The Chronicles of Riddick story
The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction action film written and directed by David Twohy. It is the second installment in the Riddick film series. Synopsis: It is up to the notorious wanted criminal Riddick to save a peoples from being exterminated by army of religious fanatics.
20 total · 5 major · 15 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy | major | The people of Helion Prime faced the prospect of either converting en masse to the cult-like Necromonger religion or else be exterminated after the Necromonger forces swooped down from outer space and conquered the planet. |
| quasi-religious cult | major | Much was made of the Necromongers being a cult of religious fanatics who were going around the universe forcing people to convert to their religion or else be put to the sword. |
| religious fervor | major | Much was made of the Necromongers being religious fanatics that were going around the universe forcing people to convert to their religion or else be put to the sword. |
| religious prophesy | major | Key to the plot was a prophesy that foretold of a child born who was destined to kill the Lord Marshall of the Necromonger army. It was ultimately revealed that Riddick was this child, and sure enough he went on to fulfill the prophesy. |
| speculative ability | major | Riddick's signature super power was his surgically altered eyes that allowed him to see in the dark. |
| betrayal | minor | Vaako pointedly betrayed his Necromonger ruler Lord Marshall by trying to decapitate him and take his place as leader. |
| cosmic balance | minor | Aereon spoke of how "(cosmic) balance is everything" to her elemental kind. |
| elemental being | minor | The air elemental being Aereon sometimes dissolved into a breezy mist when she moved. |
| father and daughter | minor | Imam and his young daughter Ziza. |
| human vs. captivity | minor | Riddick escaped from a harsh subterranean prison moon. |