Best Video Game Adaptation I've Seen

Rating: 6/10 (27 August 2006)

However, that's still not saying much.
It's better than the crap Uwe Boll spits out on a daily basis, but I still say that it's all but impossible to successfully adapt a video game into a workable movie.
The whole point of the video game is interactive enjoyment and puzzle solving. How are you going to enjoy a movie like that? Having said that, they almost accompolish that here. There are clues that are followed as the lead character searches for her daughter and tries to uncover the mystery of what actually happened....in Silent Hill....
Aside from a few changes to the original game, they did a great job capturing the horror and suspense you feel when you play the game.
My final advice would be--I recommend this movie as both a decent adaptation and an above-average horror flick.
BUT...if you truly want to experience the nature of Silent Hill, you have to play the game for yourself.
Final verdict: 6/10 or 2 stars out of 4 And a 3/10 on the "endurance scale" -- a new system I set up that estimates whether or not it's a movie you'd want to see over and over. So in this case, you might watch it once, maybe twice, but it's probably not something most people would want to watch frequently.
I can only hope the Metal Gear Solid movie is adapted this well.