A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations
Angela Moore
- Dead Crew Member
- (as Angela Makin)
Peter Chiang
- Spaceship Traveler in Cryo
- (uncredited)
Ken Twohy
- Spaceship Traveler in Cryo
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe hot desert where they filmed was actually about ten degrees Celsius (fifty degrees Fahrenheit). They were misting water on the actors to make it appear as if they were sweating.
- GoofsThe ringed planet has two distinct sets of rings on parallel planes. Such a configuration cannot exist; the various forces acting on the dust particles that make up a planetary ring push them on a plane that passes through the center of the planet.
- Crazy creditsThe persons and events in this production are fictitious. No similarity to actual persons or predators, living or dead, is intended or should be inferred.
- Alternate versionsUniversal released an unrated Director's Cut, three minutes longer than the theatrical release.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'Pitch Black' (2000)
Featured review
The opening scene of this movie is pretty incredible. I've seen a number of sci-fi movies with great special effects but my roommate and I looked at each other after the opening sequence and he said plainly, "sensory overload." The plot of the movie is pretty simple but the nice thing about this sci-fi movie is that it lets the audience figure out most of the technology for themselves instead of wasting time to "subtly" explain it. The creatures in this movie are also very interesting. You don't get a really good look at them until about two thirds of the way through. Overall, a very entertaining movie.
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $23,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $39,240,659
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,577,688
- Feb 20, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $53,187,659
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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