He seems to have sensed Dahl's insecurity and played upon that and the insecurity of her co-workers in their mission. Kyra Her death reduces Riddick, who very rarely shows any emotion besides contempt, to tears.[2]. Davalos next took on a prominent role as "Samantha" on the high-concept mystery-period series "Reunion" (2005). Together, without memories of their connected past, they attempt to break out, and seek a way off world. [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. She wore loose clothing that allowed her to more easily conceal the blades she always had on her person. When her mentor left her behind for fear of getting her hurt, Kyra sought out training from less reputable sources. Unsurprisingly, in a world of murderers and mercenaries, there are some truly powerful characters in the franchise. In the prison, Riddick finds Jack, now named Kyra, and they reconcile with each other. But not her. But I will take a piece of him. The woman known as "Jack B. Badd"[1], and "Kyra"[2] was a runaway and convict. [4], Jack discovers her violent side by shooting Antonia Chillingsworth just before she can kill Riddick. 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. This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 20:12. [citation needed]. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! The Lord Marshal backhanded Kyra into a set of decorative spikes along the walls of the chamber, fatally wounding her. He is also able to quickly judge the quality of, and find even seemingly minor flaws in most weaponry, down to very specific details. Shit! Source of Character: Pitch Black unrated directors cut (movie), Dark Fury (anime movie), Chronicles of Riddick (movie), character played by Rhianna Griffith (Pitch Black, Dark Fury) and Alexa Davalos (Chronicles of Riddick). Soon the survivors find themselves fighting for their lives against a predatory species called Bio-Raptors, and by the end of the film there are only three survivors: Riddick, a young girl called Jack, and Imam. Richard B. Riddick: I bow to no man. Riddick: You gotta kill a few people. Work Search: In the second film, he used the knife he took from Irgun as his weapon during his fight with him and the Lord Marshall, killing both with it. Also, in 2007, Davalos appeared in the Stephen King horror adaptation The Mist (2007/I). Universal Pictures decided to develop a sequel to Pitch Black after the success of The Fast and the Furious, another action film that starred Vin Diesel. 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. : 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). Did a lot of that. 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. Kyra Rated Teen for Language. Riddick soonrealizes that Jack is actually a female and she has begun her menstrual cycle, giving the Bioraptors a blood scent by which to track them. A beast. 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. 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. I'll let you go in a minute, and if you behave, it will stay that way. "[20] The Austin Chronicle gave the film 3 out of 5 and called it a "bloated, but enjoyable production. Helper(s): The official Pitch Black website, the novelization of Chronicles of Riddick. When she saves Riddick, her eyes return to their normal state. What? 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. Few beings in the galaxy were as dangerous and deadly as Lord Marshal Zhylaw. He died somewhere on that planet. 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. She has since appeared in several Hollywood films, including "Feast of Love", "The Mist", "Defiance", and "Clash of the Titans". 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. It grossed $57 million in North America, and its total worldwide gross stands between $107 million[2] and $115 million. When Riddick attacks, the Lord Marshal presents Kyra, who appears to have been converted. Richard B. Riddick: Look, I'm not with everyone here. Kyra : One where they tell you you'll never see daylight again. [3] Universal hired David Hayter to come up with a script, which was later revised by Akiva Goldsman. Riddick, Jack, and Imam must fight their way through the army of human and alien creatures at her disposal or they will meet a fate crueler than death. Kyra always has some sort of bladed instrument hidden on her. 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. This manifests itself in Riddick's decision to deliver both Jack and Abu al-Walid to New Mecca.[4]. Eight years later, Riddick has returned from the Underverse and is searching for Jack. It was how most people described him. [3], When they finally get to the escape ship, the only survivors are Riddick, Abu al-Walid, and Jack. "Who's the Better Killer?". Kyras reunion with Riddick was very contentious at first. do not watch if you have photosensitive epilepsy! It's a shame they never got a chance.. However, Universal passed it up for a new draft from the first film's director and writer, David Twohy.