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Pitch Black (2000)
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
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 damage during a meteor shower. The ship is ripped into... 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 damage during a meteor shower. The ship is ripped into pieces, killing several crew members and leaving meek officer Fry (Radha Mitchell) in charge of the survivors. After two unfortunate deaths, the survivors discover that the only visible life form on the planet is a species of light-fearing, carnivorous, occasionally cannibalistic aliens dwelling in caverns beneath the desert surface. Using a model of the planet and its suns in an abandoned research station, Fry deduces that she and her fellow travellers have unfortunately descended on the planet on the day of its first total eclipse in 22 years, giving them mere hours before they are bathed in total darkness. Only then is it safe for the hungry subterranean creatures to emerge, seeking to feed on the remaining survivors. However, the dangerous Riddick, through black market injections received in lock-up, is able to see in darkness- causing the surviving crew members to reluctantly remain dependent on the potentially harmful criminal. As the survivors are killed one by one by the hungry creatures, they realize that Riddick may be their only hope. [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Screenwriter: Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat, David Twohy
Producer: Tom Engelman
Composer: Graeme Revell
DVD Info
Release:
Jan 6, 2008
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
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Production Notes
- Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew
DVD-ROM:
- Weblink - Consumer Offer to Download a Free Movie Ticket ($7.50 Value).
Reviews
Features some lovingly crafted effects -- notably director of photography David Eggby's bleached colour palette -- and some vivid characterisation.
Manages to surprise and delight, thanks to its small-scale attitude.
PITCH BLACK deserves to be recommended as a solid piece of genre entertainment.
One of the best of the sci-fi spectacles cut from the Alien cloth.
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