Pyramid Head's rich symbolism gone!

Rating: 5/10 (30 May 2006)

In the Silent Hill video games, Pyarmid Head was placed in SH2, and for good reason! He was meant to represent an executioner, punishing the lead character for his sins. Placing him in this movie added to the horror, but his significance was lost. SH is video gaming as art, this movie made it cheap. However, main reason for bad reviews was probably the attempt to squeeze storyline into 2.5 hours. Long plot worked as a video game, because one plays at leisure. Made movie frustrating to non fans of the series, and did not attract any new ones. Sinful! The characters of Dahlia and Cybil to cop were made cheesy because of terrible acting. Yet, one thing they managed to do half-right were the visuals. Monsters are genuinely scary sights to behold. Overall though, the transition from game to movie was bad. When the main character said that it was all a bad dream to her daughter at the end, she sounded like she was addressing me directly in the movie theater!