It was beautifully put together, tightly written, and they did some exciting things with camera angles, lights and movement. The cast was well chosen and interesting. All in all a movie definitely worth watc

Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2000)

Pitch Black was great. It was beautifully put together, tightly written, and they did some exciting things with camera angles, lights and movement.

They did some funky things with the visuals, like with the action scenes, they messed around a bit with cut, choppy scenes mixed with hand held camera feel, which I didn't like much but was bearable, but they over exposed the desert scenes a little, so everything was golden and glarey when in sunlight, and only normal inside buildings and such. They also messed around a lot with visuals in what the aliens "saw" and also in what reddick (The swoonable man with the mirror eyes) sees as well. Very funky visuals, well put together, definitely in the line of aliens ( as an action movie more than horror) and stacks of fun.
The ending was good except for one slight touch of sentimentality, but it was an implied sentimentality rather than an overstated sentimentality, which was good.
Lots of Australian actors, which were very cool.
I had stacks of fun, and have seen the film three times this week. There is every chance I will see it again later this week. Every dollar is a political vote, and I sincerely hope they make more stuff like this.

Quick Character Analysis
Vin Deisel as Reddick was brilliantly cast, and would definitely be worth dying for in my book! He is nicely contrasted with Fry, being all male, all animal, killer and an all round NOT a nice guy...but I have a weakness for that sort of thing anyway. Vin Deisel's muscles deserve a mention for good acting as well; they certainly star in their own right.
This man is just built. The mirrored pupils really catches your eye, as well as his nifty little sunnies, but also the fact they chain him to the nearest space craft every time they catch him, and I have to admit, I was in awe for most of the film.
The cast held together really well; Radha as Fry was entirely all woman, and yet still was an able leader. She was not a masculine woman as many films portray female leaders to be, and yet she also wasn't a twist the ankle type heroine either. I would say she makes a good female lead role to be looked at further in feminist terms, which is of course open to interpretation!

Anyway, if I keep talking I am bound to hit that spoiler mark somewhere, and I would prefer not to...so go! Enjoy! It's a great ride!