THE FIRST GREAT MOVIE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Rating: Null/10 (19 February 2000)

before THE TERMINATOR, nobody heard of ARNOLD SWARTZENEGGER.... remember VIN DIESEL...go see PITCH-BLACK.
This movie is a great sci-fi flick but it also does for the horror movie, in my opinion, what the SCREAM flicks were supposed to do, which was pay homage to the genre while scaring the hell out of you at the same time. As a matter of fact, this movie is a gumbo of other great films ranging from ALIENS to THE BIRDS to THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY to, believe it or not, THE CRYING GAME(that's all I am gonna say...its a mini-tribute but a tribute nonetheless). The story is one we all heard before but there are enough twists and turns to make the old seem revitalized and to keep you guessing a lil bit too..
SAVING PRIVATE RYANs VIN DIESEL(who is also co-starring with NIA LONG in BOILER ROOM out today as well and a movie I will be checking out to see if his role here as RIDDICK isn't a fluke)who will possibly go down in cinematic history as this millenium's first action hero but the rest of the cast is stellar and I guarantee we will be hearing from all of them in the future(RADHA MITCHELL, COLE HAUSER(HIGHER LEARNING, SCHOOL TIES), Austraians CLAUDIA BLACK(Sci-Fi Channel's FARSCAPE)and RHIANA GRIFFITH)and finally give an underrated character actor(KEITH DAVID)the long overdue spotlight that they he deserves.
I never go to see a movie twice but I would most definitely go out and watch this again tomorrow...
and that is high praise indeed

****1/2 stars....AN INSTANT CLASSIC...