this movie is just hype. period.

Rating: 1/10 (24 May 2005)

Since the very beginning of the movie you can really feel something cheesy all over it. An overrated script and dialogs that can't really save the day. Bloopers all over the scene. Characters performing "unusual" behaviors.
Truly, I wonder why the audience gets all excited for such a big amount of senseless things.
The actors weren't just working. The mask characterization is all but scary. It just doesn't put up tension - at times I truly was laughing out loud. And it's NOT IN DEPTH - that's the real problem of it. Everything is just left there - I felt like the movie was constantly missing the point.
And also I felt like it was just ripping off things from videogames...SILENT HILL was a certain inspiration for the guys in charge.
It0s just a fast movie for this new generation of hyped teens and I'm not surprised to hear that a sequel is in the works - gotta make the biggest amount of money out of a stupid plot for sure.
I definitely suggest the readers to check out more deserving movies. Mullholland Drive and Lost Higways by David Lynch could be those working for a serious macabre aficionado. Hell, SE7EN will work too, even if I'm not the biggest Fincher fan!