Ngiyavuma ngokuphelele ukuthi angiqondi ukuthi kungithathe kanjani isikhathi eside kangaka ukubuka ama-1978 Ukusa kwabafileyo. Ngokudlula kwakamuva nokwesabekayo kwenganekwane ethusayo UGeorge A Romero, lokhu kuzwakale njengesikhathi esifanele sokuhlala phansi ubukele enye yamafilimu akhe amahle kakhulu. 

Ngokuthandwa kwasendle kwazo zonke izinto zombie kuleli zwe elimangalisayo lezindaba ezesabekayo, kulula ukungabi nentshisekelo kwenye ifilimu ye-zombie. Kepha Dawn of the Dead akuyona nje noma iyiphi ifilimu ye-zombie, ingenye yezimbalwa ezazisho okuthile empeleni. Kusizile ukudala uhlobo olungaphansi esinalo namuhla, sonke lesi sikhathi ukuletha umlayezo obabazekayo ngama-splatters of gore avumayo.

Dawn of the Dead uthole indawo endaweni yencwadi kaStephen Schneider ethi “Ama-Movie ayi-1001 Okufanele Uwabone Ngaphambi Kokufa“. Kuyinto yakudala, futhi ngizizwa njengomuntu ophakeme lapho ngisho lokhu, kepha empeleni abasazenzi zinje.

URomero wadala i-zombie yanamuhla nge Ubusuku babaPhilayo abaFileyo, sidlulela ngale kwezinsuku zakudala ze-voodoo ukudala usongo oluthathelanayo sonke esilwaziyo nesiluthandayo. Ku- Dawn of the Dead, wakhe phezu kwento evuselelwe kabusha yokwengeza ukuphawula mayelana nokuthengwa kwezinto okuthengisayo, okungenangqondo okuvame kakhulu emphakathini kangangokuthi kusabonakala, kucace njengosuku, lapho bebuka okokuqala ngqa ku-2017.

Ifilimu iqala estudiyo se-TV ngemuva kwemicimbi ye- Ubusuku babaPhilayo abaFileyo. Ukuqhamuka kwe-zombie kukhule kakhulu, uvalo seluqala ukungena, futhi akekho owazi ngempela ukuthi yini okufanele yenziwe.

Ngenkathi abaphathi besikrini bephikisana, umphathi we-TV onenkani uFrancine (uGaylen Ross) wenza isinqumo sokuyeka ukukhwabanisa okwazisa ababukeli "ngezindawo eziphephile" endaweni. Lolo lwazi luphelelwe yisikhathi futhi ngeke athumele muntu ogibeni lokufa. Lokhu kungumbono wokuqala wangempela esiwuthola kunoma yibaphi abalingisi bethu abaphambili ngefilimu, futhi kucacisiwe khona manjalo ukuthi akayona intombazane evuthayo.

Kubikwa ukuthi ngesikhathi kuqoshwa ifilimu, uRoss wenqaba ukumemeza. UFrancine wayengumlingiswa wesifazane oqinile futhi ukumemeza kwakuzowanciphisa lawo mandla. Uphinde wenqaba ukudlala umlingiswa ongeke alwe namaZombi eyedwa. Lokho kuqiniseka okwanele okwalwelwa uRoss kukhulu kakhulu. Umlingiswa wakhe akayona imbali ebunayo, ubalulekile ekusindeni kweqembu njenganoma iyiphi enye.

Umlingani wakhe, uStephen (David Emge), intatheli yomgwaqo, uhlela ukubalekela izinxushunxushu noFrancine ngendiza enophephela emhlane. Ubudlelwano babo buhlonipha futhi bulinganisela, futhi buhle impela.

Ukuhlanganisa abalingisi bethu nguPeter (Ken Foree) noRoger (Scott H. Reiniger), abangani abakhulu bezinkanyezi ababili besikhathi esizayo abavela emaqenjini ahlukene e-SWAT. Bahlangana ngenkathi amaqembu abo ezama ukusula iphrojekthi yezindlu enqaba ukudlulisela abafileyo babo kuNational Guardsmen.

Ukulandelana kufaka indawo enhle kumakamelo aphansi kwesakhiwo lapho uPeter ehlangana khona negumbi eligcwele izidumbu ezilahliwe.

