Pitch black

Year of release : 2000

 

Run time : 1h52min

 

Genre : Sci Fi / Horror

 

Cast : Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser

 

 

A deep space transporter encounters problems while the passengers are in deep sleep, and crash lands on an unknown planet. The space ship has on board an escaped convict,Riddick, which is transported for punishment.

Once on solid ground, the only space crew survivor, Carolyn Fry, realizes the planet they are on has three suns,and the sun might never set.

At first,the few survivors of the crash fear the escape of the convict,whom the marshal tells them is very dangerous. Then, they find out there are some creatures in the tunnels of the planet which eat people.

Looking for human life, they find an abandoned base with a space ship and engines, and they decide to take them and leave the planet.

 

Then they find out every 22 years there's a solar eclipse, as the planets align in such a way the planet is in complete darkness for quite some time.

As they run out of time, and the eclipse settles in, the creatures hiding underground emerge, as they fly across the sky, as big as a human being, hungry and hunting the survivors.

 

The movie is filmed with too much sun exposure, as if it's burnt by the sun, as if to show how bright it is on the planet.

The characters grow with the plot, as for example, Fry, who wanted to eject the cargo with the passengers in order to save herself and the other crew member, ends up doing the opposite, growing a conscience and a heart,once she gets to know them.

Even Riddick, the convict, described in such dark colors, proves to have a heart.

 

The actors were all good,especially Radha Mitchell.

The soundtrack was good.

The visual affects,at first didn't seem that good, but they got better.

 

The movie is streaming on Peacock Premium, Sling Tv Orange and Blue, and is for rent or sale on Amazon, Apple, Google, Redbox, Vudu, YouTube.

 

Rating : Worth a watch !