best video game to film adaption...EVER

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2006)

European movie based on a Japanese survival horror video game filmed in Canada with little Americans involved...the main reason it DOESN'T suck. I'm sorry, but America just tends to waste movies. Especially remakes/adaptations.
First of all, this is by far THE best video game to movie adaptation to date.
Not everyone will be too pleased with it, mostly those that have never played the Silent Hill video games. But as as huge fan of the video games, I really enjoyed this movie, beginning to end.
For those who haven't played the games, the only thing to do is to get lost in the story and be taken aback by the amazing visual effects. The story can be confusing, but once it's explained, the movie will make some more sense, and therefore you'd like it more :D Then again, being bombarded with confusion and such just makes the Silent Hill experience that much better since that's one of the elements of Silent Hill! The movie altogether is just amazing - it's pure Silent Hill...basically eye candy for the vg fans n__n It's creepy, it's dark, the visual effects are amazingly breathtaking, the eerie music & sounds taken directly from the game work amazingly well, and so on. Like I said before, the story can be pretty confusing, but putting that aside it's just a feast of visual...awesomeness. The characters are kinda flat, but that's really no big deal...average acting, really.
The story stays pretty true to the original game, obviously some changes since it would be kinda boring watching an exact remake of the game. But it still works well.
Overall, if you're a horror movie/SH fan, watch it. It's creepy, it's dark, it's gory (this possibly has the most gruesome slaughter scene I have ever seen in a movie), it's beautifully done. If you're neither, then just watch it for the ride. It's a good one.