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Pitch Black (2000) -- A group of marooned space travelers struggle for survival on a seemingly lifeless sun-scorched world.
Pitch Black (2000) -- After killing one of the creatures, the crew realizes that light burns their skin.
Pitch Black (2000) -- A group of marooned space travelers struggle for survival on a seemingly lifeless sun-scorched world.
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6.9/10   50,323 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jim Wheat (story) &
Ken Wheat (story) ...
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Release Date:
18 February 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
Fight Evil With Evil more
Plot:
A group of marooned space travelers struggle for survival on a seemingly lifeless sun-scorched world. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins & 4 nominations more
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Also Known As:
Nightfall (USA) (working title)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black (USA) (DVD box title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sci-fi violence and gore, and for language.
Runtime:
109 min | USA:112 min (unrated version)
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Trivia:
When the crew is brought out of stasis by the computer, the shot of 'Simon Burke', being ejected from the stasis chamber is actually a shot of Cole Hauser being "kicked" from the chamber. There was no shot of the character Owens being "kicked" from the chamber. This can be seen in slow motion. more
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Revealing mistakes: When Fry is climbing out of the cave, the "solid" walls shake. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Riddick: [voiceover] They say most of your brain shuts down in cryo-sleep. All but the primitive side, the animal side. No wonder I'm still awake. Transporting me with civilians. Sounded like 40, 40-plus. Heard an Arab voice. Some hoodoo holy man, probably on his way to New Mecca. But what route? What route? I smelt a woman. Sweat, boots, tool belt, leather. Prospector type. Free settlers. And they only take the back roads. And here's my real problem. Mr. Johns...
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Featured in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) more

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71 out of 83 people found the following comment useful.
How to survive in pitch black?, 10 May 2005
8/10
Author: NightfallRaven from Finland

Pitch Black is a survival story. It's about how to survive in an hostile, alien world against even more hostile enemies. The task gets even more difficult when the nearest enemies can be found within your own surviving group.

The plot of Pitch Black is quite usual and has been seen several times before in different variations. But what makes this movie shine above others, is it's well-written characters.

The group consists of very different people with few more interesting than the others: Jack, a boy with a secret; Fry, a pilot having hard time with her own conscience; Johns, a bounty- hunter with a drug-habit; Imam, a holy man facing the fact that God is sometimes cruel and Riddick, a convict and a murderer learning to value others, not only himself. Characters start to live in the movie. They aren't only paper like in many other movies of this genre. You start to care for the characters, especially for Riddick though that feels quite odd. He is supposed to be the bad guy. In this movie, the line between light and pitch black is very thin. All characters are familiar with both.

Other thing that works in this movie is the casting. Rarely do actors fit to their roles this well. Radha Mitchell is suitable for Fry. Cole Hauser brings the right amount of cruelness and sense of responsibility for Johns. But the most impressive work is done by Vin Diesel. He does great job as Riddick. In his hands Riddick is quite creepy, definitely very dangerous and also deep character, just as he is supposed to be.

So, how do you survive in Pitch Black? Keep your friends close and enemies even closer.

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