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Christophe GansKäsikirjoitus:
Roger AvaryKuvaus:
Dan LaustsenNäyttelijät:
Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Jodelle Ferland, Kim Coates, Deborah Kara Unger, Alice Krige, Nicky Guadagni, Laurie Holden, Roberto Campanella (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
Lapsen salaperäinen sairaus. Avuton äiti. Aavemainen, usvan peittämä autiokaupunki, salaisuuksien riivaama.
Mysteerit alkavat vain syventyä.
Kun nuori äiti Rose (Radha Mitchell) – etsiessään epätoivoisesti parannuskeinoa tyttärensä Sharonin outoon sairauteen – kieltäytyy lääkärin suosituksesta laittaa tyttö psykiatriseen laitoshoitoon, hän lähtee Sharoninkanssa kohti SILENT HILLIÄ, kaupunkia josta tytär puhuu jatkuvasti unissaan. Aviomiehensä Christopherin (Sean Bean) vastustuksesta huolimatta Rose on vakuuttunut, että salaperäisestä kaupungista löytyy hänen epätoivoisesti kaipaamansa vastaus. Mutta auton lähestyessä aavekaupungin rajaa, salaperäinen hahmo ilmestyy tielle pakottaen Rosen väistämään ja kolaroimaan. Kun hän tulee tajuihinsa Sharon on poissa, ja pian Rose – mukanaan päättäväinen poliisi (Laurie Holden) läheisestä kaupungista – etsii epätoivoisesti lastaan Silent Hillistä.
Selviää heti, että hänen määränpäänsä Silent Hill - autioituneena tuhoisien hiilipalojen hävitettyä sen - on erilainen kuin mikään hänen tuntemansa paikka: sumun peittämä, outojen aaveolioiden asuttama, ja jonka ajoittain valtaa pirun ruumiillistuma, joka kirjaimellisesti muuttaa kaiken mihin koskee. Etsiessään tytärtään Rose alkaa saada tietoa Silent Hillin historiasta – sen väkivaltaisesta, puritaanisesta menneisyydestä ja sen kirotun tilan alkusyystä – ja tajuaa tyttärensä olevan osa suurempaa, kauhistuttavampaa kohtaloa.
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Another proof that the world of PC games and the world of film are not yet very compatible. Gans brilliantly portrays the oppressive atmosphere of the game, but you can sense the leaning towards the mainstream and the resulting somewhat sterile portrayal of the horrors of darkness. The few digital boogeymen and the very decent gore didn't save it (but Pyramid Head was impressive despite the small space). They should have pushed the envelope more, throw out the boring storyline with the completely useless Sean Bean, which diluted the dense atmosphere of the film unnecessarily and did not solve anything, and above all to make the unraveling of the mystery more clear. It was too overcomplicated and chatty at the end. But Radha Mitchell was great.
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Silent Hill is a visually captivating horror flick, particularly in the first half. It draws all of its power from its impressive sets, sound and solid acting. However, the more it reveals what’s hidden, the more predictable it becomes in terms of content, which is constructed only for effect. That said, it is the clear winner among game adaptations such as Resident Evil and Doom. It is, after all, a solid top-tier production.
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The cruelly long runtime unnecessarily dilutes the atmosphere of the film to the limits of the current horror standard, which could have been, with the excision of about twenty minutes of scenes (and not only the ones with Sean Bean searching), the clear king of video game adaptations. Christophe Gans provides some damn fine visuals, and particularly the ones from Silent Hill itself are delicacies that can be savored endlessly. The motion and music tracks are also very enjoyable. In contrast, he utterly fails in the dramatic construction of the story, which is stacked together with overly verbose dialogue, causing the film to degrade into B-movie waters at times. Fortunately, the falling ash, the marching undead, the alarm siren, and Radha Mitchell's performance are so evocative and suggestive and haunting that it is actually possible to forget all the negatives and state with equanimity: "Messieur Gans, le Pacte des loups, est-il pardonner."
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In audiovisual terms - excellent. Almost everything from the book was included here, although that is paradoxically the biggest negative about it, because this way Silent Hill the movie seems just like another part of the game where, however, there is no opportunity for interaction - we move from level to level up until the finale. Literally like watching somebody playing one of the episodes of “Silent Hill" the game. The screenplay isn’t one of the strongest ever written, but it works for this picture and the ending fits exceptionally well with the overall mood. The actors are also well-chosen and even the little girl is bearable. Overall this is more of an unusual experience than an actually good movie. If nothing else, Christophe Gans proved that movies based on games don’t necessarily have to be C-movies, but can even be B-movie standard.
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Visually, it's absolutely amazing, and whether it's Pyramid Head, Alessa, or any other revelation, I just envy what Christophe Gans presents to the viewer with a stunning piano accompaniment. Unfortunately, as someone who didn't play the original video game, I got quite lost and ended up completely lost at the end. If I hadn't looked up a lot of things, I probably still wouldn't know whether or not I even liked Silent Hill. After understanding the main connections, it's a bit far-fetched, but I give it four stars considering the atmosphere. It should have continued immediately the following year in this atmosphere and not turned the suspicious town of fog into a cheap horror brand.
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