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Pitch Black
A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. 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.
29 April 1984
11 October 1972, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 June 1956, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
8 October 1961
12 November 1973, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
22 March 1975, Santa Barbara, California, USA
April 29, 2009
One of the better sci-fi movies to come around in a very long time.
January 01, 2000
Proving that low-budget genre-based entertainment can be just as easily ferociously inventive and character-driven as its big-budget competition can be lazy and boring.
January 01, 2000
It's not an especially challenging part, but Diesel handles it with aplomb.
August 02, 2009
...your typical run-for-your-life-the-monsters-are-coming science fiction adventure that requires one to park his brain at the front door of the theater before entering.
August 13, 2013
Original Riddick pic is violent, with teamwork rewarded.
September 11, 2013
A solid creature feature, but not at all a revelatory one.
March 22, 2002
The script is a compendium of science-fiction clichés, familiar in Hollywood movies since the early fifties.
May 11, 2011
contains unpredictable nuances that make for thrilling amusement
January 01, 2000
[David Twohy] tweaks this formulaic escape-from-hell story with just enough original touches to give it a lift.
January 01, 2000
Pitch Black is the movie of the season for sci-fi and horror fans!
June 24, 2006
A smart, suspenseful sci-fi movie from director Twohy, whose underrated 1996 film, The Arrival, also brought visual imagination and intelligence to the genre.
February 05, 2014
Pitch Black is such a stinker that it makes Twohy's previous sci-fi thriller, The Arrival, look halfway decent.