Visually interesting but incomprehensible and too long

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2008)

Christophe Gans directs Silent Hill, a stylish and visually impressive but overlong and totally confusing film. Starring Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean as a couple whose daughter disappears. The entire movie consists of two different plots: Mitchell in the ghost town of Silent Hill looking for her daughter and Sean Bean in the real world looking for his wife and daughter. Confused? Good, because you will be when you watch this film. That's because the film does not make any sense at all.
I was intrigued by the visuals for the first half hour of the film. The film runs 2 hours which is way too long and the film becomes repetitive and drags, not to mention increasingly confusing.
The film cuts between the fog world of Silent Hill and the clear real world and when it does it derails the film.
Supposedly, the film is based on a video game. Unfortunately, those of us who haven't played the game don't know what the heck is going on.
Director Christophe Gans
Cast
Radha Mitchell ... Rose Da Silva
Sean Bean ... Christopher Da Silva
Laurie Holden ... Cybil Bennett