Fans of the game who are not fanatical about certain details being changed or omitted should like this one.

Rating: 7/10 (21 June 2008)

Good movie. There were some changes, but nothing so drastic that it would offend my delicate fan boy sensibilities. Interesting movie, that's meant to be disturbing, not going for the cheap "jump" scares or any of the conventional horror movie clichés.
Easily recommendable if you want to see a horror movie that's interesting to watch for more than just seeing whether people die in new and interesting ways. There's actually a plot and some substance here. Hell the town of Silent Hill is the most important character in the movie, and Christophe absolutely nails it. A lot has to be said for that alone.
The creature design is also a spot on representation that's very faithful to the game. I cannot deny that I was very pleased with this aspect of the movie.
For those that are complaining about it not being more like the game, well *duh* it has to be different from the game. It has to appeal to not only those that played the video games, but also the non gaming movie goers as well and I feel like they succeeded quite well.
Not all is well in the ghost town of silent hill, however. Some of the acting from the minor characters in the movie detracted from the overall experience. The minor cult characters, and the detective character's acting was just not up to par with the rest of the main cast. Also, I didn't really care for the ending, but they did leave it open to interpretation, which should please those that were claiming that the rest of the movie was exposition heavy.
Not a bad effort at all. It's easily the best video game movie I've seen and its a good effort from a standalone point of view as well.
For all those hardcore video game fanatics that are desperate for more creatures, more "dark" time, and less character drama well there's always the sequel. Now that the town of Silent Hill and its back story have been established there's no reason that the crazy can't be turned up to 11.