Good movie, story doesn't match the games plot though

Rating: 7/10 (2 August 2006)

This movie wasn't horrible. It wasn't even bad, if you didn't play the games though. For fans of the games, one comes to expect a certain level of psychological horror that doesn't come by very often. The first downfall of the movie is the storyline. It wasn't bad, but it was a bit cliché compared to the video game's plot. Why Christopher Gans would opt for a town full of crazed witch hunters and not one full of crazed townsfolk all trying to open the portal to hell, is beyond me. The hook for the game is knowing that every story, news clipping, etc you'll come across is of someone pulling some sort of crazy and disturbing crime one right after another. Then this director comes along and screws that and humanizes the town. Hell, he even got Alessa's age wrong. In the first game she looks at least fourteen. Here she's six. The ending sequence where Alessa basically explains everything in one shot seems a bi like the writers ran out of ideas. And no offense to Radns Mitchel, but the main character should have been a man. The connection would have been stronger if it were a father-daughter relationship rather than a Parent-Child one. It just seems weak. The cliff hanger ending could have used work as well, but that's what sequels are for. The red Pyramid was great though. Should have been saved for no.2. Samaiel would have worked here more. Good, but could have been better.