Don't waste your money

Rating: 2/10 (21 April 2006)

From it's vague and unbelievable beginning to it's tired drawn out climax, this movie left me feeling frustrated and disappointed. I'm not writing a synopsis as I refuse to waste any more time on this movie than I already have, but I will try and point out the pro's and con's in deciding to sit through this travesty. First off, on the positive side, this movie does seem to stay true to the game and should please fans of PS series by staying true to the morbid and creepy apocalyptic atmosphere that has been associated with the game. While the violence and monster effects were pretty interesting, it was not enough to save this train wreck of a movie from a variety of pitfalls. Unbelievable dialogue runs RAMPANT in this movie and in turn made me unsympathetic to the poorly portrayed characters and sabotaging what should of been the shining point of this movie: the story. The pace created by the director is both rushed where more of the story should be fleshed out, and stretched out to a boring length at times that are just plain boring. In short, aside from the spooky atmosphere and nods to the video game, Silent Hill has very little to offer in terms of a engrossing story, solid characters, and a plot that seems cohesive with the pace of the movie. It's a shame that they took the potentially rich story and delivered in such a ridiculously unbelievable and unsatisfying way. My advice is to see another movie or bash your head off of a wall until you lose consciousness, you're guaranteed to see just as much blood and suffer the proportional amount of brain damage as sitting through the movie itself. You've been warned.