pitch black be a complete shock to me when i first saw it back in 2000. in the previous year and i be repeatedly disappoint by all the lame sci fi movie ( ex represent starship trooper ) and think that this movie wouldn not be any different . but to plainly put it represent this movie freak me out . in a good way . i wasn not aware that i be still afraid of the dark till i watch this movie while i must have bury my fear in the back of my subconscious when i be a kid and it rightfully deserve to stay there . the alien creature send shiver up my spine while the individual ( s ) who design them have a twist but brilliant and creative imagination to come up with something so impressive and grotesque . i love how the writer give each main character a history and show their flaw and strength without much confusion . riddick ( vin diesel ) gift for escape out of any impossible situation and put up a hell of a fight be jaw dropping . at first and you figure him out to be a coldly intelligent villain but in some brief moment and you can see something humane behind his animal side . but a soon you discover it and he do something maliciously devious . he certainly keep you guess right up to the very end . i do not know whether to despise or admire him . he definitely a love or hate type of character . john ( cole hauser ) be a perfect example of a character that put up a good front but through a need for greed and show his real intention and what he willing to do to survive . john knack for know what button to push and the right word to say make him as devious a riddick . fry ( radha mitchell ) be a character who and a john so nicely express and look to her thine own as first before consider the consequence . but what endear about her be that she quickly realize the error of her way and try desperately to pay penance and even while endanger her life when others discard all human value and go for the dark hill run . jack ( rhiana griffith ) simply want to have a hero and be the first one out of the whole group to look for that hero in riddick while through a child eye and good can be see through the thick cloud of evil . i think it be absolutely priceless when jack shave his head in ode to riddick while you know what they say represent imitation be the best form of flattery . imam ( keith david ) and like jack and have the ability to see good in any evil . he use philosophy to carry him through the hardship that he meet and when time permit and he rationally grieve his loss and then soldier on . in a way and he serve a a morale booster for the survivor even though most of the character act a though they weren not listen . the casting for this movie be positively perfect . each actor shin brightly in their role and their talent blend wonderfully on screen . this movie may have have a small budget but the director leadership and the actor performance make the movie work and allow the audience to use their imagination instead of let some outrageously expensive special effect do all the work for them . this movie be a definite sci fi classic . watch it and judge ( with an open mind ) for yourself . it will be well worth it .