An accurate depiction of Silent Hill

Rating: 7/10 (19 August 2006)

Being a big fan of the Silent Hill games, i was excited about seeing this film. The games are truly horrific and tense. They keep you on the edge of your seat the whole way through and I expected to feel the same way with the movie. i was not disappointed, the films pace and suspense are exactly like the games, which is not a bad thing.
Rose Da Silvas daughter Sharon is suffering terrible nightmares that end up with her sleepwalking in the streets and almost getting herself killed. In the climax of her nightmares she screams the name of a town, "Silent Hill". Rose decides she has to help her daughter as everything else has failed and against her husbands will, drives to Silent Hill with Sharon. Rose crashes the car after she sees a little girl in the middle of the road. She wakes up alone in Silent Hill and searches for Sharon in the heavy fogged and deserted streets of the town. What Rose comes to find is that Silent Hill harbours a dark secret and Sharon may be a key factor in the strange going ons. In the desperate hunt for her daughter Sharon must team up with Cybill Shepard (fans will recognise her), a cop who is also stuck in Silent Hill. They travel to some familiar destinations for players of the game, such as a school, church, hotel and hospital, all the way trying to survive the horrors that appear when the "Darkness" comes.
Silent Hill will keep the games fans and horror fans happy, it also has a pretty solid story as far as these kind of films go. The acting is surprisingly good despite some extremely cheesy lines, the actors hold their own in that respect. But in all fairness a cheesy script was kind of unavoidable given the content that was needed. A good ride all in all, not to be missed.