pitch black

this movie is a bit of a sci-fi horror type movie. it follows the story of a ship crew as they crash into an unknown planet. they are carrying a very dangerous criminal and as darkness sets in, the planets killer wildlife comes out to get them. they must rely on this criminal and his ability to see in the dark in order to survive. along the way there are many run ins with the alien creatures, some of them played for scares, others for gore. over all its a pretty good b-movie that at times takes itself to seriously. the creatures themselves are actually pretty cool, they do a pretty good job with the creature effects. the characters themselves are not that interesting, and if 'the fast and the furious' hadn't hit it big, vin diesel would never have been given the opportunity to resurrect this riddick character and we would have been spared the follow up movie and we would probably look back at this one as a nice little sci-fi movie.