Pitch Black is an all action science fiction movie starring Vin Diesel and Radha Mitchell. It is set in the future, and focuses on a group of passengers on board a spaceship who find themselves stranded on a strange and distant planet.
They are lead by Carolyn Fry who soon realises that she may have to rely upon a deadly criminal on board the ship ‘Riddick’ (Played by Vin Diesel) to lead her and the rest of the passengers through the treacherous planet that once every 22 years is plummeted into complete darkness and taken over by strange reptilian creatures who have an unnatural desire to feed on life forms.
Only Riddick has the ability to see in the dark and so the group must trust this convicted criminal if they want to make it off the planet alive.
It really is action all this way in ‘Pitch Black’. The movie has a unique blend of terror, action and science fiction that really seems to work well. Playing upon most people’s fear of the dark, and unknown territory director David Twohy has created a rare gem of a movie in which the ‘Bad Guy’ ultimately finds himself becoming the unwilling hero of the film.
This is one of Vin Diesel’s best films in my opinion; it shows him at his best, playing a cold dark character who is not afraid to look fear straight in the eye. All in all Pitch Black is a brilliant concept for a movie that has been acted and directed to high standards making it one that will definitely appeal to science fiction and horror fans everywhere. You can catch it yourself on Film 4 this week!
Full cast list for Pitch Black: Angela Moore, Claudia Black, Cole Hauser, Firass Dirani, John Moore, Keith David, Ken Twohy, Les Chantery, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Peter Chiang, Radha Mitchell, Rhiana Griffith, Ric Anderson, Sam Sari, Simon Burke, Vic Wilson, Vin Diesel.