When video games are converted to big screen films, more often than not they flop. It was true with "Street Fighter," true with "Mortal Kombat," true with "Hitman," and I'd argue it was also true with the first "Silent Hill."
These films of course pale in comparison to the most ridiculous video game to film renditions, like "Super Mario Bros" and "House of the Dead," but I think the point is crystal clear: for the most part, video games do not adapt to the big screen particularly well.
I say this because, as I watched "Silent Hill: Revelation," I wasn't really watching it as film...so much as I was watching it as a patron at a scary amusement. Such is the benefit of 3D I believe, and in this sense, "Silent Hill: Revelation" is a perfect candidate for 3D rendition.
The story is about a young woman who, with her Father, has been running from people who seem to want to take her. She is being haunted in her dreams by demonic creatures who seem to be warning her not to return to Silent Hill, and also by other demonic creatures that want her to return.
When her Father is taken, and a private detective who tries to warn her about those who are after her is murdered by one of these bizarre creatures, she resolves to return to Silent Hill. Of course she doesn't return alone: another new student at her new school accompanies her...and as it turns out, he was also from Silent Hill, and tasked with following her and helping encourage her to return to Silent Hill.
What happens next is the standard fare: she ventures from one location to another, finding a key, looking for a piece to a puzzle, looking for her Father, and evading demon creatures and evil fundamentalists.
In the end, the girl confronts her demon self Alessa, is united with her, and returns to the sanctuary where she learns that the religious zealots who burned Alessa are evil in their own right. A final battle royal between the giant triangle headed monster and the woman with saws embedded in her head is quite entertaining.
Do not go into this movie looking for either a tight storyline or good acting...you'll find neither. However the dark visuals and jump scares are sufficient to keep you interested for the 90 or so minute running time...so if you think you can watch a film with the same perspective as you'd exercise walking through a haunted house attraction, you may well enjoy "Silent Hill: Revelation."
These films of course pale in comparison to the most ridiculous video game to film renditions, like "Super Mario Bros" and "House of the Dead," but I think the point is crystal clear: for the most part, video games do not adapt to the big screen particularly well.
I say this because, as I watched "Silent Hill: Revelation," I wasn't really watching it as film...so much as I was watching it as a patron at a scary amusement. Such is the benefit of 3D I believe, and in this sense, "Silent Hill: Revelation" is a perfect candidate for 3D rendition.
The story is about a young woman who, with her Father, has been running from people who seem to want to take her. She is being haunted in her dreams by demonic creatures who seem to be warning her not to return to Silent Hill, and also by other demonic creatures that want her to return.
When her Father is taken, and a private detective who tries to warn her about those who are after her is murdered by one of these bizarre creatures, she resolves to return to Silent Hill. Of course she doesn't return alone: another new student at her new school accompanies her...and as it turns out, he was also from Silent Hill, and tasked with following her and helping encourage her to return to Silent Hill.
What happens next is the standard fare: she ventures from one location to another, finding a key, looking for a piece to a puzzle, looking for her Father, and evading demon creatures and evil fundamentalists.
In the end, the girl confronts her demon self Alessa, is united with her, and returns to the sanctuary where she learns that the religious zealots who burned Alessa are evil in their own right. A final battle royal between the giant triangle headed monster and the woman with saws embedded in her head is quite entertaining.
Do not go into this movie looking for either a tight storyline or good acting...you'll find neither. However the dark visuals and jump scares are sufficient to keep you interested for the 90 or so minute running time...so if you think you can watch a film with the same perspective as you'd exercise walking through a haunted house attraction, you may well enjoy "Silent Hill: Revelation."