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When the original Silent Hill movie was released, I was more than a little bit skeptical. I mean, how could you possibly capture the relentlessy terrifying atmosphere of the games and transfer it successfully over to film? Fair enough, the film wasn't nearly as scary or as engrossing as the games were, but for a movie based on a videogame, it was surprisingly good, great even.
The success of the original silent hill movie made me hopeful that the sequel would be just as good, if not better than the first film. And while Silent Hill Revelation never quite scales the heights reached by the original film, it's an enjoyable tale with some very impressive and spooky moments sprinkled throughout.
First thing I have to commend are some of the casting choices. The gorgeous Adelaide Clemens is perfectly cast as Heather and I can't think of anyone more fitting to play the silent hill 3 heroine. Sean Bean was criticised in the original movie for his poor american accent. However he performs much more admirably in Revelation and his British accent is almost impossible to detect. One cast member who didn't impress me however, was Kit Harington, better known as Jon Snow in HBO's stunning drama series, Game Of Thrones. While Kit is excellent in GOT, he basically sleepwalks through this movie, with poor line delivery and some scenes where he just seems to not be putting any effort into his role. But overall, I was pleasantly surprised by the acting quality in the film.
A lot of the plot will be familiar to anyone who has played silent hill 3 but there are enough differences to keep the story interesting to even those who have completed the game multiple times. Without spoiling anything, Heather Mason and her father Harry(not their real names.) are on the run from a strange cult who want Heather to return to silent hill for unknown reasons. For the most part I enjoyed the story in Silent Hill Revelation. The pacing is a bit all over the place at times and the ending was dissapointing in my opinion, but overall the films plot had enough to keep me interested to the end. Whereas the original is often criticised for being too long, this film suffers from the exact opposite problem. At just over 90 minutes, SHR just doesn't have enough time to effectively develop it characters and story. In my opinion, another half hour of run time would have made a world of difference.
An important aspect of the games are the terrifying environments and creatures you meet while playing. SHR pretty much nails these very important points. The environments are beautiful and disgusting at the same time and the creatures are just as freaky and abnormal as you'd expect..
I've been thinking long and hard about what rating I should award this film. I was considering awarding it four stars for a time, but four stars generally signifies an excellent film which Silent Hill Revelation certainly isn't. However, I also don't think it's deserved the critical mauling it has received. I enjoyed it and I certainly wouldn't mind viewing it a second or even third time. If that doesn't deserve at least three stars, I don't know what does.
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Story takes a complete 360 degree flip from the first movie. To put it simply who is the good guys and who are the bad guy's. If you ask me the writer was sniffing glue on this one. In the first movie the crazy cult church people were the bad guys, and this one was the little girl. The writer was just trying to drag out a second movie from what was a decent story and botched it all up. I know he was trying to answer questions from the first movie, but sometimes it's better to leave it to the imagination. This movie was boring and drug out, rent it but I wouldn't buy it.Best Deals for Silent Hill: Revelation (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Except for a handful of gruesome, excellent special effects, Silent Hill: Revelation, the sequel to Silent Hill, does not offer much in storytelling and variety in the popular video game series.Heather Mason goes in search of her father at Silent Hill, after he clearly and urgently forbids her to stay far away from the dangerous, bloody otherworld. While there, she must also find Vincent, a boy she met at All Hallow's High. But soon the inevitable darkness permeates, the air raining in flakes of ash, and weird things start to happen. Mannequins come to life, faceless entities jump out of the dark, and spider-like skitters cross Heather's path, deterring her from finding her father.
Silent Hill is atmospheric, gory, and offers enough action-packed sequences to keep the viewer tuned in to see what will happen next. But for the most, amid the stilted acting, bad dialogue and far-reaching plot, Silent Hill is nothing more than an hour thirty-five minutes of junk food for the brain.
T.B. Grant
3.2.13
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I liked it, I don't regret rending it for 5.45, I only do HD. The big fight was a chalenge to resident evil, and I enjoyed it. That's the stuff we look for in movies today, the big fight. What I didn't like was the story line, bad, bad, bad.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Silent Hill: Revelation (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
It was not as good as the first one. It was just okay. However I have friends who really like it. I guess I just was expecting more.
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