Huh.

Rating: Null/10 (19 February 2000)

I'm not going to recap "Pitch Black"'s plot -- no point in that, you'll probably read that elsewhere. My feelings on this movie are... mixed.
I dunno. The whole experience reminded me of the sci-fi films you find late nights on cable or on the direct-to-video wall of Blockbuster, only this one escaped into a higher budget bracket. Trashy, but at least it was diverting trash. It was a good enough way to kill two hours, had some interesting characters and plot twists, but I couldn't shake the feeling I had seen this movie before.
Overall, it's a competent job, and Vin Diesel does well, but it left me underwhelmed. I was never scared or in any particular suspense, just mildly curious where the next attack would come from or what accented character was going to die next (in movies like this, the accents always buy it before anyone else). What it all boils down to is, I liked this movie better the first time I saw it, when it was called "Alien."