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Silent Hill [Widescreen]

Actor(s): Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates
Director(s): Christophe Gans
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity, Gore
Movie Release: 2006
DVD Release: 08/22/2006
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Edition: Restored/Remastered
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hrs 5 mins
Studio: Sony Pictures
Total Copies: 29
Genres: Horror, Supernatural Horror, Gothic Film
See Also: Silent Hill [UMD for PSP], Silent Hill [Blu-ray], Silent Hill [Fullscreen]

DVD Synopsis

A mother and daughter flee to a strange abandoned town to seek out answers to the daughter's nightly psychological turmoil in Brotherhood of the Wolf director Christophe Gans' adaptation of the popular survival horror video game. Sharon (Jodelle Ferland) is a very sick child, yet rather than seeing her child suffer the cruel indignities of the medical profession, Rose (Radha Mitchell) ignores her husband's (Sean Bean) pleas and absconds with her ailing daughter to the fog-enshrouded town of Silent Hill. A town drenched in darkness and inhabited by a strange collection of menacing specters, Silent Hill seemingly swallows young Sharon whole upon arrival. Determined to get her daughter back at any cost, Rose sets out to explore the mysterious Silent Hill, only to discover an evil so powerful that it possesses the ability to transform anything it wishes. With the deeply disturbing history of the town slowly coming into focus through the dense fog, Rose soon realizes that both she and her daughter may be little more than simple pawns in a much larger, and seemingly supernatural, game. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Actors

Radha Mitchell - Rose Da Silva
Sean Bean - Christopher Da Silva
Laurie Holden - Cybil Bennett
Deborah Kara Unger - Dahlia Gillespie
Kim Coates - Officer Thomas Gucci

Member Movie Reviews

Jorge S. (jorgito2001) from WESLEY CHAPEL, FL wrote on 9/29/2009...

I really enjoyed this film, but it certainly isn't for everyone...but being a HUGE fan of the Silent Hill game series, I have to say this is one of the better & PROPER game-to-movie translations (much moreso then the "Matrix" style Resident Evil movies). Any fan of the first 3 games of the series should find something to like about this movie...and even if your not a fan of the games, something about an abandoned ghost town is always a good premise.

Interesting note: Silent Hill is based on the real life town in Pennsylvania of Centralia who has an underground coal fire still burning after 30+ years...interesting reading.

Jason C. (JJC) from NEWARK, NJ wrote on 12/28/2007...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I like Christophe Gans, he's a very talented director...if any one hasn't seen "Brotherhood of the Wolf", check it out. "Silent Hill" is adapted from the popular Konami video game, in the vein of "Resident Evil." But it's just a tad bit more deeper.

The art direction is very eerie and spooky in itself. The cinematography is captivating. The screenplay is in good form by Roger Avary (probably best known as the man that co-wrote "Pulp Fiction" with Tarantino) and Gans uses all of this to his advantage.

After the continuous sleep walking episodes of Sharon (Jodelle Ferland), the young daughter of Rose Da Silva (Radha Mitchell), the decision is made by Rose to take Sharon to the place only mentioned in her restless dreams, Silent Hill, all this against the wishes of her husband (Sean Bean). However, the road to Silent Hill is anything but easy to access, and Rose creates a high speed chase between herself and a police officer (Laurie Holden) only to end in a crash for them both. When she wakes up, Sharon has disappeared and Rose is at the entrance to the deserted, dream-like town of Silent Hill. As Rose begins the search for her daughter, she does not realize the terror and mystery surrounding her. Rose is led on a blind search for her beloved daughter with the aid of her pursued police officer, and finding themselves getting more and more entwined into disturbing past of Silent Hill.

I enjoyed this very much...
Some really good female performances should be noted here. Radha Mitchell, from "Pitch Black" holds her own as the film's heroine. Laurie Holden as the tough, but very vulnerable police officer; Deborah Kara Unger in a rather bizarre turn as a disheveled resident of the town; Alice Krige (no stranger to this genre with "Ghost Story", "Sleepwalkers" and "Star Trek: First Contact") brings a chilling performance as one of the town's elders and of course Jodelle Ferland the centerpiece of the story, the child playing dual roles is very spooky and very talented.

Sean Bean is present and always in good form, although under-used.

"Silent Hill" is nicely done and gets creepy in moments. My hats off to Gans who serviced us with some more than decent horror of late.