Into Pitch Black (2000) (TV)

Réalisateur:

M. David Melvin

Date de sortie:

30 janvier 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Science-Fiction

Intrigue:

A policeman is assigned by his superior officer to find and apprehend escaped convict Richard B. Riddick...

Avis des utilisateurs:

A misguided tie-in that misdirects movie-goers

Ensemble

Vin Diesel	...	Richard B. Riddick
Lisa Saum	...	Femme-Merc
Brian Gant	...	Lawman
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Robert Ahola	...	Prison Guard
Andrew Bernard	...	Search and Rescue #1
Jorge Berrio	...	Prison Guard #1
Kevin Burnett	...	Cutter
Markus Hamilton	...	Mr. Kammal
Alastair Love	...	Prison Guard #2
Danny Miller	...	Computer (voice)
Mark Ribbins	...	Lead Guard
Robert W. Richards	...	Prison Psychiatrist
Joe Russo	...	Search and Rescue #2
Danny Stark	...	Law Officer
Heather Waters	...	Bar Tender

Réalisé par
M. David Melvin

Produit par
Andrew Bernard	....	associate producer
Tom Engelman	....	executive producer
Ted Field	....	co-executive producer
Kevin Gill	....	executive producer
Scott Kroopf	....	co-executive producer
Joe Russo	....	associate producer

Image
David Rush Morrison

Montage
Jeremy Simmons
Steve Strout

Distribution des rôles
Sherry Robb
Justine Smith

Création des décors
Rachel Holloway

Maquillage
Lisa Hans	....	key makeup artist
Mitch Longlin	....	prosthetic makeup artist

Directeur de production
Scott Murphy	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Wade W. Danielson	....	first assistant director
Rudy Van Zyl	....	second assistant director

Département Art
Lord Digby	....	assistant art director
Alex Downs	....	construction coordinator
David Hogan	....	storyboard artist
Strati Hovaortos	....	construction coordinator
John Riley	....	props

Technicien du son
Ken Pries	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects
David Chen	....	digital artist
Bill Georgiou	....	digital artist

Cascadeur
Kim Robert Koscki	....	stunt coordinator

Caméra et Département Electrique
Dean Campbell	....	key grip
Kia Dawson	....	camera loader
Al DeMayo	....	electrician
Mark Elkan	....	assistant camera
Greg Etherridge	....	best boy electric
Adam Harrison	....	electrician
Jonas Lagunoff	....	best boy grip
Patric McDermott	....	gaffer
Gary Webster	....	assistant camera

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Charlie Altuna	....	stylist
Sonja Taylor	....	wardrobe assistant
David Vandever	....	wardrobe assistant

Divers
Vickie Allen	....	craft service
Corey Gomez	....	production assistant
Judy Tanke	....	production coordinator
Mark S. Thomas	....	script supervisor
Tracy Thomas	....	production assistant

Companies de production

• KG Productions

Distributeurs

• Universal Pictures

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• 4B Studios

Durée:

USA:60 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Lieux de tournage:

Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Société:

KG Productions

A misguided tie-in that misdirects movie-goers

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The sad thing about "Into Pitch Black" was that it could have been brilliant. Someone spent a great deal of time and thought on it. Unfortunately, one of the things that plagued the entire "Pitch Black" marketing campaign was its disconnectedness from itself. None of the tie-ins -- this, the novelization, or the official website -- agreed on who and what the characters were, or how to portray them.

In this tie-in, the starring characters aren't anyone from the movie, but rather a female mercenary and a futuristic insurance adjuster who are trying to locate the remains of the spaceship "Hunter-Gratzner," that crashed with Riddick (and more importantly, it turns out, a priceless collection of stolen artifacts) on a desert planet. The two begin to piece together what happened on the ship and on the planet, throwing in a little bit of back-story on the people who crashed there, including Riddick.

Although Diesel gets top billing, it's unclear whether he was actually involved at all. Riddick is never clearly seen (so it could be a stunt double) and all of his lines are taken from Pitch Black. And although there's finally a hint in the tie-in about what might REALLY have happened to the survivors of the crash, most of the build-up portrays the movie as something very different than it is, more of a "Friday the 13th In Space" than anything else, with Riddick possibly hunting down and axe-murdering the other survivors. People who chose to see (or NOT see) the film on the basis of that were completely misled. People who based their expectations of future Riddick films around the back-story he was given in this, sadly, were ALSO misled; virtually every detail has since been discarded for the overinflated universe of "The Chronicles of Riddick."

Technically, the tie-in is atmospheric and interesting. It's completely irrelevant, however, and an opportunity to make something with actual relevance was, sadly, squandered.