Pitch Black (2000): Everyone Looks Different When the Lights Go Out
Beth and Michelle enter the fading daylight and approaching darkness of Pitch Black, the 2000 science-fiction horror film that introduced Richard B. Riddick, his surgically enhanced eyes, and a planet full of creatures waiting for the lights to go out. Their conversation ranges from questionable alien biology and weaponized flashlights to the unsettling realization that Riddick may be the most honest person among the survivors.
The film gradually reverses its first impressions. Johns begins as the handsome lawman and reveals himself as an addict willing to sacrifice anyone who might extend…
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