Very respectful of the series

Rating: 7/10 (23 April 2006)

I've never been a huge fan of the Silent Hill series. I've played and beaten the first three games in the last four months. They are all good, but not my favorite game series. Initially it was seeing some of the stuff from the movie that got me into the games.
Going into the movie I had an open mind. While The film is loosely based on the first game. I pretty much knew it wasn't going to be a "direct port" of the first game. It was an adaptation of the games. There were elements taken from the first three games.
Usually when adapting something There is usually always going to be something changed. It just has to be done is a respectful way. There is usually always something changed in the Stephen King movies that have been adapted from books. This movie lived up the Silent Hill series in my opinion.
It had the look, feel, and authentic monsters of Silent Hill. There's even a new monster in the movie that looks like it would fit perfectly in the Silent Hill series. As an individual movie. This is one of the more "brutal" movies I've seen in quite some time. It doesn't let up with the violence. It's a breath of fresh air this day in age amongst all of the PG-13 horrors with all the off screen kills.
Yeah it didn't live up the first game completely, but it was respectful of the Silent Hill series. I feel that Gans and Avary respected the source material. That being the games. Hopefully they'll come back if there is another one.