Not bad, but not for everyone

Rating: 8/10 (30 April 2006)

I read a few of the reviews and talked to a few friends of mine that had seen this movie, getting mixed, but mostly negative remarks. Some said it was laughable, some said it was boring, some said it was actually pretty good. Bottom line is in my opinion this is a very good film.
The atmosphere was perfect, the creatures were dead on, and the story was definitely Silent Hill quality. Some of the acting was kinda corny, but so was some of the acting in LoTR, but I didn't complain for that one. Watching it from the perspective of a fan I was pleasantly pleased with the outcome. The gore level was about what I expected, there was one part in the movie were I got confused as to how something happened, but I wont say what, but I might have just missed something.
I could however, see how people not familiar with the Silent Hill universe might be confused or slightly annoyed with parts of the movie, but it all connects in order to make sense in the end, which is how the games were generally built to be.
So if your a fan of the games its a must see, if your not but you enjoy good story driven horror story its for you as well, however if you generally don't like horror movies or could care less about having to think a little about whats going on you don't bother going to see this movie.