Kwenye inguqulo yango-1995, isifo esingaqondakali sibhubhise bonke abantu abadala futhi sashiya intsha yedolobha elilodwa empini enodlame yamaqembu ezigelekeqe. Lena indawo ka-Jovanka Vuckovic Iziphithiphithi Amantombazane, umdlalo we-punk ogxile kwentsha onamazwi aphansi amnyama ngokumangalisayo. 

Kule filimu, idolobha lasePotter's Bluff lihlukaniswe ohlangothini lwaseMpumalanga olumpofu kanye nohlangothi lwaseNtshonalanga olucebile - ama-punk ngokumelene nama-preps, ikakhulukazi - iqembu ngalinye lilandela indoda ye-alpha. Lapho i-Westside Titans (egqoke amajakhethi ohlamvu futhi egcotshwe umoya wesikole) ethumba i-Eastsider, kufika amantombazane amabili avukela i-punk rock - Scratch (Paloma Kwiatkowski; I-Bates Motel) kanye noNat (Madison Iseman; U-Annabelle Ufika Ekhaya) — ukungena, ukugeza izingebhezi ezithile, nokulondoloza usuku. 

Iqondiswa, ibhaliwe, yahlelwa, yaklanywa futhi yakhiqizwa abantu besifazane, ifilimu igxilisa kakhulu abalingisi bayo besifazane abaqinile. Zonke zethulwa ngendlela engokoqobo futhi ehlobene izethameli ezingaxhumana nazo ngempela. Lawa mantombazane anobungane bangempela, ukwesaba, ukukhubazeka, namandla, futhi angaba amaqhawe ngaphandle kwamakhono angaqondakali we-sci-fi kung fu.

Iziphithiphithi Amantombazane igezwa ngokukhanya, amandla obusha acwebezela ubumnyama befilimu. Efilimini egxile entsheni yentsha, kunokuchitheka kwegazi elilinganayo. Kuyamangaza ukubona izingane zibulalana zodwa, kodwa ayikho imiphumela yangempela yokuzivimba — azikho iziphathimandla ezingazigcina zisemgqeni. Ngesimo sengqondo esifanele sokuthi “thina ngokumelene nabo”, ungabona ukuthi kungani lezi zingane zingakholelwa ukuthi yisixazululo esingcono kakhulu senkinga yazo yamanje. 

Inkinga ngengxenye ethi "ayikho imiphumela yangempela" ukuthi ukufa kunesisindo esincane kakhulu - lezi zingane zidlala ngokushesha futhi zikhululekile ngokubulala. Uma umuntu ebulawa, siqhubekela phambili ngokushesha. Ukufa sekujwayelekile - nakuba mhlawumbe ukubona bonke abazali bakho befa ngenxa yokubola kuzokwenza lokho kuwe. Isusa umphetho omangalisayo, kodwa ikhuluma ngesimo sangempela se-dystopian sefilimu. 

Lokho kusho, ngokuphelele, Iziphithiphithi Amantombazane kuyinkinga. Yeqa uye phambili phakathi kwezigxobo ezinzima kanye ne-lighthearted adventure, futhi igcine ngokuzizwa ingalingani. Ngoba sixoxa maphakathi nendaba ngesethi esivele isunguliwe yemiphakathi elwayo, kungaba nzima ukuxhuma kuzizathu zokuthi kungani lokhu kubalulekile. 

Kodwa njengoba ifilimu ingaba buthakathaka ngendlela yokwelapha ukufa, Iziphithiphithi Amantombazane iphatha isihloko sokuhlukumeza ngokocansi ngamandla adonsela phansi afanele. Ngokusobala i-Scratch inokuhlukumezeka esikhathini esidlule okumgcina esemaphethelweni. Izinkathazo zakhe zibonisa isimo sakhe sengqondo sokunganaki lapho izinto ziqala ukuba nzima.  

Ngasohlangothini lwaseNtshonalanga, amaTitans aholwa nguJeremy (Munro Chambers; Turbo Kid, Harpoon). UJeremy uzisonge njengenyoka, ulungele ukugadla. Isimo sakhe esishintshashintshayo sinika u-Chambers okuningi angadlala ngakho, futhi ubonakala ejabulela ukuqina kwe-stoic. Sekushiwo lokho, isimilo sikaJeremy mhlawumbe asimfanele kahle. Ama-Chambers unekhono elingavamile, kodwa umlingisi ubambekile kakhulu uma ufuna ukumbona ephuma emzileni. 

I-Kwiatkowski incike ngempela esimweni se-Scratch's punk rock, futhi kubonakala sengathi izizela yona ngokwemvelo. Mhlawumbe umbhalo, kodwa kunezikhathi lapho ukusebenza kwakhe kungahambisani nesenzo. Kuphoqelela ukusabela okuqondile okuvela kuye okungahambelani kahle nethoni iyonke, ngakho-ke ukusebenza kuvela njengokumisiwe - ngaphandle kwephutha kumlingisi.

Nini Iziphithiphithi Amantombazane ayilona ihlongandlebe elimemezayo noma elingakuthunuki ngedumela, linendaba yothando emnandi kakhulu futhi emnandi. U-Nat no-Scratch babonisa ukuxhumana kwabo okuseduze kuyo yonke ifilimu, bakha isivumo senhliziyo esithinta inhliziyo esihlanganisa umoya wothando olusha. 

Iziphithiphithi Amantombazane ifilimu enobuhlakani futhi enomdlandla, ehlanganiswe nokuzwela kwasekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-90s. Igxile entsheni okufanele iphile ngaphandle kosizo lwabazali (inkathi yezingane eziyisihluthulelo) futhi inobuhle bencwadi yamahlaya obuhlukile obufafaza okungelona iqiniso kobusha efilimini. 

Nakuba kukhona ukuhiccups nge-pacing nethoni, Iziphithiphithi Amantombazane kuwukubizela izingalo kwe-punk rock feminist. Ngabalingisi besifazane abaqinile - okuhlanganisa uCaine (Jenny Raven) kanye nohlakaniphe ngaphezu kweminyaka yakhe uLucy (Jordana Blake) - ihlanganisa amantombazane angamahlongandlebe futhi isibonise ukuthi singakwazi ukukhahlela imbongolo lapho sibhekene nelungelo labesilisa kanye nesigaba, futhi aphume enqobile. Singamaqhawe ezindaba zethu, futhi asikho isidingo sokuhlengwa.

Ngisho nangemva kwe-apocalypse, singabanga umhlaba njengowethu.

 

Iziphithiphithi Amantombazane izothola ukukhishwa kwetiyetha okukhawulelwe kusukela ngomhla ka-Septhemba 13, 2019.