After the space ship crashes into a unknown planet the survivors discover that the there were previous inhabitants and they were vicious creatures, they find their escape routes.
[David Twohy] tweaks this formulaic escape-from-hell story with just enough original touches to give it a lift.
Blake French
Filmcritic.com
August 02, 2009
...your typical run-for-your-life-the-monsters-are-coming science fiction adventure that requires one to park his brain at the front door of the theater before entering.
Steve Newton
Georgia Straight
February 05, 2014
Pitch Black is such a stinker that it makes Twohy's previous sci-fi thriller, The Arrival, look halfway decent.
Proving that low-budget genre-based entertainment can be just as easily ferociously inventive and character-driven as its big-budget competition can be lazy and boring.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Common Sense Media
August 13, 2013
Original Riddick pic is violent, with teamwork rewarded.
A smart, suspenseful sci-fi movie from director Twohy, whose underrated 1996 film, The Arrival, also brought visual imagination and intelligence to the genre.
