not great, but not bad

Rating: Null/10 (27 November 2000)

I just want to comment on the "pitch black" part of the movie - it wasn't dark enough. I was expecting no background lighting whatsoever - there definitely was a lot during Riddick's fight scenes, and especially once it started raining. I think if most of the action scenes during the eclipse had been left out, and instead the movie concentrated on being a true thriller with near absolute darkness (maybe even never showing us what the aliens look like - I thought they were pretty standard and not very detailed) this movie would have been fantastic.
Great idea for a movie, but falls flat. Worth a rent though.