Rent Pitch Black (2000)
3.7 of 5 from 285 ratings
1h 44min
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- Synopsis:
- When an intergalactic transport ship crashes on a remote desert planet with no sign of help on the horizon, the survivors, led by Fry (Radha Mitchell), band together to find a way back home. Among the passengers is Riddick (Vin Diesel), a convicted murderer being transported by marshal Johns (Cole Hauser) - and now freed of his chains and on the loose. But as a solar eclipse plunges the planet into total darkness, a threat even worse than Riddick reveals itself, and the last humans standing may have to form an uneasy truce with the cunning fugitive (whose eyes have been surgically altered to see in the dark) to last the long night.
- Actors:
- Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, Rhiana Griffith, John Moore, Simon Burke, Les Chantery, Sam Sari, Firass Dirani, Ric Anderson, Vic Wilson, Angela Moore, Peter Chiang, Ken Twohy
- Directors:
- David Twohy
- Producers:
- Tom Engelman
- Writers:
- Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat, David Twohy
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Collections:
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/02/2009
- Run Time:
- 108 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Pitch Black Raw
- Picture In Picture
- Blu-ray Live Enabled
- An Intro By David Twohy
- Feature Commentary With Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser and David Twohy
- Feature Commentary With Director David Twohy, Producer tom Engelman and Visual Effect Supervisor Peter Chiang
- The Game Is On: Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay Video
- Game Promo
- Johns' Chase Log
- The Making Of Pitch Black
- Dark Fury: Advancing The Arc
- The Chronicles Of Riddick Visual Encyclopedia
- A View Into The Dark: Chronicles of Riddick Promo
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/08/2020
- Run Time:
- 112 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Archive commentary with director David Twohy and stars Vin Diesel and Cole Hauser
- Archive commentary with director David Twohy, producer Tom Engelman and visual effects supervisor Peter Chiang
- Nightfall: The Making of Pitch Black, a newly filmed interview with director/co-writer David Twohy Black Box: Jackie's Journey, a newly recorded interview with actor Rhiana Griffith
- Black Box: Shazza's Last Stand, a newly recorded interview with actor Claudia Black
- Black Box: Bleach Bypassed, a newly recorded interview with cinematographer David Eggby Black Box: Cryo-Locked, a newly recorded interview with visual effects supervisor Peter Chiang Black Box: Primal Sounds, a newly recorded interview with composer Graeme Revell
- The Making of Pitch Black, a short behind-the-scenes featurette
- Pitch Black Raw, a comparison between early CG tests and the final footage
- Additional behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the film
- 2004 archive bonus features, including an introduction by Twohy, A View Into the Dark, and Chronicles of Riddick Visual Encyclopedia
- Johns' Chase Log, a short prequel narrated by Cole Hauser detailing the character's hunt for Riddick
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (in 16:9 widescreen with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio), an animated short film directed by Peter Chung that acts as a bridgepoint between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, featuring vocal performances by Vin Diesel, Keith David and Rhiana Griffith reprising their roles
- Dark Fury bonus features including Bridging The Gap, Peter Chung: The Mind of an Animator, A View Into The Light, and a "pre-animation" version of the film
- Slam City, a motion comic from the film's official website
- Into Pitch Black, a TV special offering an alternative non-canon glimpse into what happened before and after the events of the film
- Raveworld: Pitch Black Event, footage of a dance music event held to promote the film
- Theatrical trailers, plus trailers for the two sequels and video game
- Image galleries
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Reviews (3) of Pitch Black
Low Budget Gem - Pitch Black review by CP Customer
Pitch Black was the film that turned Vin Diesel into a star and it remains a high point for him. He plays an infamous criminal who is turned loose after the ship crash lands on a remote planet. Of course there is something out there, but just what the survivors are not entirely sure. Riddick has a unique ability that gives him the edge at night when the aliens appear. This low budget indie really shook up the science fiction genre managing to deliver an atmospheric and thrilling romp with a cast of unknowns. Twohy does a grand job of building up the tension and giving the planet an alien feel. It's a real shame that the sequel ignored many of the strengths on show here.
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It's a boy's film - but quite enjoyable - Pitch Black review by RP
It's a sci-fi film. It's about the survivors from a crashed spaceship fighting off hostile alien creatures. That's it – so far, so much the same as just about every other space fiction film you've ever seen. Vin Diesel stars as a bad-boy muscle-bound see-in-the-dark convict lending a hand fighting off the aliens and turning out to be Mr Nice Guy in the end. It's a boy's film but quite enjoyable of its kind. 3/5 stars. Recommended.
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Excellent SciFi Thriller/Horror - Pitch Black review by GI
This is a little gem that arrived without any hype back in 2000. A science fiction thriller where a merchant space craft crash lands on a desert planet with only eleven survivors including a convict, Riddick (Vin Diesel) being escorted to prison by Johns (Cole Hauser). Riddick is a notorious murderer and as the survivors try to work out what to do they also have to worry about what he might do to them! In any case their fears are doubled when they discover that the planet is home to large nocturnal beasts and when it's realised a month long eclipse is about to happen they have to work out how to get off the planet very quickly. This is Diesel's first big starring role and he's suitably menacing and interesting as Riddick, a criminal with adapted eyesight. The cast includes Radha Mitchell as the ship's pilot and Keith David as one of the surviving passengers. Visually striking this film has originality even though the story has elements of Alien (1979) to it but there's enough freshness here to make this a fantastic sci-fi film and certainly one I recommend if you've never seen it. There have been a couple of ambitious but disappointing sequels but you can ignore those and just enjoy this great little film.
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