The Chronicles of Riddick - Pitch Black (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut)
starring: Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald
directed by: David Twohy
directed by: David Twohy
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783290201
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783290209
Label: Universal Studios
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: MCAD24722D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Running Time: 110 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: February 18, 2000
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Marooned space-travelers struggle for survival on seemingly lifeless sun-scorched world. But when a titanic eclipse throws the planet into darkness the world erupts with nocturnal life-and now the real battle begins. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/23/2005 Starring: Vin Diesel Ric Anderson Run time: 112 minutes Rating: Ur
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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
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- A CHARACTER-DRIVEN THRILL RIDEVin Diesel as the complex, escaped prisoner, Riddick, and Radha Mitchell as Fry are two of the more interesting characters to come along the sci-fi trail in a long time. The camera-work, and action manage to take your mind off the not overly-original script. The beasties are nicely gruesome, and there are plenty of genuinely scary moments in this very enjoyable film.
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- Great Visual Effects and Camera Work..But Very Unoriginal PlotI recall watching this for the first time when I was 12 or so, and I remember liking it; now as an adult I've re-watched it and came to the conclusion that this is a pretty dull movie, an alien/predator rip-off. I don't see anything special about this movie. I do agree that the movie has very descent visual effects and the camera work is superb; all the colors used to show the different sunlight of the planet, from bright orange, to neon blue. But aside from that...I don't see any essentiality in ... Read More
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- DVD COLLECTIONThis is one of the many DVD's i wanted in my collection. It was easy to find in Amazon ( as always ) at at my price ( also , as always ) . Its why i always come back to Amazon for all my wants and needs. This is one of the few DVDs that was missing that i had wanted for quite some time. I finally just sat down at my computer, went to Amazon, typed in what i wanted,,,,and wha-la,,,there it was. And its a FABULOUS movie to boot !!
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- A little above average for a sci fi movie.I wasn't going to review Pitch Black, I bought it back when it came out on DVD.
I thought it was..........ok. But I only watched it once.
I was bored on Saturday, so I dug it out of my DVD piles this last weekend and watched it again.
I don't think my opinion has changed very much.
The FX are very well done, it's just a feeling of been there, done that.
That seems to be the case with so many movies, but considering how influential Alien and Aliens were its hard ... Read More
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- First Riddick MovieGot 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
