Definitely see this!

Rating: 10/10 (29 April 2006)

I have always loved movies and video games, so when they started making movies based on video games, I thought that I was going to really love them. Instead, most of these films were so pathetic, they should never have released them in the theaters. Until now, the first Resident Evil movie and the first Mortal Kombat movie were the only two of the bunch that have been good, but even they weren't so great that I wanted to write a comment about them.
But now, Silent Hill was so great that I had to write a comment about it. From the minute this movie starts, your jaw will just about drop in just about every scene because the plot takes many interesting turns as the monsters keep coming and the blood keeps spilling. There are so many elements in this film that come directly from the game that at times it's almost impossible to distinguish movie from game. But at the same time, there's enough that's different so you definitely know you're watching the movie and not playing the game. What's even better is that you can actually watch this movie without ever having played the game, but after watching this, you'll be at home playing the game for sure! If you are unsure about whether to see this movie or not, you need to see this if for any other reasons than the following...
1) Good-intentioned Christians turn out to be the bad guys because they kill an innocent child; this actually pleasantly surprised me because most films try to shy away from religion altogether but this one dove right in!
2) This wicked-looking guy with a metal mask grabs a girl and rips her clothes off and then rips her skin clean off and lots of blood spews everywhere; this scene may stay with you the rest of your days!
3) The girl spirit gets her revenge in such a way that you will never want to be around barbed wire again; in fact, you may never want to see barbed wire again, for that matter...
4) The ending will disturb you because the mother finds her daughter and they make it home, but they are still stuck in another dimension and her husband still can't find her; bittersweet but it all makes sense if you've played the game.