The movie could be competitive to Hellraiser or The Cell in a matter of sickness and same time attractive horror scenes

Rating: 7/10 (3 August 2012)

The movie could be competitive to Hellraiser or The Cell in a matter of sickness and same time attractive horror scenes that might be engraved in your mind long time before you go to sleep. The story is based on a mother + daughter relationship; they "feel that they must" visit a strange abandoned city, all ruined by fire many years ago, in order to seek out the answers to the nightmares and strange behavior of Sharon( the little girl). The mother, Rose, ignores her husband's pleas to stay with him and she runs away with the child in a strange, supposed to mother-loving mood. I totally agree with below quoted review, that up to the time that they both reach Sillent Hill, there is no plot and no coherency in the story. "I don't really think the director knew what to do before he takes us into Silent Hill itself. The interactions between the characters seem strained in the opening scenes, and it's hard to believe that the mother would basically abduct her daughter away from the father to explore Silent Hill. After a rather pretty moment the mother and daughter share in a field, they're off and running. There's some painful dialogue between Rose and the female cop (who is sporting the most form-fitting uniform I have ever seen, basically a stripper's police costume) followed by a brief car chase that again makes no sense. If Rose is such a caring mother who's trying to get to the bottom of her daughter's condition, why put both of them at risk in a high-speed chase? The whole thing seems rather contrived, as if they just tried to get the characters into the city the quickest way they could possibly think of. It feels like lazy writing, and as a result, the movie doesn't get off to a promising start. One car crash (which we can all see coming) later, and we're in Silent Hill. Time to buckle up.// by Ben Kuchera" Finally we get into action and the whole movie takes place into fog and ash with really nice designed creepy figures, horror scenes of a very good fantasy plot. It keeps you up to the last minute but you should not look into details so much, as you will find so many "story-holes". Worst nightmare for me the scene with cockroaches and the look of the little daemon; most void detail the female cop in leather sexy pants and meaningless car chase. I would watch it once more 1-2 years later just to see again all those perfect graphics that inspired me for dark themes for painting and sketching!