Sit down and enjoy yourself...

Rating: 7/10 (30 April 2006)

Game to movie adaptations, how we dread and look forward to them...
If you are a fan of the games, then relax, you will like this movie. If you are a fan of solid horror movies and have never heard of Silent Hill, you can relax too, because you'll like this movie. Silent Hill games are all about the atmosphere. No other game has creeped me out as as much except for System Shock 2 maybe. The movie delivers the creepy atmosphere from the games in droves, while infusing just the right amount of action to keep the plot going. After all, this is a two hour movie, not something you are going to finish in 15 hours at your own leisure. Is it an excellent movie? No, by no means. There is room for improvement in several departments, especially the dialog delivery. In all, Christophe Gans and his crew have done well with Silent hill, and as a comparison, if you liked the Resident Evil game to movie translation, then you'll like what they have done here. I'm actually tempted to give this movie an "8" just for delivering a good, solid horror film in a time when we, the fans, are only getting really bad scary movies to watch. Hellraiser Hellworld and Deader anyone? Gasp*...
Movies based on games have a really bad reputation right now, largely thanks to that nitwit Uwe Boll. Although he's not the only one to have made a bad movie based on a game license, his movies are just that more "half-arsed" than others. Actually, a half-arsed attempt to make a movie from a license Boll used so far would result in a better movie than his movies.
Silent Hill is just one of those movies that you have to see for yourself, regardless of what you heard or read about it. Go on then, treat yourself.