Dove Review

I found the plot in this movie to be interesting and some of the action sequences, especially in which Riddick (Vin Diesel) takes on sea monsters and alien creatures, to be captivating. It really is like an alien world as he takes on creatures never seen on this earth to be sure. They are fierce and menacing and you wouldn’t want to meet them in the dark, especially suddenly in the dark. Riddick has been left on a yellowish, scorched planet and must defend himself against the various fierce creatures. As Riddick puts it, “There are bad days, then there are legendary bad days” and he’s had a lot of those recently when the story begins. When bounty hunters arrive on the planet, one in particular brings a box along and his goal is to leave with Riddick’s head inside. As you might imagine, it won’t be quite that easy.

Regrettably, the violence in this film is strong, definitely too strong to even come close to family friendly viewing. There is a lot of bloodshed and in one scene a man is decapitated with a sword and his bloody neck muscles and insides are grossly displayed on screen. To add to this is strong language and plenty of it, including the F bomb which was uttered a lot, as well as GD and JC. The F bomb is used sexually as well and there are strong sexual innuendos not to mention full frontal female nudity. Due to the excessive content, we are unable to award the film our Dove “Family-Approved” Seal.

Dove Rating Details

0

Faith

None

0

Integrity

A lot of violence; fights and stabbings and sword slices; man is decapitated and his neck muscles and blood is grossly seen on screen; shootings with laser darts; a woman is shot and a pool of blood is seen under her body; a woman is punched and punches man; a lot of blood from creatures and humans being killed and wounded; fish and animal meat is seen cut open and is very bloody; a dog is hit by a dart; a dog is killed; a creature's stomach is gutted and we see the insides fall out.

4

Sex

Sexual comments and a man uses the F word in telling a woman what he plans to do with her; woman uses the F word and says she doesn't have sex with guys; woman is called a "lesbo"; innuendos; a hint that a woman had been sexually abused.

4

Language

I lost count but a lot of language including the F word, used in a sexual manner too, GD and JC, and many other profane and obscene words.

5

Violence

A lot of violence; fights and stabbings and sword slices; man is decapitated and his neck muscles and blood is grossly seen on screen; shootings with laser darts; a woman is shot and a pool of blood is seen under her body; a woman is punched and punches man; a lot of blood from creatures and humans being killed and wounded; fish and animal meat is seen cut open and is very bloody; a dog is hit by a dart; a dog is killed; a creature's stomach is gutted and we see the insides fall out.

2

Drugs

Smoking of a cigarette in three scenes; a man makes a serum for an injured dog and gives it to the dog; the mention of morphine use; a character uses something on himself and it might have been a drug.

4

Nudity

Full frontal female nudity and a woman's breasts are plainly exposed; part of a woman's breast is seen in another scene; shirtless men.

2

Other

A young man quotes scriptures and is told to stop but another man says to leave him alone; a man tells young man who quotes the Bible to leave God out of it because He doesn't want to be involved in what is about to happen; a man spits; a dog urinates.