In the distant future, the spaceship "Hunter-Gratzner" is transporting passengers in cryostasis. Among those are a Muslim preacher who goes by the title of Imam, accompanied by three young acolytes, traveling to New Mecca; a teenager named Jack; a pair of prospectors named Shazza and Zeke; a merchant named Paris; and a law enforcement officer, William J. Johns, who is escorting the notorious criminal Richard B. Riddick. Riddick has surgically modified eyes that allow him to see in the dark but are highly sensitive to light.