Review of Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012) by Sirraiukoren — 26 Oct 2012

Only for the absolute most die hard Silent Hill fans. I am intimately familiar with the Halo of the Sun, the Seal of Metatron, the Order, Valtiel, "God," the layers of reality, Leonard, Claudia, Heather Mason, Harry Mason, Pyramid Head, Alessa, Dhalia, Robbie the Rabbit, the fog, Brookhaven, Vincent, and Lakeside Amusement Park, all from the games.

If you don't recognize every single one of those from memory, then you will likely be lost throughout much of the movie. The film loosely follows the plot of the third game, and even then, you need to be very familiar with the story from that game to get what's happening most of the time.

The acting is subpar in most of the characters, and there is way too much exposition. The set pieces are excellent, and some of the creatures are inspired, but the climax was rushed and the general pacing of the movie was poor.

If you are indeed a super hardcore Silent Hill fan, then this movie will address many canonical issues that are largely unexplored in the games and deal with various fan-based theories. There are also so many references to each game in the franchise, including Downpour, that hardly a shot goes by without one coming in somewhere.

Almost every set in the film was pulled from one of the games. Excellent fan candy, but not much else, I'm afraid.