Disappointing....

Rating: 4/10 (22 April 2006)

I was hoping that this would break the mold - and be a successful game to movie transition.
However - I was soon disappointed. The start of the movie was extremely slow - with the story of Sharon sleep walking and saying 'Silent Hill' in her sleep being a weak story line to get them to go to the town in question - especially since deep underground coal fires are still burning and the town is closed off.
once there - Sharon goes missing - and while this may work in the Game - it doesn't really work in the film. Then the build up to the scary monsters was painfully cheesy - and the monsters themselves weren't all that scary. The demonic character 'Pyramid Head' from the game was gloriously presented - but like Darth Maul in Episode I - was underused and may as well have not been there.
The fact that there are a number of people in this supposedly deserted town- many more than in the games - left me feeling a little cheated - and the religious fanaticism that was portrayed and the lost in time witch hunting was just silly.
As a separate part of the film - there was a sequence where Sean Bean badly acted searching for his wife in Silent Hill. while it was supposed to show that Rose had gone into an alternate reality - it was a weak and unnecessary part of the film.
As an avid silent hill fan I was left disappointed. I'll probably give it a second screening - just in case I was in the wrong mood for viewing a movie - but only when I can get it on DVD REally cheap - or watch it on Sky.