Best film I have seen in ages

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2011)

*** This does contain spoilers *** Quick overview: A young lady (Sharon) is having haunting dreams / images of a place called silent hill, after Sharon nearly kills herself by jumping off a cliff Rose (Her mother) decides to find out the root of the issue by going to Silent hill. A cop see's the two and decides to investigate after reports of youngster's being killed in silent hill, after a high speed chase they have an accident and Rose wakes up in Silent Hill with Sharon missing. Rose uncovers various parts of what happened to the town of Silent Hill when the great coal fire happened, on a side note: Rose's husband is searching for them when they are missing. Rose also uncovers mysteries of what she thinks is Sharon but it turns out to be her mother Alessa, after they tortured kidnapped and do all sorts of other weird things to Alessa the coal fire begins and Alessa signs a deal with the devil to get revenge on all the people that destroyed her life.
From other reviews I'm reading, I get the feeling that a lot of people question why there is so much dialogue in the film but from what it seems, people still don't seem to know what is happening. Fans of the game will (or should) know but it's nice to see a film that requires a little brain power to figure out what's going on, I'm an adult I don't need everything spoon fed.
Let's clear this up, as soon as they enter Silent Hill they die. The cop the women and the girl all dead. That's why the scene at the end they are both home but they can not see each other. Now that's sorted on to the rest of it.
I suppose some of it didn't need explaining I know what fire is and I know what room to go to when I'm at a hotel, I don't have to reiterate that it's room 111 on my key. I suppose the acting was a little serious but it's not a comedy film so it didn't really matter, the visuals at the time were excellent. I've played the games and to be honest if the film stuck to the game 100% all the time I wouldn't of bothered seeing the movie, I would of gone and played the game (Again). Why am I paying to see someone act out a story I have seen over and over again? Story line is always a big thing for me, the film started off a little slow but once in it hit the spot. The chilling story line is developed and the scenes with Pyramid Head make you think, hope I don't meet him in a dark alley.
This film has a real dark ambient vibe to it, just like the game did and I think it was one of the best Video game crossovers I have ever seen, at least it stayed partially true to the game (Not like resident evil grrr) but made a film for everyone to enjoy.. Can't complain looking forward to the sequel ;)