  In 2000, “Pitch Black” was one of those films that, despite not being a smash hit at the box office, instantly became a cult hit and would later have a second life on video. I’m a fan of the feature as well and the reasons are this: the character Riddick (Vin Diesel in a star-making performance) is the coolest anti-hero since Snake Plissken and director David Twohy (“The Arrival”) created an engrossing sci-fi/horror flick (on a low budget, no less) that recalls the “Alien” franchise. Since then, the two have gone different paths. Even starring in hit films “The Fast and the Furious” and “XXX,” Diesel has not solidified his status as this decade’s action star (due to clunkers like “Knockaround Guys” and “A Man Apart”) while Twohy made a great film that no one saw (the submarine thriller “Below”). With “The Chronicles of Riddick,” Diesel and Twohy... urlLink Read more: The Chronicles of Riddick 
