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Rating: 5/10 (22 April 2006)

First off I'm going to say I never really played the game silent hill. I went into this movie only to view a horror film and had nothing to compare it with or any information that would have helped me better understand the movie. Besides from some very bad acting, the movie starts off quick and clean. Although some parts i wasn't to sold on: Why does the mother drive like a maniac when the cop tries to pull them over. Seriously the little girl is asleep in the passenger seat and the mom is peacefully driving down a dark nights road. Cop siren sounds from behind and suddenly the mom hits 80 and starts crashing through fences. Also how old is the little girl supposed to be? She looks like shes 12 or 13, i think they say shes 9 ( i might be wrong), and she talks like she were 4. Anyway....aside from my little rants the first 45 minutes were pretty creepy and i felt it could have really been a good movie. They just don't explain the story well enough to the viewer, I mean for silent hill fans I'm sure it all made sense. The plot was established-when the sirens sound the town turns into hell, but there were so many random monsters and little clues being revealed it all kinda was confusing because they didn't explain any of it... or at least very well. I'm confused why every reviewer is saying that barely any CGI was used because to me it seemed like the majority of the monsters and blood and hell stuff were all done in CGI. The Graphics, sets, and characters were very good and original, i enjoyed these aspects of the film greatly. But the acting sucked, i will say that. Also the end was little confusing.....but good and bloody.