Kyra The look in those eyes and the flush to his face called to Riddick in the most animalistic ways. Together they may just change the 'Verse as we know it. 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. He's certainly not a character to be messed with, but he's not the most dangerous foe in the franchise. What if Jack on the Hunter-Gratzner was actually Subject Zero right after she escaped the Cerberus Teltin facility on Pragia? NEXT:Aliens - 10 Things That Make No Sense About The 1986 Sci-Fi Classic. : Actor Vin Diesel has played the title role in all of the Riddick-based films and video games thus far. With the approach of the deadly sunrise, Vaako leaves Riddick to die and the Necromongers capture Kyra. Death by tea cup. In the prison hierarchy, Kyra appears to be extremely independent. Kyra dies in Riddick's arms just before the Necromongers, including Vaako, kneel before Riddick as their new leader. A sequel was released in 2013 called Riddick. Riddick and Kyra are forced to fight the Necromongers. Richard B. Riddick Connections: During the fight against the Necromonger Empire, she is converted and killed. She was held in the Crematoria Slam Facility. The mysterious voice belongs to a character named "Shirah", who appears to serve as a sort of spiritual guide to Riddick, helping him awaken the Furyan abilities that lie dormant within him. Five years later a seventeen year old Jack goes by a new name, "Kyra". They reach the hangar, but Vaako and his soldiers have arrived on the planet. Together, without memories of their connected past, they attempt to break out, and seek a way off world. All of them. He used his extremely capable and talented warrior Krone to finish Riddick off and leave him for dead. Only there wasn't a doctor here who could shine my eyes, not even for 20 menthol Kools. Vaako and the surviving Necromongers make their escape, taking Kyra with them. He's the holy Half-Dead who has seen the UnderVerse. When it appears that Riddick is about to be killed, Kyra stabs the Lord Marshal in the back with a spear and he punches her into a column of spikes, mortally wounding her. "[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. Release Dates 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. 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. Dissatisfied with his role as Lord Marshal, Riddick attempts to find Furya, but is instead abandoned on a desolate planet. After the events of Pitch Black, Riddick left Jack behind on New Mecca in Imam's care. After Riddick runs into Toombs again On New Mecca. Equipment: His guile is outmatched only by his overconfidence. : Collected Riddick-verse Imagines, backed up from flawedfictions @ tumblr. Riddicks made a career of being underestimated. 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. In the ensuing battle, Riddick was left for dead and Kyra went with the Necromongers rather than face the lethal Crematoria sunrise. Riddick has only been Lord Marshal for a few weeks when he starts to explore everything that is Necropolis. Kyra. Jack decided to follow 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. His only weakness (other than light sensitivity, leaving him in pain when in daylight without his goggles), as stated in the Pitch Black DVD, is his soft spot for children and anyone who really grows on him (those people become his friends), which resulted in his capture by the bounty hunter Johns (Cole Hauser). "[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. Sorry, Dahl. Jack: So you can see whos sneaking up on you in the dark? He's equally capable as a fighter, though he seems to be much better at delegating and strategizing with his team, rather than throwing down. Alexis Llewellyn as Ziza, Imam's daughter. It is during this time that a seventeen year old Jack takes on the name "Kyra". 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. She is known by the guards as always having a shiv on her somewhere. The eye-shine surgery seems to be performed by a bovine veterinarian on board a prison facility where Riddick arrived only a few hours before and from which he is already in the process of escaping. A monster. 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. When the Hunter Gratzner crashes on the planet, M6-117, she and several survivors, led by Carolyn Fry, are confronted by certain death at the hands of the planet's inhabitants the Bioraptors. She likes to hide a razor in her mouth which she uses to cut Riddick on his left cheek (dubbed, the Kyra Kiss). The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction action film written and directed by David Twohy. When Riddick attacks, the Lord Marshal presents Kyra, who appears to have been converted. He wanted his pack. 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. He entered their flagship and found Kyra. A mixture of lightning-fast combat skills, weapons proficiencies, and utter ruthlessness made Johns one of Riddick's most deadly foes. She still seems to be obsessed with Riddick and to warped degree appears to harbor romantic feelings for him. Work Search: He died somewhere on that planet. 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. 