History Film / PitchBlack

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Riddick and Fry, overlapping with FoeYay.

--> ''{Johns fires at Riddick, who flinches, and his chains drop)''
--> '''Johns:''' "I want you to remember this moment. The ways it could have gone, and didn't. Here."
--> ''(Johns goes to give Riddick back his goggles. Riddick grabs Johns' gun instead and aims at him, ready to fire)''
--> '''Johns:''' "Take it easy..."
--> '''Riddick:''' "Fuck you!"
--> '''Johns:''' "Do we have a deal?"
--> '''Riddick:''' ''(beat, and he gives Johns back his gun)'' "I want you to remember this moment."

--> ''(Riddick disarms him, pointing Johns' own gun at him.)''\\
--> '''Riddick:''' I want you to remember this moment.

--> '''Johns (after freeing Riddick from his bonds):''' "I want you to remember this moment."
--> '''''(Riddick disarms him, pointing Johns' own gun at him)'''''
--> '''Riddick:''' "I want you to remember this moment."

--> [[spoiler:'''Riddick (to Johns):''']] [[spoiler:"Remember that moment?"]]

--> '''Johns:''' I want you to remember this moment.//
''(Riddick disarms him and points the gun at his head)''//

--> '''Johns:''' "I want you to remember this moment."
--> '''(Riddick disarms him and points the gun at his head)'''
--> '''Riddick:''' "I want you to remember this moment."

--> [[spoiler:'''Riddick:''' "Would you die for them?"]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Carolyn:''' "I would try for them."]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Riddick:''' "You didn't answer me."]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Carolyn:''' "Yes I would, Riddick. I would. I would die for them."]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Riddick:''' "... ''how interesting.''"]]

Considered the breakthrough performance of Creator/VinDiesel, the movie was a sleeper hit despite its modest budget and was deemed successful enough to have a big budget sequel, which became ''[[Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick The Chronicles of Riddick]]''.

* ShipTease: Riddick and Fry. His first direct act, before being revealed to the other survivors, is to cut away a lock of her hair and smell it. Later he demonstrates a willingness to stand up for her, and is generally more forthcoming with her than with most other characters. And of course, there is his offer near the end to have her join him in escaping the planet alone due to being impressed by her determination. It's less clear whether Fry reciprocated any of these feelings, though.

* ClosedCircle: They just loved this trope. First, their starship crashes to a mysterious planet. They go to retrieve power cells so they can leave in a smaller, functional ship. Their car they're using is solar powered, and seemed ideal on a planet with three suns, but as luck would have it, they have a solar eclipse, which releases the monsters that are harmed by light. As monsters pick off each of the characters, and they continuously lose light sources, the remaining characters are trapped in a cave, with Riddick holding the only working flashlight.

* DeathByMaterialism: [[spoiler:Johns]] dies as a result of his own greed. [[spoiler:He's been hunting Riddick for years and knows full well how dangerous he is, but strikes a bargain with Riddick in the hopes that he can keep him on a leash until they're off planet and Johns can collect on his bounty. Riddick arranges for Johns to be eaten by the predators, noting that it's Johns' own fault for not killing Riddick when he had the chance.]]

* {{Chiaroscuro}}: The entire second half of the film.
* ColdEquation: Carolyn jettisons the passenger compartments to save herself.

** It's established early that the planet they were passing was uncharted and because of that its mere existence caused the autopilot to exceed its tolerence due to the unexpected atmospheric change.

* BinarySuns: The planet has three suns: one red, one yellow, and one blue. The red and yellow suns are always close in the sky opposite the blue , which creates an effect instead of day and night, there's ''blue day and orange day''.

** (Riddick disembowels an alien) "[[YouhaveNOideawhoyouredealingwith Did not know who he was fucking with.]]"

* WhamLine: "Not her... [[Main/SweetPollyOliver Her."]]

** [[spoiler:But it's {{Averted}} once more as Fry convinces him to go back for them and he does. Further proved by the fact that Riddick is very visibly heartbroken when Fry is killed, and in the sequel where he's been trying keep mercenaries from hunting jack/kyra, and is also later on the verge of tears when Lord Marshall kills her.]]

* AgainstMyReligion: Imam refuses to drink liquor because he's a Muslim, even though it's the only thing drinkable for the moment. Which is not well researched regarding Islam: Imam's position in the film is dire, stuck on a desert planet with no other food or water, and he has three children to look after. In Islam, if the situation is dire enough to threaten one's life by lack of halal food and clean (no alcohol) drinks, Muslims are permitted to consume any available meat (meat of a lizard, meat of a dog or pig) or drink alcohol, just to survive until help comes. This is, however, somewhat mitigated by the fact that the alcohol in question seems to be some form of moonshine, homebrew whiskey, or bathtub gin- which would only dehydrate the drinker more in the long run, and their high alcohol content would leave an unaccustomed drinker floored. Also, the castaways had barely begun to explore their surroundings at the time he was offered alcohol, and he still had high hopes of finding a water source.

* StrippedToTheBone: [[spoiler:One of the Imam's young companions gets trapped in a dark room with a swarm of juvenile winged aliens. By the time the others break in, all that's left are his clothes and bloody bones.]]

* AgainstMyReligion: Imam refuses to drink liquor because he's a Muslim, even though it's the only thing drinkable for the moment. Which is not well researched regarding Islam: Imam's position in the film is dire, stuck on a desert planet with no other food or water, and he has two children to look after. In Islam, if the situation is dire enough to threaten one's life by lack of halal food and clean (no alcohol) drinks, Muslims are permitted to consume any available meat (meat of a lizard, meat of a dog or pig) or drink alcohol, just to survive until help comes. This is, however, somewhat mitigated by the fact that the alcohol in question seems to be some form of moonshine, homebrew whiskey, or bathtub gin- which would only dehydrate the drinker more in the long run, and their high alcohol content would leave an unaccustomed drinker floored.

->''"You're not afraid of the dark...are you?"''

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-> ''"All you people are so scared of me. Most days I'd take that as a compliment. But it ain't me you gotta worry about now."''
--> -- '''Riddick'''

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