Great Visuals Doesn't Save This From a Crappy Movie

Rating: 3/10 (21 April 2007)

Routed from sleepwalking problems, Rose Da Silva decides to take her daughter Sharon to the town she talks about in her sleep, Silent Hill, to face her nightmares, where Sharon goes missing and Rose must fight the power of the town to get her back.
No, I'm not a fan of the game. No, I haven't played the game before. May I assume that you have to play the video game to like or even understand this confusing film? Doom seemed completely understandable to me but this film is very confusing and is very bad, indeed.
I have to point out the lighting in this film is very bad because many scenes are completely dark that you can't see anything which doesn't make you feel scared of the violent moments. Does darkness make anything scary?
And one last bad thing I have to point out in this film is the score. It's a variety of rock and classical? I couldn't tell but it sure didn't ante up the suspense. One very good thing this film has is the visual effects with the cinematography. Those are very above average, still, it done't make up from the film's cons.
The acting by Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, and Laurie Holden were decent. Aside from the cinematography and visual effects, this film is very bad. If you're a fan of the game, you'll probably like it. If not, you'll be very confused with the movie.