Nice surprise. Solid fantasy thriller movie.

Rating: 7/10 (20 January 2009)

I knew Silent Hill is originally a video game although I 've never played so I decided to watch it with a very open minded and no prejudices at all. In result I have found a good film. Astonishing shots. Certeanly you can notice where it comes from cause I could picture in my mind how must be playing the game . Is visually amazing. And the storyline is pretty good too.I felt trapped in it right from the beginning. All casting give solid performances. The mist in Silent Hill is more creepy and add more atmosphere than the "The Mist" itself by far.
The atmosphere in general is great. It doesn't try to give you cheap frights like most of American horror movies. I'm not a big fun of violence in horror/thriller movies but watched this a fantasy thriller tale I didn't mind that much. Plus, I don't know the video game so I can't judge.
Weakneses.. yeah, there are. Dialogues could have been better. Plot could be better explained (for those who doesn't know the game), more in depth but in general it's been a nice surprise. Comparing another recent horror movies reviews with this one For me this is a bit above the average.