Very average horror movie

Rating: 6/10 (10 September 2006)

While not reaching the horrible depths of the house of the dead adaptation, this movie was not as good as the game upon which it was based. While the game was incredibly spooky with a feeling of complete isolation the movie had a few too many extended interactions with other characters which interrupted the suspense and there was the pointless inclusion of the husband figure who provided no information whatsoever, which would seem to be the only reason for including him. It would have been nice to have seen him alone in the town more and crossing over with the characters in 'spooky' or 'evil' Silent Hill. I liked the explanation of the cult's actions and Alessa's condition although again this differed from the game somewhat, something die-hard game fans will no doubt disapprove of and I found the ending to be formulaic and disappointing. That said the movie was fairly interesting and it certainly looked good with some nice effects particularly during the changes to 'evil' Silent Hill.