Good movie if you know the games, Bad movie if you don't

Rating: 6/10 (20 April 2006)

I'm gonna be honest. I've waited for this movie for three years and that might be alittle bit of pressure for it to be good. But no. Its not good. Its really cool to see the darkworld and the monsters in 'real life' appearance... and thats about it. The plot is a mix of the first game and the morality of the 2nd game.
the sirens are stupid horns on top of the 'church'. They sound to alert the churchgoers that the darkness is coming, so they run to the church to protection. Essentially, the same concept as the alarm that sounds on a golfcourse if there's a thunderstorm. Lame. Pyramid Head isn't explained. Dahlia can command him apparently, but its not discussed why. He's vengeance. OK, thats a 2nd game concept. Why is he commandable by Dahlia and also Alessa's vengeance manifested? There was nowhere near enough blood and gore as we were promised. You actually see a total of less than 10 people die. The sound effects, btw were AWESOME but they were trying to distract you from the confusion of "why is that monster who isn't related to this plot, there?" I'm sad today. I will buy this on DVD. But for shame what the public will think. Great to see it all live action...sucks the plot wasn't there.