Pitch Black (titled
The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black on its DVD release) is a 2000
science fiction action horror film co-written and directed by
David Twohy. The film stars
Vin Diesel,
Radha Mitchell,
Cole Hauser, and
Keith David. Dangerous criminal
Richard B. Riddick (Diesel) is being transported to prison in a 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 alien creatures begin attacking the survivors, Riddick joins forces with the surviving crew and other passengers to develop a plan to escape the planet.