A faithful translation of the video game that doesn't quite satisfy

Rating: Null/10 (21 April 2008)

"Silent Hill" captures the atmosphere of the best-selling video game series but doesn't quite hit the mark. Lumbering the project with too much of a back-story, Christophe Gans' film is good but not great.
The visuals are awesome and the movie contains a series of bizarre and blood-chilling spectacles.
The soundtrack is also faithful to the games, with Jeff Danna and Akira (The "Silent Hill" series) Yamaoka collaborating to great effect.
The delightful Radha Mitchell plays the intrepid heroine, Rose Da Silva, who is plunged into the bizarre hell-world. She's accompanied on her nightmare trip by the stunning Deborah Kara Unger. Together they face impossible sights and terrors.
7 out of 10. The story felt contrived and shoe-horned into the format but it's an enjoyable excursion and fans of the "Hill" will probably enjoy it.