Ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa Ravenous bai sauka tare da masu sauraro ba a farkon fitowar sa a cikin 1999. Ƙirƙiri yana da matsala tun daga farko, tare da masu gudanarwa na Fox 2000 da aka ruwaito suna yin micromanaging aikin. Ana tambayar marubucin allo Ted Griffin akai-akai don samar da sake rubutawa, yayin da aka bar darakta na asali Milcho Manchevski makonni uku cikin samarwa. An yi zargin cewa ’yan wasan kwaikwayo da ma’aikatan jirgin sun yi watsi da shirin maye gurbinsa, Raja Gosnell. A ƙarshe, an kawo Antonia Bird. Duk da cewa ba ta gamsu da gogewar ba, Bird ta kammala fim ɗin kamar yadda aka ɗauke ta aiki. A ƙarshe, dala miliyan 12 da aka samar ya koma baya tare da ɗan ƙaramin dala miliyan 2 a ofishin akwatin gida.

Ko da fim ɗin Ravenous ya tafi daidai, zai kasance da wahala a siyar da fim ɗin. Ƙoƙarin ƙaƙƙarfan ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce ɓangaren fim ɗin tsoro ne, wasan kwaikwayo na lokaci. Ci gaba da mafarkin tallace-tallace, abubuwan da ke damun sa ana fuskantar sa tare da baƙar jin daɗi. Duk da rashin daidaiton da aka yi masa, duk da haka, Ravenous fim ne mai kyau. Wataƙila masu sauraro sun rasa shi akan babban allo, amma sun gano ɓoyayyun gem akan bidiyo na gida a cikin shekaru 15 da suka gabata. Tare da sakin Blu-ray ta hanyar Scream Factory, Ravenous tabbas zai sami ƙarin magoya baya a kusurwar sa.

Ravenous tatsuniya ce ta cin naman mutane da aka yi wahayi daga ainihin labarin jam'iyyar Donner. Yana faruwa a lokacin Yaƙin Mexico da Amurka na 1840s. Guy Pearce (Prometheus, Memento) tauraro kamar John Boyd, wani kyaftin na Sojoji wanda aka aika zuwa Fort Spencer, tashar auna mara nauyi a California. Yayin da yake wurin, shi da ’yan uwansa Sojoji sun gano wani mutum mai rauni mai suna Colqhoun (Robert Carlyle, Bayan Makonni 28). Mutumin ya ba da labarin wani muguwar Kanar Ives, wanda ya koma cin naman mutane bayan da jam’iyyarsa ta yi rashin nasara a cikin tsananin sanyi.

Ya bayyana a fili cewa Colqhoun ya ji daɗin sha'awar cin naman mutane fiye da yadda yake jagoranta. Kodayake shirin har zuwa wannan lokacin ana iya faɗaɗa shi zuwa fasalin da kansa, rabin Ravenous ne kawai. Lokacin da Colqhoun mai wayo daga baya ya zama babban Boyd, dole ne Boyd ya hana shi cin abinci fiye da mutane. Ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba, kamar yadda - kamar tatsuniya ta Wendigo ta yi gargaɗi - cin naman mutane yana da ikon warkewa.

Ban tabbata Pearce ya taɓa yin aikin da ba shi da kyau, kuma Ravenous shine ƙarin tabbacin hakan. Kamar fim din kansa, rawar da ya taka yana tafiyar da rawar jiki daga gigice zuwa wasan kwaikwayo zuwa wasan barkwanci mai duhu. Carlyle kuma yana kan gaba a wasansa, yana tuna wayo na Christoph Waltz. Jeffrey Jones (Beetlejuice) kuma yana ba da kyakkyawan aiki. David Arquette yana da ƙaramin abin mamaki (la'akari da nasarar jerin Scream a lokaci guda) a matsayin sojan dutse. Kyawawan simintin ƴan wasan kwaikwayo da fuskokin da ake iya gane su sun haɗa da Jeremy Davies (Saving Private Ryan), John Spencer (The West Wing), Stephen Spinella (Rubber) da Neal McDonough (Rahoton tsiraru).

Hazakar da ke bayan kyamara tana da ban sha'awa kamar 'yan wasan kwaikwayo. Ravenous ya nuna alamar rubutun Griffin na halarta na farko, yana ba da hanya don aikinsa na gaba akan Ocean's Eleven da Matchstick Men. Cinemagrapher Anthony B. Richmond's (Candyman, Men of Honor) a hankali ido yana ɗaukar hotuna masu ban mamaki na sararin samaniya, dusar ƙanƙara (tare da Prauge yana tsaye a cikin karni na 19 California). Ko da yake babu takamaiman tasirin kayan shafa na musamman, fim ɗin ya fi ban tsoro fiye da yadda kuke tsammani. Kuma ba za ku iya tattauna Ravenous ba tare da ambaton makin sa mai ban sha'awa ba. Haɗin ƙwararrun marubucin mawaƙa Damon Albarn (mawaƙin Blur da Gorillaz) da ɗan ƙaramin mawaki Michael Nyman (The Piano) ya tabbatar da kasancewa haɗin nasara.

Ku yi imani da shi ko a'a, Fox's asali na fitowar DVD na Ravenous (daga 1999!) bai kasance mai ban tsoro ba dangane da ƙarin: waƙoƙin sharhi guda uku (ɗaya tare da Bird da Albarn, ɗaya tare da Griffin da Jones, wani kuma tare da Carlyle), an share su. al'amuran tare da sharhi ta Tsuntsaye, da kuma ɗakunan zane-zane na kayan ado da ƙirar samarwa. Waɗannan fasalulluka ana jigilar su, tare da tirela da wurin TV. Dukkan tafsirai guda uku sun cancanci a saurare su, suna ba da ra'ayoyi da yawa game da fim ɗin da ya shawo kan tarihinsa mai wahala.

Baya ga ƙarin kayan da ke akwai, Scream ya bi diddigin Jones don sabuwar hira ta mintuna 20. Duk da cewa an san shi da rawar ban dariya (ciki har da lokacin sa a cikin Ravenous), yana ba da kyakkyawar fahimta, magana mai kyau game da fim ɗin da jigoginsa. Sabuwar, babban ma'anar canja wuri yana da kyau sosai, musamman idan aka kwatanta da DVD maras anamorphic da muka makale tare da duk waɗannan shekarun.

Abin baƙin ciki, Bird ta mutu a bara, amma ta rayu tsawon lokaci don ganin an yaba ƙoƙarinta. Ravenous fim ne da ba a yawan tasowa ba, amma idan ka ci karo da wani fanin fanni wanda ya gani, akwai lokacin farin ciki. Godiya ga Scream Factory sabon sakin Blu-ray, wannan al'adar za ta yi girma sosai yayin da aka sa fim ɗin a gaban ƙarin mutane waɗanda za su fahimta, rungumar su kuma za su yi nasara da sautin sa na musamman.