a Renter at best

Rating: 4/10 (22 April 2006)

Silent hill is a game I vaguely(Sp?) remember playing and I'm sure i enjoyed it because when i heard they were making a movie out of it i was excited. The film started off pretty good, it pulled me right in from the start and interested me. I could not remember the story line from the original game and will admit that i didn't play the others so it was like watching an original film. However twenty minutes later it started to lose my interest mostly because the story just seemed to be going nowhere and was left the viewer asking why did this happen. of course some people could figure out why the things that happen in this film did but all i could hear when the movie was over where people complaining that it just didn't explain anything that happened. The movie basically has a great idea but unfortunately poor direction, and acting. This filmed could have been the best video game to movie considering Redsident Evil messed that up. The final nail in the coffin for me was the ending, I want to feel as if the main characters have reached a conclusion, I understand they want to leave it open to make sequels except there is supposed to be a beginning climax and ending not a climax and a lead into a sequel? As for the look and fell of the town itself it was great and is what i remembered from the games so the filmmakers where successful in that aspect, but could not delivery a entertaining film for more than the hardcore fan.
Hopefully if there is a sequel and I see it when its aired on TBS it will be a lot better and give you an ending that doesn't tell you there will be yet another movie.