FANTASTIC SCI-FI HORROR, DESERVES TO BE NOTHING LESS THAN A TRUE CULT CLASSIC!!!

Rating: 10/10 (30 October 2019)

I saw "Pitch Black" when it first came out in 2000, i loved it back then & i still love it now!!!
It's a great mix of Horror & sci-fi with lots of suspense & a nice deserted eerie atmosphere.
Vin Diesel is Awesome & Cool as hell as tough Criminal "Riddick" he's like a character from the universe of "John Carpenter" a little bit of the iconic "Snake Pliskin" is in there & the fact he's an Anti-Hero with a criminal past!!! Vin is great in this role & this was my first introduction to the cool voiced future Action star, we also have an excellent ensemble cast with Vin, we've got the always good "Keith David" a star of John Carpenters "The Thing" & "They Live" & we have in the form of a tough chick "Radha Mitchell" as the 2nd main lead & she's great but for me the 2nd best character & performance after "Riddick" comes from the excellent Cole Hauser as "Johns" the equally tough & troubled Bounty hunter transporting his prisoner "Riddick" back to civilisation, it's a great intense & lively role for the underrated Hauser as he goes from cool,calm & in control to panicked & Angry often, he's a really interesting & conflicted character he's sly & corrupted by not totally evil, a great performance.
The Creatures are Awesome looking, Night time sharp looking bat & shark type things, a really cool monster design & very creepy creatures that move very quickly & hunt in the dark.
Pitch Black is an Awesome old school type of Sci-fi Horror film, it could've easily come out in the 80's as it's got that look & vibe to it, the lost desert planet they crash on looks like the wastelands of "Mad Max" so it's got a real cinematic vision that feels like we know it!!!
There's plenty of excellent action scenes & plenty of cool monster attacks & some cool character bits especially the fight between "Riddick" & "Johns" a cool little scene.
All in all "Pitch Black" is a Gem of the sci-fi Horror genre, it fits in there with films like "Aliens" "Predator 1&2" & other Classic's of that genre.
I've loved this since the vhs days & it's one of those films that if you haven't seen it in years, you watch it & can't believe how good it is!!!
Definitely nothing less than a true cult classic but deserves to be a Sci-fi Horror Classic like "Aliens 1986"