Pitch Black

A smart, suspenseful sci-fi movie from director Twohy, whose underrated 1996 film, The Arrival, also brought visual imagination and intelligence to the genre.

The script is a compendium of science-fiction clichés, familiar in Hollywood movies since the early fifties.

[David Twohy] tweaks this formulaic escape-from-hell story with just enough original touches to give it a lift.

It's not an especially challenging part, but Diesel handles it with aplomb.

Pitch Black is the movie of the season for sci-fi and horror fans!

Proving that low-budget genre-based entertainment can be just as easily ferociously inventive and character-driven as its big-budget competition can be lazy and boring.

Pitch Black is such a stinker that it makes Twohy's previous sci-fi thriller, The Arrival, look halfway decent.

A solid creature feature, but not at all a revelatory one.

Original Riddick pic is violent, with teamwork rewarded.

contains unpredictable nuances that make for thrilling amusement

...your typical run-for-your-life-the-monsters-are-coming science fiction adventure that requires one to park his brain at the front door of the theater before entering.

One of the better sci-fi movies to come around in a very long time.