Very disappointing.

Rating: 3/10 (21 April 2006)

And I was so excited for this; from the trailer I thought Silent Hill was going to be fantastic, because it looked to actually follow the game!
Sadly, the film version was fully botched. First off the visuals are dead on; they look fantastic. Unfortunately there is absolutely no story to accompany these stunning visuals. And hey lets be honest, we go to movies for the stories. So now the (absent) story:
So why go to Silent Hill? Because your daughter sleepwalks at night, nearly off a 200-foot canyon screaming "Silent Hill" On your way to Silent Hill, evade the police for no reason and crash your car.
Once in Silent Hill, cut away constantly to your husband who is trying to find out about Silent Hill, but otherwise contributes nothing to our nothing story. In other words a complete waste of out time.
A two-hour running time for this film was a crime. Much better writing could have made a very interesting, moody, scary-as-hell film.
*sigh* Is it really impossible to make a good film based on a video game? Look at adaptations of books; why do they change it so much from the source material in adapting a video game, yet book adaptations are better when the actually follow the book, am I wrong? I say make a Silent Hill film that actually follows the story of Silent Hill! See? It's not that hard is it? No it isn't.
Nick~