Better than Alien3 but not that much

Rating: 6/10 (6 March 2000)

This was a film I enjoyed a little when I sat thought it. It's about a travel plane in I think 2020 that crashes on a planet with 3 suns. After that happens all heck breaks loose. Its an obvious rip off of Alien. There's no question at that but it's not a good one either. The style in the way the film is presented is very cool. The camera angels and the color get you into the film but it uses over done Sci-fi horror cliques that have been over done for years. The dark scenes, jump moments, no music just silence and bad alien special effects. The performances are not that well done and the violence is either not seen or clearly fake. The one good thing to come out of this film is Vin Diesel. He's great as a prisoner being transfer named Riddick. He just commands and steals every scene he's in. This guy is the next Arnold or Sly or maybe better than both. Get him some bad guys, guns and a good director and we've got the action hero for the Y2K. I give Pitch Black a 6.4, all because of Vin Diesel. Wait for this Sci-fi horror adventure on video. Even then wait.