Vin Diesel (“xXx”, “Babylon A.D.”) once again plays Riddick in a film simply titled “Riddick”. While not as a good as “The Chronicles of Riddick”, I still enjoyed this one. If you like movies where a tough guy takes on hordes of weird monsters then I imagine you will want to watch “Riddick”.

Left for dead on a particularly inhospitable planet, Riddick must battle against lethal alien creatures that inhabit the world. When he finds a deserted outpost, he activate an emergency beacon and this leads to the arrival of a team of mercenaries and a group led by a man that wants some answers from Riddick.

As I have said before, Vin Diesel is far from being one of my favourite action stars. However, the movie only requires him to look tough as he fights big monsters so I think he is a great choice for this type of movie. The other characters are okay and I think it was a good decision to cast Dave Bautista (“Spectre”) as one of the mercenaries because he looks big and strong like Diesel. Some of the aliens look pretty good and it is pretty fun to watch Riddick slice his way through a lot of them.

The second film in the series really seemed to expand the universe as we saw Riddick visit several different planets so maybe this one seems less impressive because like “Pitch Black”, it only takes place on one world. However, I think what is on offer here is still worth checking out. Some of the action scenes are pretty entertaining and there is just something fun about watching Vin Diesel and a band of other rough and tough individuals battling a lot of monsters. I’m still confused as to why they called this one just “Riddick”. It’s the type of move that will only confuse moviegoers about what movie they are watching.