Silent Hill DVD Review

As far as the production value goes, Silent Hill is one of the better feature film adaptations of a video game but - and you saw that 'but' coming a mile away, didn't you? - for those who don't play the game (myself included), the story gets too complicated for itself by tenfold. My advice if you're thinking of picking this one up at the video store: Enjoy watching the bizarre creatures of the Silent Hill environment and don't bother attempting to follow the plot.

Radha Mitchell (the star of Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda) gets down and dirty in the gritty big screen adaptation of Silent Hill, a popular video game from Konami.

Mitchell stars as Rose, wife of Christopher (Sean Bean) and mother of Sharon (Jodelle Ferland). Sharon's a messed up little girl the couple adopted who draws horrifying pictures and shouts "Silent Hill" in her sleep. Determined to help her child, Rose does some research on the Internet, finds the town of Silent Hill, and against her husband's wishes, whisks Sharon off to Silent Hill.

Nearing town, an encounter with a female motorcycle cop (Laura Holden) scares Rose into crashing her car. Coming to after the accident, Rose discovers Sharon is missing. From there, the movie follows Rose's search for her daughter amidst the wickedly disturbing creatures of Silent Hill.

The effects are amazing, the creatures are suitably creepy and Radha Mitchell is near perfect as a protective mother. If you forget all the twisty turns of the plot and just give in to it as a creature feature, Silent Hill isn't half bad.