THAT GOSH-DARNED ECLIPSE!

Rating: 4/10 (27 February 2000)

After arriving at the unpersuasive theory that a tri-solar system can mechanically morph to an eclipse formation (HUH???!), the writers of "Pitch Black" run out of all plot ideas and subject us to yet another sci-fi, sit-com, bug hunt. ("They mostly come out at night . . . . Mostly" -- Newt, Aliens) A word to hard-core SF thrill seekers: AVOID THIS FILM. There's nothing here except a witty muscleBorg and the usual coterie of empty-headed space muffins sitting around in the dark, wringing their hands, posing among the wreckage. "Should we go this way, or should we go that way?" WHO CARES!