UNeil Marshall The reckoning ngengozi ingenye yamafilimu afike ngesikhathi kakhulu ukuphuma ngo-2020. Yize iqoshwe kahle ngaphambi kokuba iCOVID-19 inyakazise umhlaba, isethwe ngo-1665, khona kanye phakathi kwesifo se-bubonic kanye nokuzingelwa kwabathakathi eYurophu. Ngokusekelwe emicimbini yeqiniso (ngokusobala), ifilimu isebenzisa inzondo enesiphithiphithi nokwesaba ukusho inganekwane yokuziphindiselela eqhubeka isondela ekhaya.  

Kule filimu, uGrace Haverstock (uCharlotte Kirk) ukhala ngokudlula emhlabeni kukamyeni wakhe, uJoseph (Joe Anderson). Wancama ukukhulisa indodakazi yabo eyinsana eyedwa (ngesikhathi sobhadane olubulalayo) ngokushesha uvakashelwe ngumninindlu, uSquire Pendleton (uSteve Waddington), ofuna intela naphezu kwesimo sakhe sokuphila esibucayi. Lapho elahla ukweshelwa kwakhe okungafanele ngokuphelele futhi engamukeleki nhlobo ngokuthola elinye icebo, uvusa imililo yokusola phakathi kwabantu basemadolobheni, manje eseqinisekile ukuthi kumele abe ngumthakathi. 

Kulabo abangayazi i Malleus Maleficarum, Esinye sezibonakaliso zokuthakathwa kwakuyisilingo esivusa inkanuko (kanye nokungabi namandla, kodwa leyo enye indaba). Kunjalo, uma wenza indoda i-horny, kungenzeka ukuthi ungumthakathi. Ngokwemvelo, lapho uSkire enqatshelwa lokho ayenenkolelo enengekayo yokuthi wayekweletwa, ubuthakathi kwakuyinsolo yemvelo. UGrace uyathathwa ahlushwe izinsuku ezimbalwa emzamweni wokuthola ukuvuma izono zakhe ezingaphezu kwamandla emvelo. 

Noma ngubani obekade elalele ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule uzobona ukufana phakathi kwemicimbi yefilimu nokwenzekayo njengamanje. Ukuzihlukanisa yedwa nokuqasha iqhwa akuhambisani kahle, futhi okuningi okwenza ingxenye yokuqala yefilimu iphumelele kangaka lokhu kwaziwa okuchazekayo.

Nalapha futhi, The reckoning yabhalwa futhi yaqoshwa kudala ngaphambi kwe-COVID-19, kepha mhlawumbe ifilimu ihlushwa ukuthi isesikhathini esingahlosile. Isakhiwo sisuka ebukhoneni obubi besifo (sigcwaliswe ngodokotela abanesifo abagqoke imaski yamathambo esabekayo) badlulele ekuhlushweni okwethusayo kokuzingelwa kwabathakathi, futhi inguquko isobala (ekhonjwe ngekhadi lesihloko).

Lesi sifo siwumshini wokuceba uGrace ezandleni zeWitchfinder enonya kakhulu yaseBrithani, egcina ihlukanise ifilimu yaba yizenzo ezimbili ezihlukene. Ingxenye eyodwa ifilimu yesifo, enye indaba yokuziphindiselela ngokuzingela abathakathi. Kubukeka sengathi amafilimu amabili athungwe ndawana thize phakathi; lesi sifo siqashelwa ngefilimu - ngokubaluleka okungafani - kepha akukho nzuzo yangempela.

Ukube lokhu bekungakhishwa nganoma yisiphi esinye isikhathi esingenabo ubhadane, lokhu bekungeke kubonakale, kepha ngoba ngokuzumayo siyakukhumbula, kuba nzima ukukuyeka. Ngomongo wanamuhla, imininingwane emincane iba mikhulu, ama-nuances omlando abamba isisindo esiningi; lapho zibekelwa eceleni, kuzwakala sengathi into ebalulekile ishiyiwe. 

Kwefilimu egxile ngokuqinile ebubini obenziwa yiWitchfinder, kunokuhlukumezeka okuncane okumangazayo. Ngokusobala kukhona umugqa omuhle phakathi kwegazi elifanele nelingabizi, kepha The reckoning Kubonakala sengathi iwela ohlangothini lwe-tamer. Kukho konke ukulingwa nezinsizi zakhe, uGrace uhlala ekhazimula. Ngemuva kokuhudula izintokazi eziholayo ze Isizinda ngokusebenzisa amachibi angokoqobo egazi nomdaka, kuyamangaza ukubona ukuvinjelwa okunjalo okuvela kuMarshall. 

Lokho kusho, izakhi zobuchwepheshe zonke zikhona. Isikolo sikaChristopher Drake sinomdlandla onamandla odudula imizwa futhi usethe umoya omnyama. I-cinematography kaLuke Bryant isebenzisa ukukhanyisa nokubiyela ukwakha amashothi amahle. Imiphumela ebonakalayo i-visceral. Akunakuphikwa ukuthi yifilimu eyenziwe kahle. 

I-horror yangeNkathi Ephakathi - isiyonke - iyisimo esime kancane futhi kuyavunywa ukuthi kunzima ukuletha okuthile okusha etafuleni. The reckoning iqala ngenothi eliphakeme (futhi, futhi, ngokungahlosiwe ekhaleni), kepha akubonakali kunokwenyuka okwanele ukuyenza ivelele njengokumangazayo. UMarshall uyintandokazi yohlobo lomsebenzi wakhe kuma-classics wesimanje wesabekayo Isizinda futhi Amasosha Wezinja, kanjalo The reckoning yeza ngokulindela okukhulu. Kepha kuzwakala sengathi i-tad ayihlanganisiwe, enomvuthwandaba odlulayo nokho jikelele. 

Yifilimu elisebenza kahle elinamakhonsathi aqinile kanye nendaba eyakhiwe ngokucophelela, ngokomlando ehambisana neqiniso okwamanje. Kepha ohlelweni olukhulu lomsebenzi kaMarshall, ingahle ishiywe yodwa.