Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, The (2004)

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[Alarm Beeping]

[Computer Voice]
Hull breach contained.

Engines operating
at 170% capacity.

Engine and hull failure imminent
under current parameters.

[Beeping Continues]

[Woman] A lot of questions,
whoever we run into.

Could even be... a merc ship.

[Computer Voice]
Critical systems failure in five seconds.

Four seconds. Three seconds.

Two seconds. One second.

[Engine Winding Down]

First you're a boy, then you're a girl,
and now you're a psychic.

Careful what you wish for, Jack.

[Man On Speaker] Unidentified craft,
state your purpose and contents.

[Man] Unidentified craft,
state your purpose and contents.

[Indistinct Whispering]

Unidentified craft,
state your purpose and contents.

Name's Johns.

My ship got scrapped
on a transport run.

The only other survivors
from the whole mess are with me.

Outside of that, we got nothing.

Tell me, Mr. Johns,

what brings you to this
lonely corner of space?

I'm a bounty hunter.

Then it appears
we have something in common.

Bring them in.

[Gasps]
They're reelin' us in.

[Man On Speaker]
Ship is secure in Bay 3.

No offense, but I don't think
that's gonna cut it...

against whatever it is
that's coming for us.

Report.

Two heat signatures. Adults.

There's some residual as well.
Could be a juvenile.

More likely burn-off
from the engines.

Find out.

Hold your breath.

Running a tighter sweep.

- Wait a minute.
- What is it?

It's the sweep.
According to what I'm getting,

they're gone.

Gone?

Nothing inside that ship's
putting out heat anymore.

How that's possible...

Anything?

No, sir. No one's been in or out
of this bay since I locked it down myself.

Zero atmosphere.

[Captain]
Pressurize.

We've got O-2, sir. It's thin,
but you'll be able to breathe it.

- Green for breach.
- Earn your keep.

[Captain] There is a man inside this
vessel who is something far worse...

than anyone here
has ever encountered.

Should you survive this day,

it is one you will remember
for the rest of your lives.

Do not underestimate
the importance of such a thing.

Begin.

[Screaming]

[Grunts]

[Sniffs]
Extinguishing foam.

Fall back!
Everyone fall back!

[Screaming, Grunting]

He has to breathe sometime.

- [Gasps]
- [Machine g*n Firing]

- [Gasping Continues]
- [Grunting]

[Grunting Continues]

You certainly know
how to make an entrance.

That's nothing, scarecrow.
He's gonna kick your ass so hard...

[Man Screams]

- [Jack Screams]
- I think not.

- What do you say?
- Call off your lap dog,

before his trying to impress you
gets him k*lled.

Am I so obvious?

Call it what you want,
but tell him to stand down, now.

You'll have to excuse
Junner's excitement.

It sometimes makes him
a touch... quick.

Though I can't say I blame him.

You see, he's just heard
so much about you,

Riddick.

Yes, I know your name.

Quite a bit more
about you, I think.

Careful. You may find
what you're digging for.

I'm willing to share, of course,

but I must ask
that you surrender your w*apon...

before any more of my apparently
overpaid associates...

come to an untimely end.

[Groans]
Not gonna happen.

No?

[Shuddering]

The girl is nothing to me.

Then enlighten me.

Why would a stone-cold k*ller
such as yourself...

go to all the trouble
ofkeeping the likes ofher alive?

Unless, of course,
you've grown attached.

She's a cover story,
nothing more.

You sh**t her now,
and you'll be saving me the trouble.

Then I have your blessing.

[Whimpering]

[Riddick Grunts]

Maybe I know more about you
than you do yourself.

Now just ain't the time.
[Man Grunts]

Lock them down.

[Jack Whimpers]

- We're done here.
- My apologies.

You know how worthless
those are to me. You did well.

People die
in this line of work, Junner.

A handful of men?
A small price to pay.

- What will you do with him?
- Slowly, Junner.

Have Riddick brought
to my conservatory.

I've something beautiful in mind.

And, Junner,
unfreeze some more mercs.

Have you ever seen
anything like this before?

Merc ships? Plenty.

Just trying to figure out
how it all goes together.

It is a plantation operation.

