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Pitch Black (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 89

Fresh: 48

Rotten:41

Average Rating: 5.6/10

Consensus: This sci-fi flick fails to deliver enough spills and chills.

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: A spacecraft carrying an assortment of passengers including Riddick (Vin Diesel), a dangerous, shackled murderer between prisons, is forced to make a crash landing on a barren, triple-sunned planet after the craft suffers severe... [More]

Starring: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith David

Director: David Twohy

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Jun 1, 2008

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DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
DTS Surround 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - French

Additional Release Material:

Audio Commentary - 1. David Twohy - Director
2. Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser - Stars
3. David Twohy - Director, Tom Engelman - Producer
4. Peter Chiang - Visual Effects Supervisor
Making-of - 1. THE MAKING OF PITCH BLACK
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Parental Control
Additional Footage - 1. RAVEWORLD EVENT

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Production Notes
Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew

DVD-ROM:

Weblink - Consumer Offer to Download a Free Movie Ticket ($7.50 Value).

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07/14/07

Joe Lozito

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07/24/06

Frank Swietek

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06/24/06

Derek Adams

Time Out

Manages to surprise and delight, thanks to its small-scale attitude.

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05/26/06

Jeffrey M. Anderson

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12/06/05

Film Threat

PITCH BLACK deserves to be recommended as a solid piece of genre entertainment.

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06/26/05

Dragan Antulov

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04/09/05

Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

Lackluster both as science-fiction and horror.

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06/04/04

Forrest Hartman

Reno Gazette-Journal

One of the best of the sci-fi spectacles cut from the Alien cloth.

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06/02/04

Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

A solid entry in the genre of science fiction horror.

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01/15/04

Andrew Manning

Radio Free Entertainment

The action scenes are good, if sparse.

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08/01/03

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

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05/22/03

Eugene Novikov

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05/20/03

Sarah Heim and David Weld

Palo Alto Weekly

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01/10/03

Nick Davis

Nick's Flick Picks

Some days its 3pm, I'm still hung over, and I just want to watch cheesy science fiction movies and watch stuff blow up. On those days, Supernova still can't cut it, but Pitch Black can.

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12/08/02

Ron Wells

Film Threat

Features some lovingly crafted effects -- notably director of photography David Eggby's bleached colour palette -- and some vivid characterisation.

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12/03/02

Daniel Etherington

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10/30/02

Matthew Turner

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09/10/02

Kevin N. Laforest

Montreal Film Journal

[It] may be another Alien rip-off, but it's a rip-off with class, style and a lot of heart.

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08/12/02

Rob Vaux

Flipside Movie Emporium

It may not be original, but it is smart. More importantly, it's scary.

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06/21/02

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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