| ![Pitch Black [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BA5DBQFOL.jpg) | Director: David Twohy
Actors: Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Studio: Universal Studios
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
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Running Time: 109 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 61106555
UPC: 025195055901
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ASIN: B001RTCP1A
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: March 31, 2009
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 The first Riddick space opera September 6, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A small bunch of humans are space wrecked on a desert
planet that has a black secret. Deep in the caves
that riddle the planet are flesh eating bats who only come out when it is dark.
With three suns that only happens on very special occasions every 22 years.
Vin Diesel is actually a pretty decent actor, but his counter part
in the pretty blond co-pilot is less believable, but puts in a pretty good effort.
The bounty hunter who originally has Riddick in chains
is a better actor. Survival in the dark turns into an epic struggle.
I liked the movie, but think this could have been done better
with a better female lead.
Great sci fi adventure September 6, 2009
Jolly Green Giant
I loved this movie. Vin Diesel plays his role so well and though he says little his intentions and thoughts come through the screen due to great directing and great acting. The deserted planet they land on in interesting yet simple, allowing more time for development of the plot, characters, and special effects. My favorite scene is the eclipse which is mesmerizing and beautiful. I didn't like the last few minutes, but I enjoyed the movie up until that point and would recommend it to sci fi adventure fans.
 They come in the night August 4, 2009
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
Imagine the legendary "Flight of the Phoenix," except the crash is on a barren alien planet... and there are nasty flesh-eating monsters. And a serial killer.
That describes David Twohy's most artistically adept movie, the raw and dusty "Pitch Black. This cult movie starts off as your average gang of embattled, ill-matched castaways struggling to survive, but it that becomes utterly brilliant as it slowly slips from gritty sci-fi to harrowing, claustrophobic horror. And yes, even Vin Diesel gives an awesome performance in this one.
After a meteor storm, a sleeper transport crashes on a desolate desert planet. Most of the passengers survive, including a stowaway kid and a dangerous prisoner, Riddick (Vin Diesel). Unfortunately, it turns out that the entire planet is a desert because it's blasted by three suns all throughout the day, and the survivors have little food, water or shelter. Oh yeah, and Riddick has broken out.
To find the necessities, a small group led by Carolyn Fry Radha Mitchell) sets out across the desert -- and discovers a swarm of vicious omnivorous creatures in a cave. Fortunately they can't come out into the light. But when the group finds a geological survey station, they learn that a monthlong eclipse is about to fall over the planet -- meaning the creatures will soon eat them all if they don't escape from the desolate planet, and some of them aren't gonna make it.
Personally I haven't liked David Twohy's work except the 1996 sci-fi film "Arrival," but "Pitch Black" is the kind of brilliant cult movie that almost makes up for an otherwise okay-to-bad filmography. This is not a polished space opera, but a dingy, grimy, dirty sci-fi movie full of recognizably ugly technology and stained morals -- not to mention some truly grotesque deaths. And not all of them are from the winged beasties either (think chest impalement).
And Twohy gives the movie a very bleak, vaguely disturbing look -- endless chalky deserts filled with bones, grimy ships torn to pieces, empty skies, and searing pale light that makes everyone look half dead. Even the beautiful colourful expanses of space seem vaguely ominous. But the whole thing suddenly becomes jump-in-your-seat scary when the monsters attack, and start eating people as they run. The one problem? COME ON, what are the chances that they would JUST HAPPEN to arrive for the once-in-two-decades eclipse?
And the feeling of suspense is heightened by sharp-edged, pared-down dialogue ("You're dancing on razor blades here") and a warped sense of humor -- we're assured that "No similarity to actual persons or predators, living or dead, is intended or should be inferred." Nice.
The characters are a pretty mixed bag, and there's always the haunting realization that most of them would easily turn on each other to save themselves -- and in fact, the main character even does that in the first few minutes of the film. There's benevolent Muslim pilgrims, a hard-nosed bounty hunter, a prissy dude who hoards booze, and an annoying urchin of ambiguous gender. The standouts are Claudia Black as the tough Shazza, and Keith David as the kindly Abu "Imam" al-Walid.
As for the leads, Diesel gives a pretty good performance as a wisecracking killer with a distinctly creepy edge (ew, he took a hair sample) and "shine" eyes that let him see in the dark. But I was most impressed by Mitchell's Fry, as a selfish hardened leader who learns to defend other people's lives in a crunch.
"Pitch Black" is a fast, eerie, bloody little sci-fi movie with a nasty little planet full of even nastier creatures that are just waiting for dark. Definitely worth it for sci-fi buffs.
A Very Good Movie July 24, 2009
Shaunna L. Stevens (janesville, Wi)
When I first seen this movie in 2000 or it didn't impress me very much. I watched it again recently and it has become one of my new favriotes. The way it was shot was unique and it has to be appreciated. I like the mix and variety of the characters.
It's really no surprise in retrospect this movie spawned a couple sequels and some pretty good video games.
Pitch Black July 19, 2009
Christine Samuel (Newark New Jersey)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Pitch Black [Blu-ray]
The shipping of this product was very fast
the film on blueray is excellent.
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