Vin Diesel, David Keith, Nick Chinlund

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 ori...( read more  read more... )ginal 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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Unrated, 35 min.

Directed by: Peter Chung

Release Date: December 31, 2002

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DVD Release Date: June 15, 2004

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  • October 8, 2008
    Very Aeon Flux-like, which is a big reason why I ejnjoyed this so much. Style points go to the all-important task of gettiing Vin and Keith back to do the voices in this sort-of followup to Pitch Black. Certainly different than the others in the series, but too short and does see...( read more)ms a bit hurried. Not too bad, though, overall.
  • January 15, 2008
    Not nearly as good as the rest of the series, mainly because the entire thing is in really crappy animation.
  • July 29, 2007
    35-minute anime with detailed storyline.
  • June 1, 2007
    Actually much better than the live action version of "The Chronicles of Riddick."
  • May 3, 2007
    Pretty good.
  • October 22, 2009
    I was a little upset finding out that it was ANIMATED!
  • September 24, 2009
    I would watch the series of this.
  • September 23, 2009
    waht is the difference
  • August 9, 2009
    nice little short film about riddick
  • August 6, 2009
    I was so disappointed that this was anime. =(

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