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Release Date: February 18, 2000
On DVD: June 1, 2004
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Director: David Twohy
Writer: David N. Twohy, Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat
Cast: Sam Sari, John Moore, Cole Hauser, Rhiana Griffith, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Firass Dirani, Keith David, Les Chantery, Simon Burke, Claudia Black, Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel
Studio: USA Films
Running Time: 107 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for sci-fi violence and gore, and for language.

After crash-landing on a barren planet, docking pilot Fry realizes that there's more to worry about than the hot weather. Or even the murderous prisoner that survived along with her. It's what comes out at night that's dangerous......

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Remember Alien? Aliens? Remember the creepy atmosphere, the horrifying aliens, the desolate surroundings, and the terrifying conclusions? If Pitch Black can and should be compared to anything, it should be the first two Alien movies, since they use very similar formulas. The Alien movies are tough to beat, but even coming halfway close to those classics would give Pitch Black a worthy recommendation... Full movie review »

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Anonymous says:

November 12, 2003

The film Pitch Black had credible special effects, and movie's idea of creating a climate of tension, horror and desperate fight for survival is artistically sound. In the film I recented pessimism, cynicism, insulting as a way of communicating, presumption that people act without any rationality or reason, implying that people only care for themselves, need to have special reasons for thinking about others, what comes to the life and death situations in the film, bad behavior, intemperate character and other impressions of weak character. These are not things that should be regarded as natural and obvious things. These are things that rise from lack of self-esteme, lack of perspective in life, prejudice and ignorance. Pitch Black was shown in Finland 11/03. A couple of weeks earlier they showed the film Supernova. About Supernova, I found a review that concluded my experience of that movie: "People behaving bad in outer space". Pitch Black represents the same foolish genre. Yes, bad manners are popular qualities of character in the western world nowadays. But they are delusions of smallness. Not foundations for philosophic or life's values' comtemplation. Not a foundation for story making. These character flaws are best served by replacing them with optimism and forgetting them.

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