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RUNTIME
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Tight 44-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Into Pitch Black
2000 0h 44m EN
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6.0
MID
★6.0TMDB · 106
ActionScience FictionCrimeTV Movie
Synopsis
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After the events of Pitch Black, a contractor is hired to locate Riddick, dead or alive. He reviews available information on him and the events of Pitch Black. Terrified, he hires a female cyberpunk merc to do the job for him.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Vin Diesel
Richard B. Riddick
Lisa Saum
Femme-Merc
Brian Gant
Lawman
William Roberts
Prison Psychiatrist
Kevin Burnett
Cutter
Andrew Bernard
Search and Rescue #1
Danny Stark
Law Officer
Heather Waters
Bar Tender
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- M. David Melvin
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Fun facts 🍿
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ERA
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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
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Vin Diesel and Lisa Saum and Brian Gant carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0366620 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
M. David Melvin directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 44-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Vin Diesel and Lisa Saum and Brian Gant carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0366620 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Classified under 10 themes, including "prison", "bounty hunter", "prisoner", "alien".
The technical file
- Runtime
- 44 min · 0h 44m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
M. David Melvin
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
KG Productions
FR
Universal Pictures
US
Key crew
- Associate ProducerJoe Russo
- Co-Executive ProducerTed Field
- Co-Executive ProducerKevin Gill
- CinematographyDavid Rush Morrison
- Associate ProducerAndrew Bernard
- Executive ProducerTom Engelman
- Co-Executive ProducerScott Kroopf
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- prison
- bounty hunter
- prisoner
- alien
- outlaw
- alien planet
- distant future
- escaped prisoner
- spaceship crash
- short film
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV2000-01-30R· SyFy Airing
Also known as
International titles
- Riddick - Into Pitch BlackUS
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Into Pitch BlackUS
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Into Pitch BlackAR
