What a letdown

Rating: 4/10 (24 April 2006)

Being both an avid fan of the game series and a movie buff, I was really excited to see the film adaptation. If there is one game out there that could actually translate well into a film, it'd be Silent Hill. But alas, many crucial elements of a great film are missing. Director Christopher Gans has nailed the look of the town but has never heard of an editing room. Writer Roger Avary has pulled some of the better plot points from the first three games, a daunting task, only to have everything muddled by awful dialogue. The on-screen chemistry between most of the characters, especially Cybil and Rose, is just downright awkward and even laughable. The redeeming qualities of this movie are too few and so spaced out from one another that you'll stop caring.