Silent Hill (2006)

Title: Silent Hill

Director: Christophe Gans

Starring: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, and Sean Bean

Rated: R

Released: 2006

Personal Rating: 3/5

Oscars: None

Basic Plot: A woman goes in search for her daughter, within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill. Based on the video game.

Faithfulness to Games
It isn't a good adaptation, which cost this movie a higher rating. Why Pyramid Head? James isn't there and Pyramid Head is a part of his psyche (very long story short). Sharon's name should've been kept as Cheryl (and referencing the name in the movie is like a slap in the face). And Sean Bean's character was there to add some testosterone to the movie. Hey, how about keeping Harry/Rose as a male to begin with?

Feel of Silent Hill
This movie has a very good feel of a Silent Hill game. The creepiness factor is way up and they do a good job with Rose being alone. One of the things with a GOOD Silent Hill game is feeling all alone and hopeless. True, there is the cult, but for the majority of the movie it's just Rose (who sometimes has Cybil by her side).

The Music
The music (except for the Johnny Cash song) is from the game series. This is something I highly enjoy about the movie. Why? I love the music from Silent Hill! I like that they use the song "You're Not Here" for the ending credits. If you don't like the music from the Silent Hill games (shame on you) then this probably won't be a high point for you.

Final Thoughts
This movie is much better than people make it out to be. Because of its unpopularity it took a bit of work to get this movie. If you are a huge fan of the games I can understand why you'd be mad. But, really, if you're looking for a decent horror movie you should enjoy this. Saying that you have to separate the movie from the game is bad to do for an adaptation. If it was a good adaptation I'd have given it a higher rating.