Vin Diesel Delivers!!!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (15 July 2001)

Pitch Black, as an action movie, is one of the best. As a part of the scifi/horror subgenre, it is tops. Coming in twenty years after Alien, Pitch Black liberally borrows from that classic, and offers viewers a solid motion picture. If you are a fan of either action movies or scifi/horror flicks, you will be entertained. Personally, I believe this movie suffered from poor marketing. Had the studio marketed the film as a Vin Diesel vehicle, and steered away from any blatant allusions to Alien, the movie would have provided a better box office take, and it would have received the attention it deserves. Ironically, like Alien, it will be legendary for its popularity on cable networks and video. Hopefully, with the popularity received from The Fast and The Furious, viewers will want to see another film starring Vin Diesel, and this is the one to see!!!!!