Umqondisi uRichard Stanley ubuyela ekulandiseni ukwenza ifilimu ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 nge Faka umbala ngaphandle kwesikhala, i-hypnotic HP Lovecraft adaptation. Ishicilelwe ngo-1927, le ndaba ingenye yemisebenzi ethandwa kakhulu nguLovecraft futhi kuthiwa iyintandokazi yezindaba zakhe ezimfishane. UStanley uletha uthando lwakhe ngeLovecraft kule filimu futhi unezela ngobuciko bakhe kuleyo ndaba, edala isipiliyoni esiyingqayizivele nesisungulayo.

Kudlala uNicolas Cage (Mandy, UJoely Richardson (Izinkundla Horizon), UMadeleine Arthur (The Magicians), UBrendan Meyer (The Guest), UJulian Hilliard (Ukuqothulwa kweNdlu yaseHill), U-Elliot Knight (Once Upon a Time), noTommy Chong (wodumo lweCheech noChong), Faka umbala ngaphandle kwesikhala ulandela umndeni wakwaGardner njengokuphahlazeka kwemeteorite epulazini lawo. Leli dwala lesikhala likhipha umbala ongachazeki othinta yonke impilo eseduze ngezindlela ezingaqondakali nezesabekayo. Maduze nje, umndeni ushiywe ukuba unakekele izimpilo zawo njengoba umbala usakazeka ezweni lawo, ushiye isiphithiphithi ngemuva kwawo. 

I-cosmic Lovecraftian horror ingaba yinselelo njengoba imiphumela ye-monster ibalulekile. Uma ubuza noma yimuphi umlandeli osabekayo, bazokutshela ngenjabulo ukuthi imiphumela ebonakalayo ihlala ikhetha njalo. Ngokujabulisayo, uStanley usebenzisa imiphumela ebonakalayo ezikhathini ezesabeka kakhulu kwifilimu, eyaziswa kakhulu.

Okukhumbuza ukwakheka kwesidalwa sikaRob Bottin kwe- The Thing, izilo ze Faka umbala ngaphandle kwesikhala ziyasebenza impela. Imiphumela ye-CGI igqinsiwe ngaphezu kwemiphumela ebonakalayo ukuyithuthukisa ngombala we-titular, noma kunjalo, kwezinye izimo inani lokusetshenziswa kwe-CGI limboza umphumela ongokoqobo ngakho-ke kunzima ukutshela okwenziwe ngokomzimba. 

Ngokuyinhloko, Faka umbala ngaphandle kwesikhala ushaya ezinye zezingoma ezilandisayo ezivela endabeni emfushane yokuqala, noma ngabe kwenziwe izinguquko ezithile ezinomphumela ohlukahlukene. Ngokwemvelo kwenzeke ezinye izinguquko ezithinta ukuthuthukiswa kwesakhiwo, noma kukhona nokunye ukulungiswa okuhambisana nokushintsha ithoni jikelele yefilimu. 

Esikhundleni sokuqoqwa kwemfuyo ejwayelekile, ipulazi lomndeni ligcwele umhlambi wama-alpaca. Kaningi kunalokho, la ma-alpaca asebenza njenge-punchline engaphazamisa njengoba enza zonke izigcawu ezikusilima (ngoba ama-alpaca ngokwemvelo anohlobo olungenangqondo). 

Izinhlamvu eziningi zihlanganisiwe zibe yi-hydrologist eyodwa esebenza njenge-catch-science yesayensi-konke lapho ulwazi ludingeka. Kuyaxaka ukuthi kuthintwe udokotela wamanzi ukuze kutholakale imeteorite, noma azi ukuthi imisebe eshisayo ibukeka kanjani, kodwa kungcono ukuthi ungahlali kuyo… le ndoda iyayazi isayensi yayo.

Kunezinye izimbewu ezimbalwa ezilandelwayo ezitshaliwe ezingakhuli zibe yilutho futhi ezingasikwa ngokuphelele ngaphandle kokuthinta ifilimu. Zengeza ekukhuleni komlingiswa, kepha ngokuvamile azidingeki njengoba kunezinye izindlela zokwakha ubudlelwano bezethameli nokuqonda kwalezi zinhlamvu ngaphandle kokugcwalisa okungadingekile.

Okucasula kakhulu iqiniso lokuthi umlingisi ngamunye ubonakala esebenza kwi-movie ehlukile. Ukusebenza kugcwele yonke indawo ngokwethoni ngamazinga ahlukahlukene wokuqina. UNicolas Cage uthatha indawo eyodwa emcimbini wakhe omkhulu kuze kube yimanje, eshintsha phakathi komlimi onamandla (slash bourbon connoisseur) kanye nama-bonkers agcwele ku-hairpin trigger. Lapho bebhekene ne-Cage engaxhunywanga, abalingisi baletha inkhulumomphendvulwano yabo ngobuqotho obungaba yinto ehlekisayo, yize kungacaci ukuthi ngabe lokhu kuhlose njalo yini. Abalingisi abakwazi ukufana nobuqotho bakhe futhi ungazami, ngakho-ke njengomphumela wokugcina, amandla awalingani kakhulu.

Njengokulungiswa kweLovecraft, Faka umbala ngaphandle kwesikhala kulungile. Akukuhle ngokweqile noma kubi ngokweqile, noma kungahle kungabi yilokho okulindele lapho uzwa inhlanganisela kaLovecraft, uNic Cage, noRichard Stanley. Kuyajabulisa ukulutha - ikakhulukazi kuma-Cage-isms ayo - kepha kukonke kungabumbana kakhulu. 

Faka umbala ngaphandle kwesikhala uduka ngaphandle kwemigqa ukudweba isithombe sawo esihlukile, futhi umphumela wokugcina ungcolile. Ifilimu isivele ikhona etholwe yi-RJLE Films ngaphambi kwayo Ukuhlanya phakathi kwamabili ukukhonjiswa komhlaba. Kepha umbuzo wangempela uwukuthi, ingabe izethameli zizowuthenga?