YMMV / Riddick

• Alternate Character Interpretation: Diaz misses when he shoots at the jackal and later lies that it is dead. Was that simple bad marksmanship, a Pet the Dog moment, or a calculating ploy to leave a predator out there to pick off more of his partners and leave a bigger share of the bounty for himself?
• Broken Base: Fans are split over the film's return to its roots with a story similar to Pitch Black, with some welcoming this decision and others feeling that they shouldn't have scrapped the developments that The Chronicles of Riddick made to the plot.
• It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: This installment returns to its roots to the point where some criticize it for being a shameless remake of Pitch Black.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: The films two female characters, Dahl and Santana's Prisoner (Word of God says her real name is K.L. Sunhill) racked up quite a bit of popularity. In Dahl's case, it's because she proved to be such a badass. In Sunhill's case, it's because she's mainly seen as The Woobie due to being held prisoner (where she was possibly abused and assaulted) before given a Hope Spot that leads to her death.
• Narm:
  • The sentry bot's beeping sounds like some dubstep beat.
  • Dahl is impossible to take seriously. When she isn't spewing corny lines from her mouth, she's swearing for absolutely no reason, which just makes her sound even more silly.
  • Riddick's ability to predict the future is frankly ridiculous in this film.
• Retroactive Recognition: Mike Milligan moonlights as a space merc! How apropos.
• The Scrappy: While Santana is intended to be despised because of his despicable behavior and heinous deeds, a good number of people instead dislike him for being a one-dimensional Straw Character that feels more like a caricature of a Hate Sink, especially when compared to the other villains in the Riddick universe.
• Squick: After Riddick slices open a giant mud scorpion's stomach, the scorpion shrugs off the wound and starts eating its intestines off the ground. Even Riddick looked disgusted by it.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Vargas gets some good The Smart Guy and Casual Danger Dialogue moments and is one of the least ruthless mercenaries, but he is bitten and poisoned by a mud demon within a couple minutes of the Enemy Mine team-up between Riddick and the mercenaries, without getting any real chance to interact with Riddick or use his skills to help him.

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