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The Chronicles of Riddick - Pitch Black (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783290201
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783290209
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed),
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D24722D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Running Time: 112 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: February 18, 2000
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Editorial Review:
Owing a major debt to Alien and its cinematic spawn, Pitch Black is a guilty pleasure that surpasses expectations. As he did with The Arrival, director David Twohy revitalizes a derivative story, allowing you to forgive its flaws and submit to its visceral thrills. Under casual scrutiny, the plot's logic crumbles like a stale cookie, but it's definitely fun while it lasts.
A spaceship crashes on a desert planet scorched under three suns. The mostly doomed survivors include a resourceful captain (Radha Mitchell), a drug-addled cop (Cole Hauser), and a deadly prisoner (Vin Diesel) who quickly escapes. These clashing personalities discover that the planet is plunging into the darkness of an extended eclipse, and it's populated by hordes of ravenous, razor-fanged beasties that only come out at night. The body count rises, and Pitch Black settles into familiar sci-fi territory.
What sets the movie apart is Twohy's developing visual style, suggesting that this veteran of B-movie schlock may advance to the big leagues. Like the makers of The Blair Witch Project, Twohy understands the frightening power of suggestion; his hungry monsters are better heard than seen (although once seen, they're chillingly effective), and Pitch Black gets full value from moments of genuine panic. Best of all, Twohy's got a well-matched cast, with Mitchell (so memorable with Ally Sheedy in High Art) and Diesel (Pvt. Caparzo from Saving Private Ryan) being the standouts. The latter makes the most of his muscle-man role, and his character's development is one more reason this movie works better than it should. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - First Riddick Movie
Got the three Riddick movies as a gift and watched all three over the weekend. I can't believe I liked them so well. This first movie has beautiful but very bleak desert scenery. The characters are likeable and interesting, especially the Riddick character. Much of the movie takes place in the dark, as the title describes. It is suspenseful and I enjoyed watching it very much. I was sad that most of the characters didn't make it, but overall I found this to be very well done as far as science ... Read More
Rating: - Pitch Black Theology
Pitch Black is an exciting sci-fi thriller of a space travelers being marooned on a planet faced with attack by indigenous nocturnal creatures. It smacks of many movies in the history of cinema, Aliens being the first which comes to mind, but the movie is very unique in several points. One is Vin Diesel's charismatic performance as the anti-hero Riddick. Physically impressive with his baritone voice Diesel's presence controls the film from beginning to end. But for me there are some unique portrayals ... Read More
Rating:  - Some suspenseful moments. It's worth watching once.
There are some suspenseful moments. The action scenes are OK. The plot is so so.
It's worth watching once.
Rating: - Phat Movie
Vin Diesel is the good guy, and the bad guy.
I was a phat movie, but I didn't like my man Vin as a bad guy.
Rating: - Fear captured in a bottle and exposed to the light...
Before Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell and Cole Hauser became household names (well, maybe Diesel is the only `household' name, but the others are at least bigger stars now) they all starred together in `Pitch Black', another title in the vast sea of science fiction action horror films. What sets `Pitch Black' apart from the rest of the pack though is the way director David Twohy is able to create a true sense of dread and misery, a feat much like Scott created with `Alien'. Instead of just randomly giving ... Read More
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