Neil Marshall's Kuverengera netsaona imwe yemafirimu akakodzera nguva kuti abude muna 2020. Kunyangwe yakafotwa mushe COVID-19 isati yazunza nyika, yakaiswa muna 1665, pakati chaipo pechirwere chebubonic nekuvhima kwevaroyi vekuEurope. Kubva pane (zviripachena) zviitiko zvechokwadi, iyo firimu inoshandisa nyonganiso ruvengo uye kutya kutaurira kutsiva ngano iyo ichiri kurova padhuze nepamba.  

Mune firimu, Nyasha Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) ari kuchema kufa-kwazvino-kufa kwemurume wake, Joseph (Joe Anderson). Akaramba achisimudza mwanasikana wavo mucheche ari oga (panguva yedenda rinouraya) anokurumidza kushanyirwa nemuridzi wemba, Squire Pendleton (Steve Waddington), uyo anoda rendi kunyangwe paine hupenyu hwakaomarara. Kana iye achiramba kuita kwake kwakakomba zvisina kukodzera uye zvachose kusingagamuchirwe kune imwe nzira, anomutsa moto wekufungira pakati pevagari vemutaundi, ava kuziva kuti anofanira kunge ari muroyi. 

Kune avo vasingazive nezve Malleus Maleficarum, chimwe chezviratidzo zvinofungidzirwa zvekuroya kwaive kuyedza kwekushusha (uyezve kushaya simba, asi iri imwe nyaya yese). Ndizvozvo, kana iwe ukaita murume horny, iwe ungangove uri muroyi. Nomuzvarirwo, kana squire akangorambirwa izvo zvaaisemesa kutenda kuti aive nechikwereti, huroyi hwaive mhosva yekuzvarwa. Nyasha dzinotorwa nekurwadziswa kwemazuva akati wandei mukuyedza kuwana kureurura kwezvivi zvadzo zvemweya. 

Chero ani anga achitarisisa mukati memwedzi yakati wandei apfuura anoona kufanana pakati pezviitiko zvemufirimu nezviri kuitika parizvino. Kuzvivharira wega uye kubvarura kutonhora hazvina basa zvinoenderana, uye zvizhinji zvezvinoita kuti hafu yekutanga yefirimu ibudirire ndiko kuzivikanwa kunozivikanwa.

zvakare, Kuverengera yakanyorwa uye yakadhirowewa kare COVID-19 isati yasvika, asi pamwe iyo firimu inotambura nekukasira kwayo nguva isingatarisirwi. Iyo zano inoshanduka kubva kune huso hunotyisa hwechirwere (hwakazara nedenda vanachiremba vakashongedzerwa mumafashoni anotyisa mafupa emasikisi) uye pamusoro pekutambudzwa kunotyisa kwevanotsvaga varoyi, uye shanduko iri pachena (inonyatsozivikanwa nekadhi remusoro).

Denda iri rakawanda rechirongwa chekutora Nyasha mumaoko eWitchfinder ane utsinye weBritain, iyo inoguma ichipatsanura firimu kuita zviito zviviri zvakasiyana. Imwe hafu firimu rechirwere, imwe yacho muroyi yekutsiva revenge. Zvinoita kunge mafirimu maviri akasonwa pamwechete kumwe pakati; denda rinobvumidzwa kuburikidza nefirimu - kune akasiyana madanho akakosha - asi hapana chaicho mubayiro.

Dai izvi zvaizoburitswa panguva ipi neipi isina denda nguva, izvi zvaisazoonekwa, asi nekuti isu takangoerekana tazviziva, zvinova zvakaoma kusiya. Nemamiriro ezuva ranhasi, iwo madiki madiki anova akakura, iwo enhoroondo nuances anobata huremu hwakawanda; pavanenge vakaiswa parutivi, zvinoita sekunge chinhu chakakosha chadonhedzwa. 

Kune firimu rakanyatso tarisa pane hutsinye hwakaitwa neWitchfinder, pane kushamisika kushoma kutambudzwa. Zviripachena pane mutsetse wakanaka pakati pemvura inokodzera ine ropa uye zvisina ruzha, asi Kuverengera inoita kunge ichawira parutivi rwe tamer. Mumiedzo yake yese nematambudziko, Nyasha anoramba achiyevedza. Mushure mekudhonza vakadzi vanotungamira ve The Descent kuburikidza nemadziva chaiwo eropa uye muck, zvakatoshamisika kuona kudzivirirwa kwakadai kubva kuna Marshall. 

Izvo zvakati, zvehunyanzvi zvinhu zviripo. Chikwata chemimhanzi chaChristopher Drake chine dhiraivhu rine simba rinosundira manzwiro uye rinogadza rakasviba, rakasviba. Luke Bryant's cinematography inoshandisa mwenje uye kuronga kuita mamwe mapfekero akanaka. Iwo anoshanda mhedzisiro ndeye visceral. Zviri pachena kuti firimu rakagadzirwa zvakanaka. 

Kutyisa kweMiddle Ages - seyakazara - ingangoita yakamira uye zviri pachena kuti zvakaoma kuunza chimwe chinhu chitsva patafura. Kuverengera inotanga pakakwirira (uye, zvakare, isingazvizive pa-iyo-mhino) chinyorwa, asi zvinoita sekunge pasina kukwira kwakaringana kuti iite kuti ive inoshamisa. Marshall munhu anofarira genre pabasa rake pazvinhu zvazvino zvinotyisa zvekare The Descent uye Imbwa Varwi, saka Kuverengera yakauya nekutarisira kukuru. Asi inonzwa kunge tad isina kubatanidzwa, ine inopfuura asi irizere inodzikamisa mugumo. 

Iyo firimu inoshanda zvine hunyanzvi hwekuratidzira uye yakavakwa zvine hungwaru, nhoroondo ine chekuita nenhoroondo iyo inonamira zvishoma ichokwadi panguva ino. Asi muchirongwa chakakura chebasa raMarshall, inogona kusara iri yoga.