Enjoyed it but preferred the game

Rating: 5/10 (24 April 2006)

Before I start I must say I'm a huge fan of all of the games and have completed them numerous times so I was hoping this movie would be just like the games. I went into the cinema with really high hopes that the film would either be exactly like the game (which was completely strange and doesn't explain much and leaves it up to you to decide what it all means) or a little bit more 'hollywood' and give an explanation to everything. The film was non of the above, it explained parts but then drifted off so I lost interest in the plot and hoped for more scary scenes. I could cope with 'Harry Mason' (who was the the character in the game) not being the main role but I was annoyed that they put parts from Silent Hill 1 and 2 in this film as it makes Pyramid Head have nothing to do with the plot and he just wanders around, but after some thought I suppose its because The sequel to the first Silent Hill is Silent Hill 3 so leaving out Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2 would be sacrilege. (he is the best character after all).
There were some great parts of the film which i wont spoil and the look and feel was exactly like the game. Especially the first scenes in Silent Hill. I kept on wanting some jump-out and shock scened from the games cut-scenes but was left disappointed. They used the music from the game which i was happy with but it didn't have that 'urgent scare' type music like the game when the monsters appear. I cant say i didn't enjoy it but I was hoping for more. No where near as scary as the game and doesn't have the same scare factor when the monsters appear.