Silent Hill: Revelations

Silent Hill games may be some of the best horror games ever made. What about Resident Evil ? They are two very different type of horror games, so its hard to compare. But one thing that i personally enjoyed playing Silent Hill is the story behind the gameplay. The characters, and why the town of Silent Hill is so special. The movie adaption from 2006 was actually pretty good, for being a movie made from a video game. And here we now have the next chapter of the story, will Silent Hill: Revelations hold the fans of the video games pleased, or is this another example of lazy adaptions for cash only ?

Teenage girl Sharon ( Adeleide Clemens ) lives with her father Christopher ( Sean Bean ). Sharon have always been told that her mother Rose Da Silva ( Radha Mitchell ), died in a car accident. But when Sharon begins to have visions, of a complete different world we live in, she begins to question what is going on. Turns out her mother is trapped in the town of Silent Hill, and her father is hold hostage. Sharon travels to Silent Hill, to find out more about her life, and to save her father.

I had so high expectations after watching the trailer last year, i was hoping Silent Hill: Revelations would deliver so much more than the first movie. And now, i feel lost. This is not what i expected. First of all, the acting for most part is really terrible. If you are going to do a Silent Hill movie, you need to have some quality acting, to make the characters of the video game come to life. This is just a waste of time. The best part are some of the special effects. I will say that director Michael J. Bassett have a good vision of Silent Hill, to make the brutal enviroment look nasty. But with acting low as this, it does not help the movie go in the right direction. There is one funny detail that i did laugh about, in a scene when leading actress Adelaide Clemens says :- Fuck facebook. This is a bit ironic since the movie is being commercialised on facebook. Silent Hill: Revelations is not a bad movie, visually it looks pretty good for the most part, but the acting is way too bad. If you enjoyed the first movie, then you might at least enjoy the scenery, but that´s about it.

Rating: DD