A boat like this loads up at port,
signs on as many men as it can hold,

then goes out for months,
sometimes years at a time.

However long it takes
to fill their stores.

Except a merchant rig's
usually harvesting ore,

maybe crops, not people.

[Man] Captured bounties on one side,
contracted manpower on the other.

- Just add heat.
- You know a lot about this shit...

for a holy man.

I hear things.

Must be a special kind of
desperate d*ck signs on to this.

- [Blow Lands]
- Shut up!

You're the exception, of course.
For you, it's life experience.

So, what's the plan?

It's not like we haven't
gotten out of worse.

The way I see it, we can take
these jerks when... Hey!

- This is where we get off, princess.
- You too, preacher.

I will pray.
Not for me.

- Let's go!
- I won't leave without you, Riddick!

I'll find you!

[Indistinct Chanting]

Set him down and leave.

[Groans]

Hmm.

The hell...

[Grunts]

All right.
Now you have my attention.

A necessary precaution.

You attempt anything uncivilized...

k*lling me, for instance...

I detonate the expl*sive charge
Junner's just implanted...

and sleep very well tonight.

Walk with me.

You're not putting me
on a pedestal.

No. Of course not.

You're strictly
for my private collection.

[Grunts, Yells]

Miss me?

Mmm. Fresh as a daisy.

Suit up and report.

Must be something big, them taking
you off ice after what you pulled.

Sister, I certainly aim
to find out.

Hmm. Okay.

You go through all the trouble
to catch these guys,

and this is what
you do with them.

[Woman]
You're missing the point.

[Riddick] What point? You got a million
U.D. 's standing around collectin'dust.

You underestimate their value,
Riddick. They are priceless.

Each, at one time,

the most wanted man
or woman in the known universe.

The number oflives ended
at the hands of those...

living and breathing
in this room is incalculable.

Ain't what I'd call living.

Just the same, I assure you
they are all very much alive.

Each one sustained
in a form of cryo so profound...

that seconds seem weeks...

and to blink an eye is a day's work.

The brain, however,
continues to function unimpeded.

The mind continues
to think and feel,

swarming with whatever dark thoughts
it's trapped alone with,

as it will be for hundreds of years.

So much more fitting a fate than
dropping them off at the nearest slam.

Here, they are appreciated
for what they truly are,

transformed into objects
on par with their lives'work.

And why? Because I gave them the
audience they so desperately desired,

the recognition they bought
with the blood of others.

I understood their actions,
stripped free of moral convention.

Don't you see? They're
something greater now, Riddick.

Something more than
they ever were before. Art.

Lady, your taste sucks.

I expected as much.

Junner.

You see, Riddick,

there is a fundamental difference
between you and I.

Yeah. You're a psychopath.

You don't appreciate art.

But I believe the reason for this
is something very different...

than you or anyone else
might think.

You're an artist.

I've been called
a lot of things in my day.

That ain't one of'em.

You make art, Riddick,
not analyze it.

You shape it with your own hands,
carve it from flesh and bone.

But a man like you does not understand
such a thing by being lectured.

You must experience it.

Oh, shit.

I said I'd find you, didn't I?

What do you want?
To watch you work.

I've spent the latter half of my life
observing fantastic things...

the work of terrible men,
men such as yourself...

but it's always after the fact...

when the moment of bloody creation
is cold and passed.

That changes now.

[Gasps, Whimpers]

I need to see it, Riddick.

I need to see it with my own eyes
as it happens.

I get outta there alive,
you'll see it again...

this close.

No, Riddick.
I want your masterpiece.

An artist is nothing
without his instrument.

When we meet again,
I'm gonna bury this in your eye.

[Woman]
Let him in.

[Grunting]

[Yelling, Grunts]

Go ultraviolet.

I was on a pilgrimage.
Just a pilgrimage.

- This is bad, huh?
- Give it a minute.

[Riddick]
Imam, pray.

[g*nf*re]

[Yelling]

[Yelling Continues]

- [Gasps]
- [Gasps]

[Screams, Struggling]

[Both Straining]

Get her on her feet.

I cannot see!
You don't want to.

You wanna go?
Let's go.

