Finally a video game adaptation that lives up to the source material

Rating: 7/10 (26 February 2009)

After seeing what was done with the Resident Evil movies I was dreading what might happen to Silent Hill. But then I heard that it was being directed by Christophe Gans the man behind the awesome Brotherhood of the Wolf and I felt thing might just turn out at least adequate so long as the studio let him do is thing. I turns out not only is the film descent it is a truly fitting film adaptation of the games I love taking all the best bits from throughout the game series and spinning a new plot while keeping the same sense of terror and foreboding that you get when you play the games. Gans even uses the same camera angle shifts and lighting effects - this is the only movie of a game I have seen that truly delivers on keeping to the spirit of it's source material.
Of course as a film it is not perfect, there are clearly better horror films out there and those who haven't played the games or even heard of the games should probably try to learn a little bit about them before going into this even if it is a completely new story it is set in an already established world. But if you are a fan of the series and were worrying that maybe Hollywood may have botched up yet another game series movie let the worrying end, finally ... a success.