanks to a company discount full crates are switched out for empty ones. [4] Five years later, Kyra is a convicted murderer and former mercenary when she reunites with Riddick. During the fight against the Necromonger Empire, she is converted and killed. When she was sold to slavers and then ended up in prison and found out about the unglamorous truths of life as an outlaw she felt betrayed. Richard B. Riddick: Look, I'm not with everyone here. 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. Nothing is known about the girl who would become Kyra prior to the age of 12. Soon when they were away from here, when he knew for a fact she was safe. Should I go for the sweet spot? 'Jade, Jade, Jade. Work Search: Kyra was small-framed but very lithe and well-toned. Richard B. Riddick: I bow to no man. "[9] Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film 1.5 out of 4 and criticized its pacing. He appears in the game during a random special encounter, aptly titled Pitch Black. Having no cash, Riddick offers down payment of a pack of Kool cigarettes which he earlier took from a guard. 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She even occasionally wears a set of goggles she found. I was always with you. Referring to Riddick as "darkeye", they have had the same operation to see in the dark bowels of the Ursa Luna prison where the guards do not tend to go. As they are leaving the planet, Jack asks what they should say if they run into bounty hunters or other law enforcers asking where to find Riddick. Certainly the title should be a big hint. Outraged, Riddick attacked the Lord Marshal of the Necromongers. A beast. Enneagram: 9w8 sp/sx. Still, the two reached the beginning of an unspoken reconciliation as they worked together to escape Crematoria. Krone was a Necromonger underling of the ambitious and deceitful Vaako, who wanted nothing more than to be Lord Marshal. Also, he was able to hold off the Lord Marshal and even injure him which the Lord Marshal admitted hadn't happened in a long time. They reach the hangar, but Vaako and his soldiers have arrived on the planet. I'm not going to hurt you. Examples range from somewhat exotic items like retractable spikes in her boots to razor blades hidden in her mouth. Rated Teen for Language. Riddick has appeared as a playable character in the Xbox game Deathrow. . Her long mane of wavy hair added to her feral demeanor. She dies in his arms. Kyra directed all of her anger over the bad things that had happened to her upon Riddick. Like his movie origin, Riddick is a stealth focused melee fighter with advanced hand-to-hand fighting skills and the ability to see in the dark. Release Dates Shit! In the prison, Riddick finds Jack, now named Kyra, and they reconcile with each other. Kyra still gasped, holding her chest, internal injuries slowly healing. Lord Marshal orders Riddick's death, but Riddick escapes only to be recaptured by Toombs. There is no future until we settle our past. She traveled disguised as a boy because she thought people would be less inclined to give her trouble that way. Because of the five years she spent with mercenaries, she has grown colder; vindictive and calculating. There are three versions of the film: the theatrical cut, which was PG-13; the Director's Cut, which is unrated (both are available on DVD); and the third version, a mix of the two assembled for television viewing, which has some, but not all, of the added footage from the Director's Cut. The guards reach the hangar, just as the prisoners arrive to find the Necromongers have cornered them there. This prompted Zhylaw to attack Furya and attempt to massacre all male children, going so far as to personally strangle newborn infants with their own umbilical cords. 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. When Riddick was mentally probed by the Quasi-Dead of the Necromongers, he not only resisted them, but also retaliated, the Quasi-Dead's containers actually exploding from the strain of trying to process Riddick. Riddick was once a mercenary, then part of a security force,[1] and later a soldier. Sorry, Dahl. The tough ex-merc occasionally discloses an occasional aching vulnerability; she appears to be in love with Riddick in some twisted way. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A mixture of lightning-fast combat skills, weapons proficiencies, and utter ruthlessness made Johns one of Riddick's most deadly foes. The site's critical consensus states, "As an action movie, Riddick offers some thrills, but as a sequel to Pitch Black, it's a disappointment". By the end of the film, however, he became the biggest threat on the planet next to Riddick and the Mud Demons. Riddick praises Johns for being a better man than his son. She begins bolstering her courage by emulating him. Riddick fights the Lord Marshal in front of his army, who keeps the upper hand with his supernatural powers. Riddick managed to escape the prison with Kyra and even began to rebuild their relationship, but this was interrupted when the Necromongers intercepted them. To her Riddick is the ultimate "masterpiece" for her collection. Jack was fascinated by outlaws. He's also capable of giving off a non-threatening aura, particularly if he wants opponents to think they have the upper hand. The trip was interrupted when the Hunter-Gratzner crashed on a planet in the M-344/G system. Too bad he and River don't actually like each other.Riddick is looking for a ship that can be discreet. Kyra 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. Therefore, while Riddick and Kyra, who is an antiheroine