Rating of
1.5/4
What a Wasted Opportunity ...
PandaMonium - wrote on 10/30/12
Oh dear. What a mess. As a massive SILENT HILL nerd who has played SILENT HILL 3, the game upon which SILENT HILL: REVELATION is based, approximately ninety bajillion times, I certainly did feel that this film was made especially for me. It was fan-service porn, a string of obscure SILENT HILL references that no one who hasn't obsessively poured over the series would possibly pick up on. And that was all it was. Unfortunately, that was not enough. While SILENT HILL 3 certainly had the potential to be adapted into a fantastic and disturbing feature film that touched on complex religious themes, what came out was a rambling mess that I can only imagine was completely incoherent to anyone not a fan. Characters literally have to be sat down and told large chunks of plot in order for the next scene to make sense. Combine that with the silliness of a number of supposedly frightening scenes (particularly, but not limited to, the embarrassingly bad mannequin room sequence and the completely ridiculous, shark-jumping end battle) and the genuine waste of great talent (Sean Bean? Kit Harington? Malcom Freaking McDowell?) and you have a completely disappointing, vapid pile of crap. 1.5/4
