This HILL stays SILENT despite dark and dazzling effects, yawn inducing overall

Rating: 4/10 (19 August 2006)

** Radha Mitchell, Laure Holden, Sean Bean, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Jodelle Ferland. Directed by Christophe Gans. What starts as a typical video game ala cinema slowly turns from mindless creature action to mindless talking about a deserted town due to a fire in Silent Hill. Currently heading to the town a mother (Mitchell) and her creepy child (Ferland) but when they reach the town, they discover it's dark past and hidden present. "Silent Hill" attempts to make noise but with it's many lousy failed mishaps it echoes in silence. Despite those effects that dragged me into it, with the creatures and all, the movie still holds many flaws. Gans has no technique other than effects and plenty of them aside the incoherent story line, regrettable overall