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Not too Bad, but not Great either!
Pitch Black brings to the screen the story of a spaceship carrying a wide variety of passengers that experiences technical problems while en route and is forced to crash land on a planet dominated by flying pterodactylus type monsters.
The acting is very poor to the point that acting lessons are needed ASAP for everyone involved.
The "bad guy" is much more like the usual pompous high school jock/"pretty boy" seen over and over again in those types of movies. Apart from his weak appearance he fails to convince in his role as a mean and greedy drug addicted mercenary.
Furthermore, he somehow manages to kick Vin Diesel's butt repeatedly!!!
Moreover, what was the point of the Muslim cleric with his four acolytes???
Or the Australian woman and the arrogant Englishman for that matter?
Not to mention the obnoxious, spoiled kid who for some reason is not scared at being stuck on "hell planet" and who has a "surprise" for us later on in the movie.
Unless of course the whole point of having these annoying characters in the film was for the audience to enjoy seeing them picked off one by one in true B-movie fashion (as I've seen other reviewers characterize the movie).
In a nutshell, it's an average plot, the acting and the actors are very weak, the dialogues are poor and the special effects are very good.
The potential for a great movie was definitely there, but the surprisingly poor acting/casting and the full of holes plot prevented it from becoming anything more than average. As other reviewers have pointed out, this is a B-movie so one should not expect too much.
Overall, both Vin Diesel as well as the rest of the "cast" do a rather poor job of trying to cover up for the mediocre plot; wait `til Pitch Black is shown on TV.


"Pitch Black"
Pitch Black (NR) *****/5
Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith David, Rhiana Griffith.
Directed by: David Twohy.
Synopsis: Survivors of a crash are stocked by creatures of the night when the planet they have crashed on is engulfed in total darkness from a total eclipse.
Special Features: Making-Of Featurette, Commentaries, Raveworld Event, Trailers.
Review: When a fantastically filmed ship crashes on a remote planet with 3 suns the survivors must find away off the planet. However they discover that creatures of the night live beneath the planet, and when a total eclipse falls they must survive the dark as well as each other. David Twohy has a knack for writing engrossing sci-fi films ("The Arrival") and this is a great film. I'm a big fan of animal attack films, and sci-fi so naturally I wanted to see this. I was not disappointed superb special effects, acting, and direction highlights this gripping sci-fi/horror film. Vin Diesel owns the show. The rest of the actors turn in brilliant performances especially David, Hauser, and Mitchell, but Diesel surpasses them. He proves here he is the action star of the future. Twohy uses colors, images, and lighting all to his advantage. He puts a masterful style into this film and deserves to be proud. As for the DVD? I like the Unrated version better than the R rated one. Not a lot of features, but well worth the money.

Excellent Sci-Fi
Pitch Black was arguably one of the most overlooked films of the early year. Although the setting of the film could seem routine to a casual viewer(space travelers stranded and bickering on a hostile planet infested with alien nasties), director David Twohy's wonderful use of color and stylistic flourishes more than makes up for any trivial complaints.

For those of you curious about the film's plot, it deals with a group of marooned space "passengers" who spend the majority of their time searching for a way to evacuate a harsh desert planet. Their efforts are unexpectedly forced to quicken however when they discover a particularly vicious type of nocturnal alien ready to emerge to the planet's surface during an eclipse.

Viewers can't help but like the film's villainous hero(played by Vin Diesel of Saving Private Ryan and Boiler Room)who brings to memory Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous role as the Terminator.

The film looks and sounds great and has more than a few moments of nail-biting tension thrown in for good measure. For Science Fiction fans this is a must-see. And as for the rest of you, try giving this fine movie a chance.

You'll thank me when you do.

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