Critters 2 (1988)
Aug 3, 2000Malicious Alien Creatures
Critters was an entertaining ripoff of Gremlins. This sequel alas draws that appeal thin by being placed in the directorial ham fists of the perpetually awful Mick Garris
David Twohy
Warlock (1989)
Oct 8, 2005Witchfinder Pursues Warlock Through Time
Richard E. Grant is a witchfinder who pursues warlock Julian Sands through a time vortex into the present day. David Twohy's script takes all the Old Wives' tale aspects of Middle Ages superstition seriously to immensely entertaining regard
Timescape (1992)
Sep 10, 2001Time Travel
A directorial debut for screenwriter David Twohy who went on to Pitch Black, among other works. Jeff Daniels plays an ordinary man who realises that guests at his hotel are travelers from the future come to witness a disaster. A strong and intelligent maturation of time travel themes
Waterworld (1995)
Jan 18, 2003Post-Holocaust Drowned Earth
The most expensive film ever made at the time, a Kevin Costner epic in which he is a lone mariner in a drowned world where survivors cling to shantytowns floating on the surface. Essentially a Mad Max film located on water.
The Arrival (1996)
Sep 20, 2003Alien Infiltration and Takeover
An alien invasion and takeover film that was clearly inspired by the success of tv's The X Files. This is a smart effort that emerges as something unworldly in David Twohy's hands
Pitch Black (2000)
Feb 19, 2000Planetary Survival
A gripping and particularly well conceived planetary survival story. The film that launched Vin Diesel's career and he has never been better than as the lethal, tight-lipped serial killer Riddick
Impostor (2002)
Jan 18, 2002Identity Bender/Philip K. Dick Adaptation
Adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story with Gary Sinise as a man accused of being an android with a bomb implanted inside
Below (2002)
Jun 9, 2003Haunted Submarine
David Twohy, director of Pitch Black, makes a fine subtle, ghost story set aboard a submarine during WWII. At times, this achieves a genuinely haunted atmosphere
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Aug 14, 2004Intergalactic Adventures
The sequel to Pitch Black where Vin Diesel's serial killer now becomes the hero of the show and the original planetary survival story is expanded out into an ornate Gothic space opera
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
May 3, 2011Tourist Psycho-Thriller
David Twohy has shown himself a standout screenwriter and director with the Riddick films but came unstuck with this effort where tourists in Hawaii come to believe their traveling companions are wanted killers. A film killed by far-fetched twists
Riddick (2013)
Sep 6, 2013Planetary Survival
The third Riddick film abandons the dark space opera of the less popular Chronicles of Riddick and tries to return to the planetary survival story of Pitch Black. Despite the effort showing at times, the film gets to be a good deal of fun when it gets to the scenes of Riddick outwitting the mercenaries