This is the first time the following statement makes sense...

Rating: 7/10 (21 April 2006)

"One of the best films this year is a video-game movie!"
Silent Hill is the FIRST good movie based on a video game, it's not only good, it's great! The sets are done perfectly to match the ares from the games. The story is believable in the Silent Hill world and it works great in the movie world. All of the acting is done well except for Sean bean's character. The monsters (when there were any) looked great but they were sectioned off into scenes like the slither-man scene, the bug scene, the roach-men scene, etc., and the nurse scene reminded me a lot of a Marylin Manson video but they made the nurses ultra hot in a way only the Silent Hill people can make them. The soundtrack is from the same guy who does it for the games so you know it's good, they even play the intro song for the first game during the Tristar logo. The mood was set perfectly just like in the games with the fog, ash, etc. and they even gave it the grainy look from the games too. There are a few really good surprises in the film, the only one i'll give away though is that the nurse from the first game makes a small appearance.
Now, instead of kissing it's ass all the way, i'll note the substandard parts. Sean Bean's character was only added into the script because the company didn't like the fact that the movie was all female, and it shows. During the unraveling of the history of the town, it kind of looses a little steam because they had a "Crucible" thing going and it seemed like a different story altogether. There was only one cheesy scene (Rose walking through the townspeople to get to Christabella).
I give the movie an 8/10 and will own it when it comes out on DVD.