Ndizosadabwitsa kuti Ravenous sanakhaleko ndi omvera pomwe idatulutsidwa koyamba mu 1999. Kupanga kunali kovuta kuyambira pachiyambi, pomwe oyang'anira Fox 2000 akuti akuyang'anira ntchitoyi. Wolemba masewero Ted Griffin anali akufunsidwa nthawi zonse kuti alembenso, pomwe woyang'anira woyambirira Milcho Manchevski adaponyedwa milungu itatu kuti apange. Omwe adamupangira, a Raja Gosnell, akuti adakanidwa ndi omwe adaponyedwa. Pomaliza, Antonia Bird adabweretsedwa. Ngakhale kuti sanakhutire ndi zomwe adakumana nazo, Mbalame adamaliza filimuyo momwe adalembedwera. Pamapeto pake, ndalama zokwana madola 12 miliyoni zidakwera ndi $ 2 miliyoni ku ofesi ya bokosi.

Ngakhale zojambula za Ravenous 'zikadayenda bwino, ikadakhala filimu yovuta kugulitsa. Khama lodzipereka ndi gawo la kanema wowopsa, gawo lamasewera. Kupititsa patsogolo zoopsa zakutsatsa, nkhani yake yosokoneza imayandikira ndi nthabwala yakuda. Ngakhale panali zovuta zambiri, Ravenous ndi kanema wabwino kwambiri. Omvera mwina adaziphonya pazenera lalikulu, koma akhala akupeza mwala wobisika pavidiyo yakunyumba pazaka 15 zapitazi. Ndikutulutsidwa kwa Blu-ray kudzera pa Scream Factory, Ravenous akutsimikiziranso kuti apeza mafani ambiri pakona pake.

Zowopsya ndi nthano yonena za kudya anzawo zomwe zidalimbikitsidwa ndi nkhani yonena za phwando la Donner. Zimachitika panthawi ya nkhondo yaku Mexico ndi America m'ma 1840. A Guy Pearce (Prometheus, Memento) ndi John Boyd, wamkulu wa Asitikali omwe amatumizidwa ku Fort Spencer, malo osanjikiza ku California. Ali komweko, iye ndi amuna ankhondo ankhondo apeza munthu wowonda dzina lake Colqhoun (Robert Carlyle, Masabata 28 Pambuyo pake). Mwamunayo akufotokoza za Colonel Ives wankhanza, yemwe adayamba kudya anzawo atataya phwando m'nyengo yozizira.

Zimakhala zowonekeratu kuti Colqhoun adasangalatsidwa ndi zizolowezi zodyera anzawo kuposa momwe amatsogolera. Ngakhale chiwembucho mpaka pano chikadatha kukulitsidwa kukhala gawo lokha, ndi theka chabe la Ravenous. Pamene Colqhoun wanzeru akakhala wamkulu wa Boyd, Boyd ayenera kumuletsa kuti asadye anthu ochulukirapo. Si ntchito yophweka, monga - monga nthano ya Wendigo imachenjezera - kudya anzawo kuli ndi mphamvu zochiritsira.

Sindikukhulupirira kuti Pearce adachitapo zoyipa, ndipo Ravenous ndi umboni wina wotsimikizira izi. Monga kanema yemweyo, gawo lake limayendetsa masewerawo kuchokera modabwitsa mpaka sewero mpaka kuseweretsa zamdima. Carlyle ndiye wamkulu kwambiri pamasewera ake, ndikukumbutsa ukatswiri wa Christoph Waltz. Jeffrey Jones (Beetlejuice) amaperekanso chiwonetsero chazithunzi. David Arquette ali ndi chodabwitsa chochepa (poganizira kupambana kwa Scream mndandanda nthawi yomweyo) ngati msirikali wamiyala. Osewera abwino kwambiri komanso nkhope zodziwika zimaphatikizaponso Jeremy Davies (Saving Private Ryan), John Spencer (The West Wing), Stephen Spinella (Rubber) ndi Neal McDonough (Minority Report).

Talente yakumbuyo kwa kamera ndiyabwino monga momwe amasewera. Zolemba zoyipa zolemba za Griffin, ndikupangira njira yoti adzagwiritsire ntchito pambuyo pake pa Ocean's Eleven and Matchstick Men. Katswiri wojambula zithunzi Anthony B. Richmond's (Candyman, Men of Honor) akuwona chithunzi chochititsa chidwi cha malo okongola, achisanu (ndi Prauge omwe adakhalapo m'zaka za zana la 19 California). Ngakhale kulibe zodzikongoletsera zapadera, kanemayo ndiwowopsa kuposa momwe mungaganizire. Ndipo simungathe kukambirana za Ravenous osatchulapo kuchuluka kwake kosasunthika. Kuphatikizika kwa wolemba waluso Damon Albarn (wolemba Blur ndi Gorillaz) komanso wolemba nyimbo wocheperako Michael Nyman (The Piano) adakhala wopambana.

Khulupirirani kapena ayi, kutulutsa kwa DVD koyambirira kwa Ravenous (kuyambira 1999!) Sikunali koyipa kwenikweni pazowonjezera: njira zitatu zofotokozera (imodzi ndi Mbalame ndi Albarn, imodzi ndi Griffin ndi Jones, ina ndi Carlyle), idachotsedwa zithunzi zokhala ndi ndemanga za Mbalame, ndi nyumba zapangidwe kapangidwe kake ndi kapangidwe kake. Izi zimatumizidwa, limodzi ndi ngolo komanso TV. Ndemanga zonse zitatuzi ziyenera kumvedwa, ndikupereka malingaliro osiyanasiyana pafilimu yomwe idathetsa mbiri yovutayi.

Kuphatikiza pazomwe zilipo zowonjezerapo, Scream adatsata a Jones poyankhulana mwatsopano, kwa mphindi 20. Ngakhale amadziwika kuti ndiwosangalatsa (kuphatikiza kutembenuka kwake ku Ravenous), amatenga kanema wanzeru komanso mitu yake. Kusintha kwatsopano, kwamphamvu kwambiri kumawonekeranso bwino, makamaka poyerekeza ndi DVD yosakhala ya anamorphic yomwe takhala nayo zaka zonsezi.

Zachisoni, Mbalame adamwalira chaka chatha, koma adakhala motalika kokwanira kuti awone kuyamikiridwa kwake. Ravenous ndi kanema yemwe samaleredwa kawirikawiri, koma mukakumana ndi wokonda wina yemwe wawonapo, pali mphindi yosangalala. Tithokoze kutulutsidwa kwatsopano kwa Blu-ray ya Scream Factory, gulu lotsatirali lidzawonjezeka kwambiri pomwe kanemayo amaikidwa patsogolo pa anthu ambiri omwe angamvetsere, kukumbatira ndi kutulutsa mawu ake apadera.