Promotional poster for Pitch Black Pitch Black is a 2000 science fiction film, directed by David Twohy. It stars Radha Mitchell and Vin Diesel as its anti-hero, Riddick.
Plot
As the film opens, the Hunter Gratzner, a passenger spacecraft, crash-lands on a strange desert planet. Most of the ship is destroyed; only 12 survive. Among them are a dangerous criminal (Riddick, headed for a new lock-up) and his guard, the surviving pilot, Fry, some Islamic men (settlers headed for New Mecca) and some other men, women and children.
Assessing the situation, they realise that the planet's three hot suns illuminate the surface continuously, creating the desert conditions. The ship's destruction has left them without food or water; only some meagre personal possessions including a stash of alcohol. Led by Fry, the survivors gather what little they have and set off in search of water.
The group is disoriented, scared and barely cohesive. This is no brave band of survivors; there are personality problems and arguments right from the word go. Nobody is happy to discover a dangerous criminal among them, either. Riddick has altered eyes which enable him to see in the dark (an adaptation to prison mines he has done time in). However because of this light-sensitivity he needs to wear welding goggles during daylight (especially in the harsh continuous sunlight of this planet).
The survivors find strange boneyards and then lose a person in a bloody struggle near a burrow. Is the escaped Riddick to blame? Fry investigates and encounters strange creatures living underground. Riddick tells the survivors that they now have something other than him to fear ...
Near the boneyards they find an abandoned research base. This provides a water generator and some shelter. Even better, there is hope for escaping the planet, in the form of a small spacecraft (the skiff). But why is the base abandoned? An encounter with flying creatures kills another survivor. Then it is discovered that the three suns will eclipse each other soon, and not rise again for months.
The skiff needs power cells to restart its electrical systems, for which they must return to the ruins of their ship. But then the suns set - all of them. The creatures of the night begin to stalk the survivors in the dark. Now, Riddick is one of their most important assets.
The film's sequel, The Chronicles of Riddick was released in 2004. A prequel, , a game for the Xbox and the PC, was also released in 2004.
Tagline: Fight Evil With Evil
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