Pitch Black

Pros: Vin Diesel as a big cwazy guy, visuals
Cons: Same plot as a bajillion other Sci-Fi Thrillers; "F---!"

When I first saw the trailers for "Pitch Black" last year, I thought, "Man, what a nasty Aliens ripoff THAT is. No way I'll see that one." A year later, BOOM! It got me. I was standing around in Hollywood Video with a 99 cent rental coupon, and just...

Pros: Cool Aliens, Good CGI, Fairly Good Plot
Cons: Some Shaky Acting, Not Scary

Can someone please come up with an alien movie that's totally original? I can't imagine all of Hollywood's screenwriters have no unique ideas (so they all bite off older movies...)! Plot: A spaceship gets hit by some little ...

Pros: Great effects and cinematography
Cons: Story gets a little lame sometimes (stupid characters doing stupid things)

I am a big sci-fi movie fan, so I couldn't resist checking out Pitch Black. I had heard a lot about it from several different people, and they all said how great it was. It is a Sci-Fi Channel produced movie, which made me think that maybe the figured...

Pros: Honey, Leave The Light On Please!
Cons: I've Seen This Before Somewhere?

Crash landing with the Devil is exactly how the 10 survivors felt as they emerged from their Chrio-sleep on a barren planet with three suns. With the Captain dead, Carolyn Fry Radha Mitchell reluctantly assumes command and...

Pros: Vin Diesel chugging along as usual.
Cons: A deja vu of ALIEN with a lotta pieces missing.

PITCH BLACK is one you might be tempted to pitch back. After all, it seems like a fairly late, delayed-years-later ripoff of ALIEN. But it is another compelling performance by Vin Diesel, and that makes the fun factor on even a dim-lit movie like this...

Pros: Excellent Sci-fi horror piece. Vin Diesel creates an unforgettable antihero.
Cons: The solar system doesn't stand up to Scientific scrutiny.

Pitch Black (2000) directed by David Twohy. Pitch Black is the story of the Hunter-Gratzner, a space transport forced to make a crash landing on an inhospitable planet after passing through the tail of a rogue comet. Space travel is ...

Pros: Plenty of suspense, good special effects, not predictable.
Cons: Not original.

I have several movies I’m embarrassed to admit that I love.  Predator 2, Transformers 1, Starship Troopers.  Well Pitch Black is one of those well done shock movies that is not a great movie as movies goes, but it is fun to watch and high ...

Pros: Interesting concept / A few genuine surprises / Terrifying creatures / Diesel's strong performance
Cons: Plot is basic mix of sci-fi & horror / Very weak script

A spaceship, hurtling out of control, charges toward an unknown planet in a distant galaxy. Co-pilots struggle to regain some sense of control while hibernating passengers awaken in the in the rubble behind them. The pilots eject piece after piece of...

Pros: Cinematography
Cons: awful script at times

I recently saw this movie on video. It was a new release at my local video store. I usually go for the movies that either I've heard about or that the video place has stocked up on. You know the movies that's boxes take up more than a few spaces on...

Pros: Spooky, twists, Vin Diesel, guessing who is the bad guy
Cons: Language, violence, gore, slow parts

Vin Diesel could be in the most boring movie, telling the stupidest jokes around and I would not say a word bad about his performance. Sorry but I didn't notice his acting skills as much as his rock hard body! Hard to dislike his character even though he ...

Pros: decent acting, excellent visuals, above average story
Cons: extremely poor special features presentation

The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black List Price: $26.98 Studio: Universal Pictures DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004 Run Time: 109 minutes Video: Widescreen - 2.35:1 Audio: English, French, and Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) Subtitles: ...

Pros: Creation of suspense, some nice character development, some good action choreography and nice special effects
Cons: Dialogue could be stronger, Washed out effects don't always work well

I had missed seeing Pitch Black in the theaters largely due to hearing a lot of negative buzz about the film, but when ZentropaJK began telling me how enjoyable it is, I decided to get hold of the DVD just released this week and see for...

Pros: Creature Design
Story
Characters
Cons: Excessive Profanity
Psycho Child

Pitch Black is the surprise beginning to a mythology surrounding one of the most intriguing villains to hit the screen. This film not only shows the core of human behavior, but also brings something more frightening to the big screen. Carolyn Fry ...

Pros: Director, Color, Photography, Plot, Adventure, Fry, Johns, Hauser, Acting, Chemistry, Characters, SFX, Planet, Creature, Element
Cons: None

Vin Diesel is broken in. He has profundity, shows what soldier can be, by hand Pvt. Caparza in the movie, "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). Diesel superbly acts well, afresh, expects to ungodly figure that looks… large fit, strong and elastic. He ...

Pros: Ambition by Twohy to make it more artistic, good special effects, lighting
Cons: Bad dialog, the Brits are waaaaay to stereotyped, acting isn't too impressive

To be honest, I didn't really want to see this film. It looked trite and unrealistic, which probably meant it also had lots of mindless action and special effects. But, when I found out that David Twohy (the director) was helming Below (which is...