[4]. Thoughts on Kyra? : r/riddick - reddit.com Maybe even stop it. What if Jack on the Hunter-Gratzner was actually Subject Zero right after she escaped the Cerberus Teltin facility on Pragia? Bulgladon Correctional Facility, a prison located on a mostly water planet. She even occasionally wears a set of goggles she found. Riddick's abilities at hand-to-hand combat is a mix of Krav Maga, Hapkido, Eskrima, and Ninjutsu; he uses his formidable fighting skills while confronting one of the night-creatures of Pitch Black with only a shiv he had made, killing it with relative ease, as well as defeating one of the Lord Marshal's best Necromonger warriors in a matter of seconds in Chronicles. Vaako and the surviving Necromongers make their escape, taking Kyra with them. Riddick, who had a bit of a soft spot for children, quietly humored her and even began to be somewhat protective of her. His ability to cope with toxins is also heightened; when a merc team was attempting to take him out with horse tranquilizers, it took four darts just to make Riddick stop running, and he still remained conscious until he was hit in the head. The middle act ends with Riddick leading Kyra and several others on a prison break, only for Kyra to be captured by the Necromongers, which brings on the climactic assault of Riddick storming the . The guards reach the hangar, just as the prisoners arrive to find the Necromongers have cornered them there. This discovery is clearly a source of worry for Riddick and Abu al-Walid as the three escape from the mercenary ship. [6] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. He appears in the game during a random special encounter, aptly titled Pitch Black. 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. Richard B. Riddick, more commonly known as Riddick, is a fictional character and the antiheroic protagonist of the Chronicles of Riddick series, including the animated short movie Dark Fury and the video games Escape from Butcher Bay and Assault on Dark Athena.Actor Vin Diesel has played the title role in all of the Riddick-based films and video games thus far. Unfortunately, their only interest in Jack was as a commodity and she was promptly sold to slavers. Together they may just change the 'Verse as we know it. 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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. The ship's owner, Antonia Chillingsworth, collects criminals, whom she freezes and keeps as statues that are, in her view, art. Jack was enthralled with Riddick, who was everything she wanted to be tough and dangerous, feared and respected. var pfHeaderImgUrl = '';var pfHeaderTagline = '';var pfdisableClickToDel = 0;var pfHideImages = 0;var pfImageDisplayStyle = 'block';var pfDisablePDF = 0;var pfDisableEmail = 0;var pfDisablePrint = 0;var pfCustomCSS = '';var pfEncodeImages = 0;var pfShowHiddenContent = 0;var pfBtVersion='2';(function(){var js,pf;pf=document.createElement('script');pf.type='text/javascript';pf.src='//cdn.printfriendly.com/printfriendly.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(pf)})(); Jack B. Badd (later Kyra) is a recurrent character in the Riddick science-fiction movies. Jack B. Badd | Riddick Wiki | Fandom Where the original Johns was an amoral opportunist, the elder Johns is a tough-as-nails mercenary with a code of honor and integrity. Jack is Lady Marshal of the Necromonger fleet. When Riddick attacks, the Lord Marshal presents Kyra, who appears to have been converted. He hasn't seen her since they were separated when New Mecca fell to the Necromongers. "[16] Paul Clinton of CNN gave the film a negative review and called it "a big, cheesy sci-fi flick tailor-made for a young male audience looking for things that go boom. Five years later a seventeen year old Jack goes by a new name, "Kyra". 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. [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. : RELATED:10 Classic 50s Sci-Fi Movies That Still Appeal To A Modern Audience. The following year, Davalos stepped up several notches with a lead role in Robert Benton's much-anticipated drama Feast of Love (2007) -- an ensemble piece about a free-spirited woman who arrives in a small Northwestern town and recolors the life of everyone she meets. : She still seems to be obsessed with Riddick and to warped degree appears to harbor romantic feelings for him. In the film, and in all subsequent appearances the character has been portrayed by Vin Diesel. tip: "uchiha sasuke/uzumaki naruto" angst kudos>10, A man. Riddick didn't care, his Kyra, his beautiful, sweet Kyra. In Pitch Black, she had cropped cut hair, a slightly deeper voice, and wore male clothing to add to this ruse. In the end, Riddick was able to take advantage of the Lord Marshal's one weakness - the need to phase from one point to another, to drive a perfectly timed knife straight through his skull. He has also been known to use anything from Necromonger gravity rifles, teacups and anything in between. After a quintessentially bohemian childhood that found her straddling New York, Paris, Italy and Los Angeles (with a photographer father and actress mom), Alexa Davalos headed to Manhattan. 