Excellent synopsis weasel, and I agree with you 100%, except for the fact about the sequel. It doesnt need a sequel, this was a sequel, and a bloated one at that. Pitch Black was a tight, brilliantly realised sci-fi thriller, but Chronicles tangles itself up in a self-woven web of crap. It tries to expand on mythic themes that just didn't exist in Pitch Black. The special effects were top-notch, the fight scenes were gripping, and the movie on the whole was reasonably entertaining. Just not a quarter as good as Pitch Black. Add it to the long list of shoddy sequels.