Is Pitch Black a Passion Play?

Rating: 7/10 (5 April 2002)

I used to hate sitting in English class and try and find those ever elusive symbols in a work. But the first time I say Pitch Black, it seemed familiar and the second time it clicked. This was a story of personal redemption and spirituality. Riddick admits early that he believes in God, but believes that God hates him. He ridicules (Riddick??)the faith of the moslem crew members and taunts their suffering as evidence of God's absence. His survival is paramount, but his increasing interest in Pilot Fry is balanced against her responsibility for the entire group of survivors. He is willing to save her, but she is only willing to be saved, if all of the survivors can be saved. Riddick is drawn back into human society by Pilot Fry and ultimatly when she is drawn away at the moment of death he exhalts "NO!, not for me!" Her death, for the sake of the others, including him, causes him to realize that others are willing to die for him. He becomes a human, and is 'saved' by her death. Is Pitch Black a Passion Play?