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. Harry Potter because they are seriously lacking. After killing a crew led by mercenary Toombs and stealing his ship on planet U.V., he heads to New Mecca on the planet Helion Prime, after Toombs reveals his bounty originated there. : Richard B. Riddick "[11] Ann Hornaday of Washington Post gave the film a negative review and stated that "The Chronicles of Riddick doesn't hark back merely to the classic horror or science fiction canon but to nearly every single cinematic genre in the book, from westerns to film noir to sword-and-sandal epics. He wanted his pack. 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. Richard B. Riddick is one of the most notorious killers in the entire galaxy, and certainly one of the most dangerous men alive. On Crematoria, a disagreement breaks out between Toombs and the prison warden over what Toombs is owed for Riddick's bounty. Serenity looks like it'll do. Commander Shepard was dead until Cerberus brought her back to stop the Collectors. : The problem with being a Reader is you tend to get swept up in other people's emotions. [Screams] I'd rather talk to you in a somewhat calmer setting. It follows the adventures of Riddick as he attempts to elude capture and face an invading empire. Her long mane of wavy hair added to her feral demeanor. Although the criminals are frozen, they are alive and conscious. Riddick was once a mercenary, then part of a security force,[1] and later a soldier. Can these lost souls help each other or will it tear their hearts out? Damn. Left of the spine, fourth lumbar down; the abdominal aorta? He started out as a seemingly benevolent mercenary hauling back the dangerous mass murderer Riddick for a long haul in prison. His ability to cope with pain, stress and situational panic is most likely the main reason behind his success, which combined with his sharp intelligence gives Riddick the ability to escape from any situation. 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. : 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. Alexa is, without a doubt, one of Hollywood's fastest rising young stars. Kyra could have been the former sidekick-in-training of any number of heroes or villains. 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 : Kyra One of his most defining features are his eyes, a characteristic inherent in a certain caste of his species (the Alpha-Furyans), although he implies in Pitch Black that they were "shined" by a back-alley surgical operation. Her first kill was Antonia Chillingsworth, commander of the merc vessel Kublai Khan. Riddicks made a career of being underestimated. Five years pass between Jack's arrival at New Mecca and her Incarceration at Crematoria. After Riddick runs into Toombs again On New Mecca. analysis - What was the point of the interplay between Richard Riddick These are the ten toughest of the bunch, ranked by their power quotient. The Lord Marshal sends Commander Vaako to hunt Riddick down. Imam Abu al-Walid (High), and she would have a High Connection to Riddick if she had a reliable means of contacting him. Riddick was still alive. Alyna Leone has always been a little wild, relying on her heightened senses, reflexes and natural instincts to survive. 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. When Riddick leaves Jack behind she go on a path of destruction that eventually leads her to become Kyra. Vaako just wanted to do good by his Lord Marshal. 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. The natural curls framed her face in a wild mess. He entered their flagship and found Kyra. It is a sequel to Pitch Black (2000) and the second installment in the Riddick film series. Actor Vin Diesel has played the title role in all of the Riddick-based films and video games thus far. Actor They reach the hangar, but Vaako and his soldiers have arrived on the planet. Because of the five years she spent with mercenaries, she has grown colder; vindictive and calculating. I'd take my wounded and go. "[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. Let him think that. One major characteristic of Riddick is his indomitable will. She also established herself as an antagonist of Paris P. Ogilvie, an antiques dealer. In the battle, Imam is killed and Riddick escapes. Was there anything you said that was true? The guards kill the bounty hunters except for Toombs, take the reward money, and prepare to leave before the Necromongers arrive. Alexa Davalos (born May 28, 1982 in Paris, France) is an American actress.
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