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51 out of 53 people found the following review useful:
Good animated short that offers explanations, 15 June 2004

Author: mr_movie_2004

Dark Fury picks up right where Pitch Black ended, with Riddick, Jack and Imam being captured by mercenaries, the leader of whom has some strange and sadistic intentions in regards to Riddick. In a bit of a baffling business move, Universal decided to release this after The Chronicles of Riddick. If they had released it a week or two earlier, some of the questions posed in Riddick that confused a good number of people would have been clearly answered. This short gives us the answer of some key events that occurred in the five years between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, as well as some insight into why Riddick, Jack and Imam interact the way they do in CoR. It also introduces the character Toombs, who plays a key role in Riddick's plight.

Aside from its value as an answer provider, Dark Fury is also a highly entertaining piece of animation. The graphics are top notch, the storyline is interesting, and the action is very well done. The plot moves along at a quick pace and it is a lot of fun to watch Riddick kick some @$$ in animated form. I highly recommend seeing this before watching The Chronicles of Riddick, not only is it a good movie but it also explains some key elements of the story.

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15 out of 19 people found the following review useful:
Great Fun, Riddick's the man, 12 September 2004

Author: taomonster from Copenhagen, Denmark

I just saw Dark Fury on a rented DVD and had very satisfying experience. Dark Fury is well drawn, fast paced and with a little CGI to spice it up.The animated short story takes place where we last left Riddick, the preacher and the wannabe tough girl in Pitch Black. They are picked up by a fairly big spaceship of hightech bounty hunters. From here on Riddick starts to kick ass and continues to do so for about 30 min. Vin Diesel's voice is one of the coolest in Hollywood only topped(maybe) by Sean Connery. The only problem in this animated adventure is that it is to damn short(33 min). It's a colorful and interesting universe with a great villain and some fantastic and imaginative actionscenes. In short terms Riddick kicks butt yet again. I went straight in on my Pc, went online and bought this little baby. Hail to the king baby. I give it a 7,5 out of 10.

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15 out of 19 people found the following review useful:
Aeon Flux got balls, 26 July 2004
Author: Shamus from Brisbane Australia

Way to short but some of the sweetest animation WITH a plot for some time. Great use of the voices to keep the link to the franchise moving with big Vin battling all sorts including what i thought looked like a 'Giant Mecha Penis - with teeth'. Now I'm not one to crimp creative style, IT looked bizarre but it worked! Funny, bloody and slick - not since animatrix has something caught my attention so nicely. Like others before me this should be compulsory viewing before the new feature (i haven't seen it yet) just to get into the Riddick groove of things. This definitely could spawn a few more anime 'chronicles' and i hope it does. Animation like this needs an audience. More please....

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16 out of 24 people found the following review useful:
Nice bridging, cool anime, 27 November 2004

Author: Shawn Watson (gator_macready@yahoo.com) from The Underverse

I was a big fan of the bizarro Aeon Flux back in the 90's and director Peter Chung brings that wonderful style to the universe of Riddick (much like he did in The Animatrix).

Dark Fury is a small story set between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick (which I haven't seen) in which Riddick, Jack and Abu dock their scout vessel with an ominous and evil ship filled with frozen Mercs and run by a vicious female overlord with a perverted idea of imprisonment.

The whole thing is basically an excuse for some quick violence but it's entertaining and expands upon the Riddick universe in interesting ways. I can see why Vin Diesel chose this franchise over TFATF and xXx.

The DVD is in non-anamorphic (!) 1.85:1 widescreen with Dolby 5.1 sound and a bunch of whogivesadamn extras.

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7 out of 7 people found the following review useful:
Well Received Riddick Bridge, 21 March 2007

Author: Fiendish_Dramaturgy from .: Fiendish Writings in the Dark :.

This is not live action, but rather an Anime edition of the time in between Pitch Black and the Chronicles of Riddick. If you haven't seen it, I won't spoil it for you, but it makes a fine attempt to detail what happened to "Jack" between the time Riddick leaves to the time of Riddick's re-emergence.

