You're not afraid of the dark, are you?

Rating: 9/10 (22 August 2006)

There isn't much that I can say about Pitch Black that hasn't already been said: it's dark, low-budget and brilliant.
Riddick is one of my favorite characters in cinema, alongside Darth Vader, Bond and Jack Sparrow. Vin Diesel has a type of menacing presence that only very few actors can achieve. The over-all grading of the film also gives us a nice and unsettling atmosphere, and a little bit of dark irony keeps the film alive.
I guess it's a bit of a bummer that I saw Chronicles before Pitch Black since I already knew the outcome, but as a science-fiction suspense film (I don't like the term "horror") it is a major success as well as a bit of an unconventional drama.