I have to say I was very impressed with how well this movie was executed at the start. There are times when the visuals are so amazing that I actually got very excited and wished more movies could be like Silent Hill. It generally has a decent pace working for it until about the last third.
Then it seems to become a tangle of plot explanation, dragging it slowly down and un-doing all that came before it. The ending of the game version was far better I thought, but I suppose because this is a movie aimed at fitting the criteria of a film, the director, screenwriter and producers would have been broke if they had attempted to re-create the game entirely. Honestly though, they hit all the deeply disturbing spots from anything and everything Silent Hill.
I was glad to see that this wasn’t another sell-out to make it a PG-13 movie and simply reap the finances. It is disturbing, very gory and should please any horror fan. I wouldn’t reccomend taking the little ones to this one. There are some very dark, nightmarish sequences that would seriously scar them for a long time.
For gamers who love this game, you’ll like it I think. Like I said, the ending is the only let down and it seemed like getting there was a bit painful. The Pyraimd -Head was absolutely amazing. Forget all of the garabge that both Resident Evil films were. This one smokes them both. It hits the atmosphere on the ball, it usese the music from the first three games and pulls you straight into Silent Hill, the nighmare world where two separate planes keep switching.
If you like horror flicks, you’ll be impressed by the music, gore and overall creepiness. If you like the game, I’m sure you’ll be as equally impressed. If you don’t like either, or you only have a very shallow understanding of horror, you will be disappointed and upset. It’s great on the big screen, but I don’t see Silent Hill winning any awards. If only Resident Evil could have been this good.
