Based on the popular Playstation Video game, in the thriller/horror gaming genre. I played the Silent hill video game long ago and forgot all about it. The one thing I remember about it was a flash light, used to search around the environment. This film has that included. As I looked over the list of the cast I was very happy to see some great names, for one. Radha Mitchell I loved her acting in Man on Fire, directed by Tony Scott, and she brought that acting to Silent Hill. She really brought great emotion into the film. Another known actor, Sean Bean who is known for his role Boromir in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and many more.The visual style of the film is outstanding, with the ash rain, to the sets the mark of detail was so great that The building, exterior and interior are both decaying, rotting, and just breaking apart. Another part that really was a great part in the film was the lighting. Lighting is a big part in both horror and thriller genres and the parts where the main character Rose was indoors and the only lighting you can see is the flash-light, which makes the scenes more intense.
The creature's in Silent Hill are some of the best I've seen in a horror, I liked how they pick to make the creatures more contorted rather that gory. Another thing I remembered from the Game was the Red Pyramid, who was one of my favorites. I liked the way the made him, from the costumes up to the way he walks which gave a sort of creepy vibe to the character.
Story wise, the writer and director decided to change the main character from a male to a female. I thought it was a good idea especially when I saw who was playing her and I knew she was going to do great. Overall the story was excellent in both to a fan of the Video game would understand what is going on and also to someone who might be seeing this but never played the game would be able to follow the story and know what's going on.
I give this film two thumbs way up. It as to be one of the greatest Video game to film adaptation I've ever seen. I recommend that you should see this film.
DVD
The Silent Hill Dvd is presented in English 5.1 (Dolby Digital) Sound, English Subtitles, Mastered in High Definition, Comes both in Fullscreen and Widescreen (2.35:1) Anamorphic and is Approx. 125 minutes. The Special Features include a set of Previews, and a 6-part Behind the Scenes Featurette: Path of Darkness: "Making of Silent Hill"
- Origins
- Casting
- Set design
- Stars and Stunts
- Creatures Unleashed
- Creature choreography
When I finished watching the Dvd, I went to the Special Features section of the disc and just by looking at what was there it didn't look like a whole lot of Features, only two features where on the disc. I was like What? But as I clicked to see the first one it expanded in to an all most hour long feature from start to finish of the making of the film. After all of that I liked the special features of this one, but I was sad not to see and deleted scenes if there where some, Maybe in a Special collector version? Overall I was satisfied by the Dvd material. I've give this DVD two thumbs up also, and its definitely a buy.
