Not original,but fun nonetheless

Rating: Null/10 (19 February 2000)

Let me start off by saying that Vin Diesel is a real bad-ass.His face, voice and attitude all ooze of the classic hero persona that Swartzeneggar,Stallone, Van Damme all seem to have lost. He really made this movie for me. After originally seeing the Pitch Black movie poster, i eagerly thought that this movie was going to be about some dark satanic being on a distant planet givng our "heroes" a hard time. Imagine my surprise when the main "villians" in this picture turned out to be incredibly stupid oversized space bats(!!!) Think about the Jurassic Park raptors without brains,theres your Pitch Black "evil". The imagery,though, was excellent and the main characters really did a great job conveying suspense. All in all Pitch Black has many memorable scenes and a few overly familiar clichÃ©s as well. Go to be entertained and you may be pleasantly surprised.