Silent With Confusing Boredom Hill

Rating: 2/10 (12 May 2006)

Silent Hill joins films such as Street Fighter and Tomb Raider 1 in the "crap-films-based-on-computer-games" hell bucket. Now, this is a horror film, but I feel that the real horror is that I wasted two hours and £5.80 on this.
It felt quite like forever before it got going, and the middle of it is OK. But the end...Christ. The ending really put the nails back in the coffin. Possibly the worst ending to a film ever. It truly does suck. The film generally is just boring with some weird freaky/grotesque images and gore. I very nearly fell asleep twice during this. I only watched it to the end merely in the surprisingly false hope that it would get better. OK, it kind of did in the middle. I even said to the friends I watched it with "Tell me what that was we just saw for the past two hours" during the end credits. I had to go to work after watching this but I actually quite couldn't wait for it during. It's really that boring.
The film consists of a woman looking around an abandoned derelict town after her daughter runs for a long long time before finding clues for a sometimes confusing storyline.
The acting in this is quite good despite being over-the-top at times, and does suit the film well, which is a real shame. The effects are good as well; another sympathy point. Production and direction are very good; yet another sympathy point. Yep, you've guessed what I'm saying: this could've way so much better.
For those who like the game, you might just like this. Otherwise, this isn't worth your precious time or money.