From game into a movie - doomed to fail?

Rating: 4/10 (24 November 2006)

I love horror movies and horror games. Too bad that horror movies usually suck. So this movie is based on the first Silent Hill game.. I don't think that the people who haven't played the game really understand all the stuff in the movie like when the world turns into "darkness".. Some of the game fans might get offended by the way that some things of the game have been brought out in the movie. The best movie based on a video game is of course Resident Evil. This movie didn't stun me.. It didn't actually bring anything new.. I had some trouble following the plot because I was a little drunk. The ending was just so predictable.. This movie reminded me of the movie "Dark", where mother and father lost their daughter and Sean Bean was playing the father's character! Too many of these kind of movies. Dark haired little girls haven't been scary anymore since "The Ring". But I have to say, they captured the game atmosphere of the Silent Hill town quite well.
In the end, if you're a big fan of the game series, you probably get much more out of this movie than other people. It's still quite good entertainment, but when you've seen it once, it's enough.
Just another horror movie.