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Ric Anderson,
Nigel Harbach,
Nigel Harbach,
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David N. Twohy,
David N. Twohy
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: Universal Studios
: Horror, Science Fiction , Aliens, Killer Critters
: 109 min.
: English, French
: English
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In this science fiction thriller, a spaceship is transporting a disparate group of people to a far-away galactic outpost called New Mecca. Mechanical failures cause the craft to crash-land on an abandoned planet that has three suns and no night. The only member of the crew to survive is junior pilot Carolyn Fry (Radha Mitchell), while the passengers who climb from the wreckage include a police officer (Cole Hauser) and the prisoner he's transporting, Riddick (Vin Diesel). As Fry and the other survivors survey the abandoned dwellings of the desert world while trying to decide what to do next, one of them is killed by a mutant creature living in an abandoned mining site. The vicious and bloodthirsty mutants, who live underground, have killed all previous inhabitants of the planet; they cannot stand sunlight, but research reveals that the planet has a total eclipse every 22 years, and the latest one is due any moment. Pitch Black was directed by David N. Twohy, who also made the sci-fi cult item, The Arrival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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| Not awful, but not good
by emdoub
December 4, 2012 - 5:18 PM PST
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As a 'park your brain and just watch the action' movie, it's doable. The cinematography uses the 'lots of brief flash cuts' style, to excite your lizard brain, rather than try to show what actually happened, but you should be used to that in action flicks.
But you really need to park your brain elsewhere while watching this. You have a planet in a trinary star system, so it's always daylight, except for a planet-wide total eclipse every 22 years; a predatory species that cannot abide light, but comes out in huge numbers to feed every 22 years on convenient human victims; a convict who spurned the prison tattoo for an eye enhancement that makes him hyper-sensitive to light (for which he paid 5 cigarettes - the price on cigs has really gone up); and a cast of characters who make every cliched mistake you'll be able to think of.
The acting is good enough, but the script they had to work with had me throwing popcorn at the screen - along with the salt shaker, my drink, a couch cushion, and a very surprised cat.
You've been warned. |
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