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In the 26th century, the transport ship Hunter/Gratzner, its crew and passengers in cryo-stasis chambers, passes through a comet's tail while on autopilot; debris from the comet ruptures the hull and kills some of its crew, including the captain. The remaining crew is awakened and docking pilot Carolyn Fry crash lands on the nearby planet, Hades, despite nearly dumping the passenger compartment; although many survive, the ship is a total loss. The survivors find the planet to be near desert, its orbit around three suns keeping the surface in perpetual daylight. The survivors learn that one of the passengers is a dangerous criminal, Richard B. Riddick, who escaped in the crash. Riddick is chased by a bounty hunter, William J. Johns, before he gets away. Meanwhile, one of the other survivors is killed while investigating a nearby cave. Johns returns with Riddick, who is accused of the survivor's murder and kept under close guard. A group of the survivors travel to a nearby abandoned geological research settlement to find a supply of water and a spaceship they can use to escape the planet, though lacking power cells needed to start it up. They come to learn that the planet has a native species of deadly bat-like creatures that preyed on the residents of the settlement but only hunt in darkness, staying in the planet's cave systems otherwise. The survivors, discovering a astronomical model of Hades' orbit, realize that the suns will soon become eclipsed from Hades from another planet in the system, plunging the surface into darkness for an unspecified length of time. They quickly race back to the crashed ship to collect the power cells, other supplies and the other survivors before this occurs. As they begin the journey back from the crash to the settlement the eclipse starts and the creatures begin to emerge from the underground caves and attack the survivors. Riddick reveals that he has had illegal surgery performed on his eyes to give him perfect night vision and the group finds it necessary to trust him to lead them to safety. After Riddick realizes that Jack, a young runaway disguised as a boy, is female and on her menstrual cycle, Riddick tells the others that her blood is attracting the creatures. When Johns suggests leaving Jack behind to lure the creatures away, Riddick instead wounds Johns and leaves him as the bait. Soon the group is whittled down to Riddick, Fry, Jack and the Muslim Imam; Riddick has the other three wait in a nearby cave with bioluminescent worms that will keep the creatures at bay while he proceeds with the heavy power cells. Concerned, Fry follows Riddick and finds him ready to take the escape craft by himself but manages to convince him to help rescue Jack and Imam. Returning to the cave, Riddick and the others proceed to the ship; Riddick is taken by the creatures, but is saved by Fry's sacrifice. As they prepare to take off, Riddick waits for the last possible minute to kill as many of the creatures as possible in the ship's engine blast. As they are leaving the planet, Jack asks what they should say if they run into bounty hunters or other law enforcers asking where to find Riddick. Riddick responds:Read full review
Why "tree's" for a title ? Johns see's "tree's" in the distance and they are far from being tree's ! That is and was a surprise . No it's what happens after dark that you have to be careful of , including what Johns trys to do . even when they cross their own tracks . did I like this movie ? Yes . I watched it several times and will be watching more yet .
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Exciting space movie about life on a distant planet.
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This is not the best movie. I do like Ven Diesel and Claudia Black (Farscape and Stargate) as actors. A ship crash lands on a desert plane with three suns. They find an abandoned colony and clue that night is not a fun time on the planet. More and More of the survivor get killed in this movie. It is not so bad that it has a chance to be the second worst sci-fi movie. The worst is Plan 9 From Outer Space (Ed Wood). The plot is not great of that is not the actors fault. I would suggest that you rent not buy this one.
very exciting movie, first time watching it. Thanks Harry
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