Njengendunduma yama-undead engadluli futhi egxuma, elilela inyama yabaphilayo, uPeter ubhekene nokwethuka ngokudubula umuntu ngamunye eduze. Kungenzeka ukuthi abaphili, kepha kusengumyalo odabukisayo okufanele wenziwe. URoger usiza uPeter emsebenzini wakhe futhi banquma ukujoyina amabutho. Lapho isibopho sabo sesakhiwe, uRoger umema uPeter ukuthi ajoyine yena, uStephen noFrancine lapho bebaleka emoyeni.

Ngemuva kokukhubeka okumbalwa emzileni wabo, bahamba baya enxanxatheleni yezitolo (ikakhulukazi) eshiyiwe futhi bamisa ikamu. Kufanele ngibanikeze isikweletu, ngoba ngokungafani nama-lollygagger ku-2004 Dawn of the Dead remake, basebenzela ukuvikela isikhala sabo ngokushesha, besebenzisa izindlela ezahlukahlukene zokudala zokuhlanganisa nokuvimba okungafundwanga.

Njengoba ngishilo phambilini, kuhlose ukuthi ifilimu isethwe enxanxatheleni yezitolo. Yindawo enhle yokukhempa njengoba ukwazi ukufinyelela kukho konke ongakudinga (izingubo, izibhamu, ukudla, iThe Brown Derby Luv Pub) futhi kusebenza njengesibonakaliso esikweni labathengi elingenamsebenzi. Ama-Zombies avela ngobuningi njengoba wonke esebenza ngempumelelo ku-auto-pilot, eqonda kuleyo ndawo ejwayelekile yenduduzo.

Manje, njengecala, ngifuna ukuthatha umzuzwana ukusho ukuthi ngikwazisa kangakanani ukwambulwa kusenesikhathi lapho uFrancine esezigabeni zokuqala zokukhulelwa. Kuyasiza ukwakha umugqa wesikhathi kuyo yonke ifilimu - siyabona inqubekela phambili yabo ngokukhula kwesisu sengane yakhe - futhi kwakhela inselelo entsha ngemuva kwengqondo yakho.

Umculo wefilimu wenziwe nguDario Argento noThe The Goblins (ongahlobene, kepha u- "Dario Argento noThe Goblins" bazokwenza igama lebhendi elihle). Ngemuva kwe- my ukubukwa kabusha kwakamuva kwe- Suspiria, Ngathola ukuthi ngangithanda ngempela Dawn of the DeadAmaphuzu.

Iyajabulisa ngendlela engajwayelekile futhi iyadlala, kepha ikukhumbuza iMall Muzak obukade uyizwa ngenkathi ubhajwe ku-escalator egcwele. Akunangqondo kwesinye isikhathi, ikakhulukazi uma kubhanqwe nezenzo ezinyantisayo ozibonayo esikrinini. Zihlangana ukudala umphumela wamahlaya ocacile futhi onempilo - i-juxtaposition ethokozisayo ekufeni esikubona esikrinini.

Futhi mhlawumbe, kukonke, ifilimu imayelana nokuphila kunokufa. Amaqhawe ethu aphunyuka ekufeni aye endaweni yawo ephephile, enakekela impilo entsha ekhula ngaphakathi kuFrancine, futhi abungaze isikhathi abanaso ndawonye kunokuba balilele isiphetho sabo. Kuyamangaza ukuthi ifilimu ekhuluma ngezilo ezidla inyama.

Okungijabulisa kakhulu ukuthi le filimu iqukethe i-cameo enkulu evela ku-Godfather of Gore uqobo, uTom Savini. Ngokwemvelo, uSavini wenza yonke imiphumela emibi yokwakheka. Igazi limpompa okubomvu okukhazimulayo okukhazimulayo, inyama iyelula futhi izinyembezi, futhi ukulunywa kwe-zombie okuchobozayo kungumbukiso futhi kuyinyama. Yikho konke ongakufuna kwifilimu ye-zombie, futhi, indawo yokulwa ye-pie-in-the-face. Angikukhanyi.

Kukonke, ngikujabulele ngempela Dawn of the Dead futhi ngijabule kakhulu ukuthi ekugcineni ngibekele eceleni isikhathi ukuze ngibe yingxenye yesilulumagama sami sefilimu. Uma nawe ungazange uyibone, nakanjani ngiyincoma. Kungabhalwa isikhathi, kepha isikhathi esihle kakhulu.

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Faka isithombe nguChris Fischer