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. The guards reach the hangar, just as the prisoners arrive to find the Necromongers have cornered them there. Despite this, he periodically received visions and messages from a Furyan survivor named Shirah, which he thought were signs of mental instability. But when Imam is killed, Riddick sets out on a mission to avenge him, eventually overthrowing the Lord Marshal (with help from Jack) and inheriting his office. Kyra! Behind the scenes Richard B. Riddick first appeared in Pitch Black: Slam City, a Shockwave prequel comic on the official Pitch Black website, one month before the release of the movie. 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. Rated Teen for Language. 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. Their pack just may be strong enough to weather the oncoming storms, if they trust each other. Five years after hed left Jack behind, Riddick came to Crematoria looking for her. This allows him to see clearly in the dark, but also makes him vulnerable to strong light; he wears tinted welding goggles for protection. [quietly] Kyra was introduced as an awkward kid in the first Pitch Black film, but she blossomed by the time the second film came out. 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. Krone was a Necromonger underling of the ambitious and deceitful Vaako, who wanted nothing more than to be Lord Marshal. She was weak, couldnt cut it. None are to be underestimated. The Necromongers attack and take control of the capital in a single night. Helper(s): The official Pitch Black website, the novelization of Chronicles of Riddick. Despite finding himself in situations where the odds of survival and/or escape would seem insurmountable, Riddick always pushes forward and never gives up. She mentions that she joined the mercenaries on the planet Lupus 5, which appears to be barren and over-industrialized and contains a well-developed space transportation industry. "[19] Nell Minow of Common Sense Media gave the film 2 out of 5 and termed it a "very violent, brainless explosion movie. 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. She may lack the physical prowess necessary to tackle some of the more vicious melee fighters out there, such as Riddick or Diaz, but she makes up for it with grit. : 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. Eight years later, Riddick has returned from the Underverse and is searching for Jack. The Lord Marshal sends Commander Vaako to hunt Riddick down. 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. He's also capable of giving off a non-threatening aura, particularly if he wants opponents to think they have the upper hand. Imam Abu al-Walid (High), and she would have a High Connection to Riddick if she had a reliable means of contacting him. 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). 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. Also, in 2007, Davalos appeared in the Stephen King horror adaptation The Mist (2007/I). At times she displays moments of vulnerability, usually when she's around Riddick. 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. Vaako's wife speaks to Aereon, who reveals that Furya was devastated by the Lord Marshal after he was told a child from that planet would kill him. Riddick was able to kill the wounded Lord Marshal and comforted Kyra in her last moments. She also established herself as an antagonist of Paris P. Ogilvie, an antiques dealer. Richard B. Riddick 7:11 5.6M views 1 year ago 1:46:26. [citation needed]. When she finally met such a person in the form of Riddick she became a one-person cult of personality, imitating Riddick to the best of her ability. Alexa Davalos Riddick managed to escape the prison with Kyra and even began to rebuild their relationship, but this was interrupted when the Necromongersintercepted them. Then you gotta get sent to a slam. Kyra Get that ASS MOVING! What was that? 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. 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. These are the ten toughest of the bunch, ranked by their power quotient. Richard B. Riddick Her big break arrived when producers selected her to play "Kyra", the heroine in the 2004 futuristic fantasy vehicle The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), starring Vin Diesel. 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. After Riddick kills The Lord Marshall he turns to the mortally wounded Kyra. Boss Johns is the father of the original Johns character from Pitch Black, though the two aren't exactly alike. : 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. [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. Word about the Necromongers has reached the prison warden, who deduces that Toombs has stolen Riddick from them. The Guv: There are inmates and there are convicts. Richard B. Riddick A beast. Kyra He has also been known to use anything from Necromonger gravity rifles, teacups and anything in between. In the film, and in all subsequent appearances the character has been portrayed by Vin Diesel. "[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. Serenity looks like it'll do. A crossover/retelling of Mass Effect 2, post modified events of Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick and Riddick, where Jack is both Jack|Kyra and Jack|Subject Zero. 22 Feb 2023 12:12:41 RELATED:10 Classic 50s Sci-Fi Movies That Still Appeal To A Modern Audience. Unfortunately, their only interest in Jack was as a commodity and she was promptly sold to slavers. 