of sorts, always make the right choice when confronted with a dilemma, you have no understanding of why they chose that course over another. After Riddick kills The Lord Marshall he turns to the mortally wounded Kyra. [6] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. She was also very defensive, keeping emotional walls up as a necessity of survival in prison. He followed the Necromongers back to their current staging area on Helion Prime. She believes Riddick has perished on the surface of Crematoria. By the time Riddick catches up with Kyra in prison, she has become resigned to her fate and accepted that she will be here forever, but is also fiercely defending herself. When her deception is discovered, she stops pitching her voice lower. | In the ensuing battle, Riddick was left for dead and Kyra went with the Necromongers rather than face the lethal Crematoria sunrise. When the ship crashed on M6-117 the survivors found her in the wreckage. In the end, Kyra still cared enough about Riddick to break the Necromongers conversion for a moment and save his life at the price of her own. Riddick's first appearance outside Pitch Black was a guest appearance and potential recruit in Fallout Tactics. Riddick was also surprised when he underestimated Jack's (Kyra's) affection toward him between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, only learning of it after she had become a mercenary and resident of a maximum-security prison in order to see him once again. When Riddick left her behind to go into hiding, Jack was devastated. Riddick left Jack more than once, but when it really mattered, he stayed until the end. Richard B. Riddick , . By impersonating a cop and traveling with a group of settlers aboard the nondescript transport cruiser Hunter Gratzner, Johns hopes to safely convey Riddick back to a prison colony and collect the outlaw's enormous bounty. She boarded the space transport Hunter-Gratzner under the alias Jack B. Badd. 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. [3], After Zeke was killed, Fry and the others assumed that Riddick killed him. Years active Her favorite game is "Who's the better killer".[2]. Although the criminals are frozen, they are alive and conscious. Just what was the Furyan up to? 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. 9w8s are a curious blend of passivity and acceptance and direct aggression, because their core and wing are in conflict with each other. This allows him to see clearly in the dark, but also makes him vulnerable to strong light; he wears tinted welding goggles for protection. Richard B. Riddick : Then you gotta get sent to a slam. [22] On April 7, 2009, a remake of the video game was included with the release of the game sequel The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. Commander Shepard was dead until Cerberus brought her back to stop the Collectors. If Riddick was forced to play Lord Marshal to a group of undead freaks, then fuck it. While he may be a ruthless killer, when necessary, Riddick has never been shown to kill anyone who was not actively trying to kill him first and has been known to help people in need only if they don't slow him down or make him vulnerable. Soon enough he finds someone he wants more than he ever thought possible but he now has a crown he never wanted on his head. Richard B. Riddick See also Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs The Lord Marshal sends Commander Vaako to hunt Riddick down. : [2], Twelve year old Jacky (it is unknown whether this was her real name or an alias) ran away from her home on Taurus 1, stowing away on the New Oslo Shipping Corporation transport Hunter Gratzner. There were rumors of a television movie and possible series to be produced on the Sci-Fi Channel shortly after The Chronicles of Riddick was released. 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. Richard B. Riddick Perhaps even greater was his ability to resist the Lord Marshall's attempt to steal his soul. After Riddick runs into Toombs again On New Mecca. Kyra He also tends to think of a fun bar fight as foreplay. In Pitch Black, she had cropped cut hair, a slightly deeper voice, and wore male clothing to add to this ruse. In the Big Apple, she instantly snagged lucrative assignments as a photographer's model for the likes of Peter Lindbergh, then discovered an inborn passion for acting and decided to make it the focus of her life. Earth New Mecca Furya Unknown What is unique about Riddick? Richard B. Riddick was a notorious murderer and criminal who found himself marooned on a hostile planet with his mercenary captor, and a group full of travelers under siege by a terrifying alien species. [2], Before the Lord Marshal can deliver the final blow, Kyra stabs him in the back with a spear; she is apparently coherent enough to realize Riddick is in great danger. The death cultists had come looking for Riddick and caught up with him as he was trying to leave the planet. Alexa Davalos (born May 28, 1982 in Paris, France) is an American actress. While Riddick was no match for him in speed, he was able to hold off the Lord Marshal for several minutes. Did a lot of that. do not watch if you have photosensitive epilepsy! It's a shame they never got a chance.. Left of the spine, fourth lumbar down; the abdominal aorta? Riddick: You gotta kill a few people. Here Riddick is reunited with Jack, and learns she now goes by the name of Kyra. He entered their flagship and found Kyra. She has since appeared in several Hollywood films, including "Feast of Love", "The Mist", "Defiance", and "Clash of the Titans".