Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Burning beneath the surface

Silent Hill (2006)

Directed by Christophe Gans this film based on the computer game of the same name stars Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Jodelle Ferland and Sean Bean. A woman with an adopted daughter that sleep walks and has repeated nightmares about the same ghost town takes the child to the town in question.

There is a lot to enjoy about the imagery of this film but the plot is nothing special really including a lot of the usual genre fare. I could have done with a longer introduction to convince me that the mother had a good reason for taking the girl to the town but otherwise the film holds together well enough. Some of the CGI is on the edge of looking dated, I would also say the film is more gory than truly scary.


3/5

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