Silent Hill (2006)
Visually interesting but incomprehensible and too long
30 July 2008
Christophe Gans directs Silent Hill, a stylish and visually impressive but overlong and totally confusing film. Starring Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean as a couple whose daughter disappears. The entire movie consists of two different plots: Mitchell in the ghost town of Silent Hill looking for her daughter and Sean Bean in the real world looking for his wife and daughter. Confused? Good, because you will be when you watch this film. That's because the film does not make any sense at all.

I was intrigued by the visuals for the first half hour of the film. The film runs 2 hours which is way too long and the film becomes repetitive and drags, not to mention increasingly confusing.

The film cuts between the fog world of Silent Hill and the clear real world and when it does it derails the film.

Supposedly, the film is based on a video game. Unfortunately, those of us who haven't played the game don't know what the heck is going on.

Director Christophe Gans

Cast

Radha Mitchell ... Rose Da Silva

Sean Bean ... Christopher Da Silva

Laurie Holden ... Cybil Bennett
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