Fresh
A smart, suspenseful sci-fi movie from director Twohy, whose underrated 1996 film, The Arrival, also brought visual imagination and intelligence to the genre.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Pitch Black
Don't be afraid of the dark. Be afraid of what's in the dark
2000 · 1h 48m · R
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
David Twohy
,
Carolynne Cunningham
Overview
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.
Director and cast
- David Twohy Director
- Carolynne Cunningham Director
- Vin Diesel as Richard B. Riddick
- Radha Mitchell as Carolyn Fry
- Cole Hauser as William J. Johns
- Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Paris P. Ogilvie
- Claudia Black as Shazza
- Keith David as Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
- Rhiana Griffith as Jack / Jackie
- John Moore as John 'Zeke' Ezekiel
- Simon Burke as Greg Owens
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The script is a compendium of science-fiction cliches, familiar in Hollywood movies since the early fifties.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
The film works because it's strong on fundamentals: fear of the dark, fear of helplessness, fear of the unknown, and fear of unpredictable human behavior.
Tom Keogh, Film.com
Rotten
In the movie's last hour, writer-director David Twohy pretends to explore his stick figures' moral choices, and he forgets to deliver the thrills.
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rotten
Pitch Black is one of those annoyingly noisy outer-space thrillers where you can't figure out the characters' names at first, and when you finally do, they are either dead or you hate them.
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
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