Flat, Boring, Grotesque

Rating: 3/10 (21 April 2006)

As a huge fan of the Silent Hill video games series, I found the movie disappointing. It seemed to start of with the same great atmosphere, character, and mystery that the games had, only to use grotesque scenes of violence and gore as a crutch instead of a portrayal of the guilt and anger that Silent Hill manifests in characters. Characters are either extremely flat or develop in awkward burst shown through terrible dialogue.
The games had a much more Japanese horror feeling to it - using what wasn't there as a device to create suspense and horror. The movie threw monsters at you when most expected and in large amounts.
There is an extreme amount of focus on cleavage, which becomes more pronounced as the movie comes to an end. Cleavage isn't scary.
Possibly I had set my hopes to high, since among all the video games that have been tried to be put into movies, the Silent Hill series had the most potential to be something.