Pitch Black

2000
15
1h 49m

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7.0/10

257K

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Monster Horror Survival Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

257K

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Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations

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Trivia
The hot desert where they filmed was actually about ten degrees Celsius (fifty degrees Fahrenheit). They were misting water on the actors to make it appear as if they were sweating.

Goofs
The ringed planet has two distinct sets of rings on parallel planes. Such a configuration cannot exist; the various forces acting on the dust particles that make up a planetary ring push them on a plane that passes through the center of the planet.

Quotes
Johns: How's it look?
Riddick: Looks clear.
[Johns steps forward, and a creature flies out towards them. They duck and it flies into the night]
Johns: You said it was clear!
Riddick: I said it *looked* clear.
Johns: Well, how does it look now?
Riddick: Looks clear.

Crazy credits
The persons and events in this production are fictitious. No similarity to actual persons or predators, living or dead, is intended or should be inferred.

Alternate versions
Universal released an unrated Director's Cut, three minutes longer than the theatrical release.

Connections
Featured in The Making of 'Pitch Black' (2000)

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7/10

The director just loves Riddick

I remembered this as a tight, well made and exciting little sci-fi film, but either I've become more judgmental twenty three years ago or this just hasn't aged well. Actually, it's just the first third or that is a problem. The beginning has quite a bit of poor acting and preposterous behavior from the survivors of a crashed space ship on an unknown planet. They adjust to the monstrous crash they've just been through, which is well done, and new surroundings astoundingly rapidly. They barely seem shook up and are not remotely believable. However, it gets better and the last two thirds are still pretty exciting. I kind of remembered the final scenes, but not the actual ending, so I was a little surprised, which is always good. Bottom line, this is a pretty good sorta Grade B type movie that gave the world Vin Diesel for better or worse. There was a terrible sequel to this, with Judi Dench no less, and another that I don't think I saw. The director hasn't made a film since Riddick 13 years ago and is now making two more. This character is this guy's directing career!