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. In general, Riddick possesses an abnormally high threshold of pain and psychologically channels what pain he does feel into anger. Lord Marshal Zhylaw is dead, but his downfall brings unexpected consequences for Jack and Riddick. Riddick Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. His will to survive was unmatched, and his animal instincts made him fearless among everyone. [3], Fry's conversation with Riddick compels Fry to seek evidence about the truth of Zeke's death. : 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. But you are making that very difficult right now. Kyra still gasped, holding her chest, internal injuries slowly healing. In the prison, Riddick finds Jack, now named Kyra, and they reconcile with each other. Where the original Johns was an amoral opportunist, the elder Johns is a tough-as-nails mercenary with a code of honor and integrity. He started out as a seemingly benevolent mercenary hauling back the dangerous mass murderer Riddick for a long haul in prison. Intrigued, the Necromongers' leader, the Lord Marshal, orders Riddick be scanned by the Quasi-Dead, half-dead telepaths, who determine that he is indeed a Furyan survivor. Little is known about Riddick's childhood, save that he had no formal education and seemed to have been in trouble with the law from an early age. If not ', Come now, husband, Dame Vaako chides, we must observe the niceties. He appears in the game during a random special encounter, aptly titled Pitch Black. Did a lot of that. In Riddick, he appeared pleasantly surprised to learn that Johns' father was a better man than his son, complimenting Johns' nerve when he came back to help Riddick when he didn't have to. She traveled to Lupus 5 and signed up with a group of mercs. A podfic recording of Tarlan's "Concubines". Finally, he orchestrated a plan to return Riddick to his home planet Furya, in exchange for the Necromongers. 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). 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. Faced with several creatures far more powerful than himself, or any human for that matter, he has shown himself to be capable of evading, killing, or even taming them. Riddick was born on Furya. They are the Holy Half-Dead, but then they meet a creature from the void itself. He also tends to think of a fun bar fight as foreplay. [3], After it was established that Riddick didn't kill Zeke, and with the stress of deadly predators added to the trauma of the crash (along with whatever drove her from her home on Taurus 1), Jack quickly became obsessed with Riddick's strength and survival instincts. Her big break arrived when producers selected her to play "Kyra", the heroine in the 2004 futuristic fantasy vehicle The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), starring Vin Diesel. 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. She's also an expert sniper, capable of picking targets off from great distances, as she demonstrated in the 2013 Riddick film. Lord Marshal orders Riddick's death, but Riddick escapes only to be recaptured by Toombs. She wore loose clothing that allowed her to more easily conceal the blades she always had on her person. 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. Kyra: where they tell you youll never see daylight again. [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. Kyra and Riddick ended up as a team once more, but with Kyra expressing heranger for Riddick abandoning her. 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". Riddick left Jack more than once, but when it really mattered, he stayed until the end. Riddick & Kyra - The Gift 50,401 views Nov 15, 2007 195 Dislike Share Save cherrylane79 1.97K subscribers TCOR, Riddick & Kyra and their relationship. Riddick, Jack, and Abu al-Walid must fight their way through an army of mercs and creatures at her disposal. Riddick infiltrates the main hall on the Necromongers' flagship, where Dame Vaako sees him but encourages her husband not to warn the Lord Marshal and to let Riddick strike first and pave the way for Vaako to kill the Lord Marshal and take his place as leader. The guards kill the bounty hunters except for Toombs, take the reward money, and prepare to leave before the Necromongers arrive. At first, Diaz appeared to be nothing more than a strongman for Santana's merc outfit, but he didn't stay that way. The death cultists had come looking for Riddick and caught up with him as he was trying to leave the planet. Acrobatics*: 06, Martial Artist*: 06, Thief (Concealment, Stealth)*: 06, Weaponry (Firearms, Melee)*: 06, Weaponry (Knives): 07. [7], Slant Magazine gave the film 1.5 out of 4 and stated, "Eschewing the claustrophobic minimalism of its predecessor Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick is an extravagant orgy of used sci-fi parts. Kyras reunion with Riddick was very contentious at first. I'd take my wounded and go. 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.