I'm not into Anime, personally, so I had to devote some extra concentration to this in order to glean the story from it, but those around me who do enjoy Anime did comment on how well it was done. I can, however, attest to the quality of the story, which was excellent, though I do hope that this does not portent what's coming in the next installment. I hope it's live action.

It rates a 7.8/10 from...

the Fiend :.

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14 out of 25 people found the following review useful:
Pitch Black the morning after, 20 February 2005

Author: julian kennedy from Clearwater Fl

Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury: 5/10: 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 (to 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.

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6 out of 10 people found the following review useful:
Peter Chung does good, 14 July 2006

Author: TheHande

I have never had more conflicted feelings about any animator. Peter Chung, creator of Aeon Flux brings us an interquel, Dark Fury to the films Pitch Black (a low budget sci-fi suspense story) and The Chronicles of Riddick (an action-packed sci-fi adventure). Dark Fury adds its own unique flavour, while retaining the greatness of the series. Chung has a very interesting style and I thought it translated well on screen.

The only one who didn't deliver as well however, surprisingly, was Riddick himself who delivered an unbelievable amount of redundant one-liners during the film and I did not have as much respect for him, like when I watched Chronicles.

Regardless, this is an excellent follow-up to Pitch Black.

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
So-so, 28 April 2010

Author: Neil Welch from United Kingdom

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

I was somewhat disappointed by this half-hour animated movie which a) tells its own rather slight story and also b) explains some of what happened between Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick.

I suppose it's better than not having it at all - and I like having Vin Diesel et al bringing aural continuity, at least - but I think there was potential for more. In particular, while I can understand the stylistic choice for anime-type presentation, I don't care for it that much and I would have preferred either traditional western-style hand-drawn animation, or CGI.

But that's not what I got.

Worth half an hour of your time, but that's about all.

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Fast paced and exciting, 23 August 2008

Author: Gordon-11 from Hong Kong

This animation is about Riddick and the gang boarding a spacecraft to fight a lady with a hobby to collect the most wanted criminals around the universe.

It's amazing how much plot and action they have packed in in just 30 minutes. The pace is fast, and there is always something to keep the adrenaline pumping.The action sequences are cool and very realistic. If it was to be transformed into a real film with actors, making a carbon copy would not look out of place. Usually for animation spin-offs they don't get the start to voice it, but in here I am impressed and glad that they got Vin Diesel to voice Riddick.

Even though I forgot the plots of the two Riddick films, I still enjoyed "The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury" as a stand-along animation.

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Fantastic Riddick arc that connects it's predecessor Pitch Black and it's sequel The Chronicles of Riddick., 7 December 2008

Author: Darwinskid from United States

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Not too long after the events of Pitch Black Riddick( Vin Diesel), Jack( Rhiana Griffith), and Abu( Keith David) travel into the depths of space in their getaway ship going to God-knows-where, they soon encounter a ship filled with bounty hunters called the "Kublah-Kahn", commanded by Antonia Chillingsworth( Tress MacNille), who has a unique perspective on death and sees it as more of an art. She has a fascination with Riddick and loves the way he kills people, she also wouldn't mind turning him into stone like the countless other killers her ship has found. Riddick and friends are now the hunted as a group of frozen bounty hunters, including Toombs from TCOR.

This movie answers the questions that plague some die hard fans of the original film Pitch Black such as-1. Why did Riddick, Abu and Jack split up? 2. Why are Riddick, Abu, and Jack( then as Kyra) on different planets in that solar system? 3. Why is Toombs so determined to find Riddick? These are all answered in this 30 minute animated film.

Peter Chung, as usually, does an outstanding job with the animation, it's well done and unique but unlike Aeon Flux the characters have more meat on their bones. The action sequences are intensely well done. And the voice acting is stellar.

To be perfectly honest, I find this little toon to be more watchable than the films.

Highly recommended for any Riddick fan.

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