{"id":706,"date":"2013-10-25T13:06:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T11:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=706"},"modified":"2013-10-25T13:06:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T11:06:01","slug":"review-riddick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/10\/25\/review-riddick\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Riddick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Left for dead on an apparently lifeless planet, <a title=\"Riddick on SAMDB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1720\" target=\"_blank\">Riddick<\/a> is fighting for survival against alien predators, and triggers a distress beacon to lure mercenaries and bounty hunters to the planet, providing him with a possible means of escape.<\/p>\n<p>The film opens with a bit of reflection, on life and the soul of Riddick. We see his tough side, and we see a more gentle side peaking through, as he prepares himself for the upcoming conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Although slow to start, with Riddick alone against the elements and alien life, things soon take on a sense of urgency once the other humans arrive, one a team of mercenaries, the other a group of bounty hunters. The two crews are competing, everyone is out to get Riddick, and there&#8217;s hostile alien life.<\/p>\n<p>Riddick is far more contained then Chornicles of Riddick, feeling more in-touch with PItch Black than the previous film.<\/p>\n<p>The story provides for great entertainment, and tough guys Vin Diesal and Karl Urban don&#8217;t disappoint with the action. Riddick is an action packed look at the instinct for survival.<\/p>\n<p>Riddick opens 25 October 2013 in South Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left for dead on an apparently lifeless planet, Riddick is fighting for survival against alien predators, and triggers a distress beacon to lure mercenaries and bounty hunters to the planet, providing him with a possible means of escape. The film opens with a bit of reflection, on life and the soul of Riddick. We see&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/10\/25\/review-riddick\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Review: Riddick<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","category-review","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}