It wasn't good but it didn't suck.

Rating: 6/10 (24 April 2006)

OK i expected the movie to bomb to be honest. I've played all four Silent hills and I am an fan of the series, include the comic books. Although it does help to understand the movie, it is not necessary to beat the game to understand what was going on.
One of the aspects I didn't like of the movie was that the acting was horrible. Many times I found my self laughing at how the characters portrayed themselves. The main character, like most girls in horror movies, suffered severely from dumb-chick-in-a-horror-movie syndrome, and a lot of her decisions left me yelling/laughing at the movie screen. Two other aspects that I was disappointed at were the atmosphere of the movie and the soundtrack. The soundtrack featured songs from the Silent Hill video games. I never liked many of the songs from the video games because they tried to be emotional, but never really quite made it. The atmosphere of the movie wasn't as scary as the game, and didn't give the same edge-of-your seat type thrill. The game still freaks me out, but the movie just didn't go as far for me.