Gans and Avary make a good adaptation of a great game

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2006)

I am so happy that this movie doesn't suck. With all these other film adaptations of games out there that pretty much blow, especially the ones directed by Uwe Boll, my expectations of ever seeing a good game-movie were, well, pretty low. But thankfully, Boll didn't get his hands on the Silent Hill license.
When I first heard that Silent Hill was becoming a movie, I was a little worried. "Who will direct it? And who will write it?" I thought to myself. Then I found out that Roger Avary was writing it and I was a lot less worried. By no means is he a bad writer. But there was still a lingering feeling that it might suck. It came out in theaters and the response was largely positive. Then it came out on DVD and I rented it. Sure enough, it was good.
Being a fan of the games, I was delighted by the story, which has a woman (Rose) looking for her lost daughter in the eerily empty town of Silent Hill. So, it has the first game's story. It also takes a few liberties, but thankfully they are good enough to be welcomed. The story holds up and is appropriately dark.
Overall, I was very satisfied with everything in the movie. Why? Because it's all f---ed up in that Silent Hill kind of a way. The creatures, the camera angles, and the plot. It doesn't matter if you're a fan of the games or not, this is a movie worthy of your attention.