Visually stunning, dark but without much of a point...

Rating: 6/10 (17 June 2007)

As a huge fan of the Konami teams work on the silent hill franchise i knew i was in for a real treat on the way to see the screen adaptations of one of the darkest and most moving video games ever.
The film is ultimately a mash up of the second and third game (with a few references to the first). For example the protagonist is visually similar to the girl from the 3rd game, but is playing the story of the first game, with the nemesis of the second game (pyramid head) who i have to add, played absolutely no purpose in this film whatsoever. On that note nearly nothing in the film played any significant role other than to look cool and to be purposefully ambiguous (something which has fooled a lot of naive teens into thinking it's a well thought out story with deep twists etc- just watch the summary of the film by the little girl and you'll see what i mean).
But really i don't think anyone would be watching the film for it's story, it's all about the hellish, Francis bacon come Jacobs Ladder world your thrown into. It is absolutely terrifying and beautiful.
All i all what i mean to say is, if you know anything about cinema you probably will not be impressed by this film. But if you are a fan of visual effects and especially dark, disturbing themes you will adore this movie. And one last thing, if you have played the games before don't get too annoyed when you realise that it has absolutely nothing to do with the previous stories.