
A policeman is assigned by his superior officer to find and apprehend escaped convict Richard B. Riddick, Riddick was being transported on-board space transport vessel "Hunter-Gratzner" carrying on-board 40 people, where a bounty hunter named Johns who captured him was escorting him to the penal colony "Slam City" and claim the bounty on his head. But the "Hunter-Gratzner" was struck by a meteor shower and crashed on a desert planet, where Riddick and 10 survivors were maroon... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
A policeman is assigned by his superior officer to find and apprehend escaped convict Richard B. Riddick, Riddick was being transported on-board space transport vessel "Hunter-Gratzner" carrying on-board 40 people, where a bounty hunter named Johns who captured him was escorting him to the penal colony "Slam City" and claim the bounty on his head. But the "Hunter-Gratzner" was struck by a meteor shower and crashed on a desert planet, where Riddick and 10 survivors were marooned. The policeman decides to hire a female bounty hunter to track down and capture Riddick alive. The female bounty hunter begins to suspect there is something more behind the "Hunter-Gratzner" incident and learns one of the survivors, Paris P. Ogilive was carrying on-board "Hunter-Gratzner" a priceless collection of artifacts and learns the back-stories of the 10 survivors as well as Riddick.
Leave your thoughts about Into Pitch Black.
| Portland OregonianShawn LevyBetween the tart dialogue, the compelling lead performances, the vivid violence and the stunning cinematography, it's complete and satisfying all on its own. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumSo jaunty, so limber, and so visually self-assured that art peeks through where crap has traditionally made its home. |
| SalonAndrew O'HehirThe movie of the season for sci-fi and horror fans. |
| Mr. ShowbizKevin MaynardVisually, Pitch Black is sleek and stylish in a post-apocalyptic way, and a scantily clad Radha Mitchell does a nice, more femme variation of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenShrewdly taps into the lurking primal terrors of anyone who ever had to sleep with a night light. |
| Village VoiceJustine Elias(Diesel's) Riddick, a silver-eyed, musclebound escaped killer, is the most sequel-worthy sci-fi creation since the Terminator. |
| New York PostJonathan ForemanBy far the best thing about Pitch Black is the cool-looking lighting and photography. |
| Miami HeraldSara WildbergerJust may be the most entertainingly derivative movie of the millennium so far. |
| Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanThe "Alien" recipe with a little imagination. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertClever, done with skill, yet lacking in the cerebral imagination of the best science fiction. |