This movie had so much potential, but it wound up being just another boring bad guy hero movie with cheesy special effects.

Rating: 2/10 (11 March 2000)

There was just too much corny tough guy stuff in this movie for it to be regarded as anything more than something to keep your eyes busy for a couple hours ("He didn't know who he was f**kin' with"). Way to go Vin, you sure showed that alien who is boss. But who cares? The special effects in this movie were a terrible attempt to make up for lousy acting, and they weren't even very good. The best effect they probably had was the extremely high-key lighting to give the effect of multiple suns. But the acting and even the story were definitely mediocre.
If you find yourself sitting in the theater and Pitch Black is about to start, you might as well sit through it. It's worth that much. Just make sure you didn't pay real money to get in.