Beautiful, beautiful creature.

Shrill are an exquisite species.

I'm talking about the man.

They're gonna k*ll him!

[Gasps]

[Creature Shrieks]
Huh?

- [Straining]
- No!

- Riddick?
- Here!

[Riddick Panting]

[Clapping]

Bravo!
The grace, the expression,

the sheer v*olence of it.

Exquisite.

- Give...
- What?

Give me the knife.

Such a complete
and thorough performance.

It leaves only one question.

I got a feeling
you're not gonna like it.

How will I ever have you mounted...

to do it justice?

What are you...

- No!
- [Groans]

Eww!

- You gonna keep that?
- Looks like you'll have to be an abstract piece.

Down! Now!
[Groans]

[Riddick Groaning]
[Jack Grunting]

We'll need to rouse
a substantial pursuit force.

- Who?
- All of them! Even the Galls!

Any man or thing
that can hold a w*apon!

Every last one! Now!

- [Gasps]
- [Gasps]

All right.
Just what's the big deal? Oh!

Jumping Jesus.

Oh, come to Papa,
you beautiful bald bastard.

Toombs, what in the hell
are you doing?

Just gathering intel.

Yeah, well, stow it. We got a
couple of runners to bring in.

- sh**t on sight.
- Yes, sir.

[Straining]

What in the hell
happened here?

Shut up and take point.

[Chuckles]

Burn 'em.
Grab your panties, boys.

- [Creature Roaring]
- What the hell was that?

Don't move.

[Creature Roaring]

[Men Straining]

Turn it loose.

[Men Yelling]

Huh?

[Grunts]

[Straining]
What the...

[g*nf*re]

- You're badly hurt.
- Him? He almost tore me in half.

Just a graze this time.

[Creature Roaring]
[Guard Yelling]

- [Creature Roars]
- That bitch. Move!

[Panting]

We cannot stop. We're
not outrunning this thing,

not the three of us.

What? I can keep up!

Maybe someday.

- Get her to the flight deck.
- It's just aft, upper level.

Yeah. Stow in there and let
whatever's following pass.

When it does, make for the
flight deck and don't look back,

no matter what you hear.

[Jack] We'll wait for you. Follow Imam.

- What are you going to do?
- [Riddick Grunting]

[Riddick Breathing Heavily]

Now where do we gotta go
to meet up with Ridd...

Jack, shh.

[Creature's Footsteps]

[Roars]

We've got to help him, Imam.

We can't help him if we leave.

Sometimes that is exactly
how it works.

Sweep it.

I got something.
Check it out.

- Don't touch that!
- Oh, shit.

[Creature's Footsteps Approaching]

[Roars]

[Yelling]

I ain't putting that back on.

[Groans]

[Straining]

[Riddick] Let her go. Hmm.

It's me you're after.
You want a shot at the title?

[Footsteps Approaching]

[Groaning, Yells]

I told you that was coming.

Wh-Where are you going?

Gonna prep this ship
and get off this heap.

So we can escape?

It is over.

We have survived.

[Breathing Heavily]

Back to hell with you,

you bloody stinking savage!

Im...

Yeah, we made it.

Awfully uncivilized thing
you just did there, Jack.

Riddick.
Trouble?

Yes.

It is nothing back there.

What worries me
lies ahead of us.

- Jack.
- I am concerned for her, Riddick,

that she'll become...

Like me.

[Beeping]

- What is that place?
- That's nowhere.

I'm dropping you guys
on New Mecca.

Riddick.
We ain't done, boy.

Not by a long shot.

[Riddick]
Hold your breath.

[Junner] There is a man inside this
vessel who is something far worse...

than anyone here
has ever encountered.

[Riddick]
Hold your breath.

[Junner]
Should you survive this day,

it is one you will remember
for the rest of your life.

Do not underestimate
the importance of such a thing.

[Riddick]
Hold your breath.

[Rock]

[Junner, Echoes]
Fall back. Everyone fall back.

[Woman] Here, they are appreciated
for what they truly are,

transformed into objects on par
with their lives'work.

Because I gave them the audience
they so desperately desired,

the recognition they bought
with the blood of others.