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Pitch Black, later renamed The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black, is a 2000 science fiction thriller film directed by David Twohy. The film stars Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser and Keith David.
In the film, dangerous criminal Richard B. Riddick (Diesel) is being transported to prison in a cargo spacecraft. When the spaceship is damaged by comet debris and makes an emergency crash landing on an empty desert planet, Riddick escapes. However, when predatory flying alien creatures begin attacking the survivors, Riddick joins forces with the crew to develop a plan to escape the planet.
The film's total budget was estimated to be US$23 million. Despite mixed reviews from critics, it was a sleeper hit, grossing over US$53 million worldwide. It has since developed its own cult following, particularly around the antihero Riddick. A sequel, The Chronicles of Riddick, was released in 2004.
In the distant future, the transport ship Hunter-Gratzner, and its crew and passengers in cryo-stasis chambers, pass through a comet's tail while on autopilot. Debris from the comet rupture the hull and kill some of its crew, including the captain. The remaining crew is awakened and docking pilot Carolyn Fry (Radha Mitchell) and her co-pilot, Greg Owens (Simon Burke), awake in time to attempt to land the ship on a nearby planet. Fry wants to dump the passenger compartment to save the ship and herself but Owens stops her. The ship crashes on the surface, killing Owens. Fry joins with the surviving passengers, including the Muslim Imam (Keith David), a young boy named Jack (Rhiana Griffith), and William J. Johns (Cole Hauser), who claims to be a cop. Johns discovers that another passenger, the convict Richard B. Riddick (Vin Diesel), has escaped, and implores the others to help find him.
Actors: Nic Pesante (actor), Nic Pesante (actor), Nic Pesante (actor), Dave Droxler (actor), Nic Pesante (producer), Dave Droxler (actor), Nic Pesante (actor), Jeff Waltrowski (writer), Jeff Waltrowski (director), Jeff Waltrowski (actor), Jeff Waltrowski (actor), Jeff Waltrowski (actor), Jeff Waltrowski (producer), Jeff Waltrowski (editor), Dan Hudson (actor),
Plot: Jim inherits a 1940's giant robot from his grandfather. Unfortunately, he also inherits the robots arch enemy; a Nazi virus that turns ordinary people into cybernetic killing machines. Now, only a weapon from our past can save our future, as Jim and Valkyrie must race to stop the newly infected and their plans to take over the city in this comic book style action/comedy!
Keywords: armor, battle, bravery, compassion, courage, cult-film, decapitation, demon, fate, fictional-warSo deep, hollow emotions
No end, the truth - take it away
I see darkness in me
Deep in I fall - empty illusions
Alone, pain disappears
Be free to feel - manipulate
Follow and then you fall
Create inside - trapping your fears
CHORUS
Lost in my pain
I feel I die
Lost in my words
I believe
I pray, bleeding away
Dying inside - sense of demise
Too late, time to create
One dream, one night - one final hour
CHORUS
SOLO
Believe the fear that hides
Beneath without conclusions
Of what, what to expect
Of life, of emptiness