Review of Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012) by Leonardomagno — 28 Feb 2013

This is my first (of many I hope) review here. I apologize beforehand for any mistakes, as english is not my native language.

I wanted to write a review because, having read a bunch of them out there, I couldn't relate to any of them and I hope, when somebody reads mine, it'll go different. I went to the movies expecting not a great movie, so I wasn't disappointed in the end. I think this movie, exceeds (greatly) the first Silent Hill in staying faithful to the game. It has one or two things that bugged me, but all along it keeps up. Heather is well portrayed, finally Sean Bean is called HARRY as it should be in the first place (so is the case of Sharon, who the hell is Sharon), Douglas is okay, even though I would like an older guy to play the role. It's cool that the movie goes all the way with the original characters from SH3, as it brings the bad guys on board too. Don't really mind the plot twist about Vincent, personally I wouldn't have done that (but, what the hell, it has to be appealing to the non-fans, the thing is, I think the writing was kinda weak there). All the "famous places" from the game are here.

Monsters and CGI effects are way good; the nurses are really cool and so is Pyramid-head. Music is okay, thanks to Akira. But in this case I liked the score from the previous SH better. Although, listening to some of the original tunes is great.

Scenarios hit it off. It felt like Silent Hill, but somehow the movie fails to deliver. I dunno, it just wasn't a scary movie as were the games. Hey they tried, but they couldn't, I didn't feel the need to cover my eyes once (but it's still better than the first). They try to sneak up on you but it's just too predictable and all in all, it just doesn't get the eerie appeal of the game that makes you crouch under your seat. I felt the beginning of the movie was awesome, just like the game. But then it falls apart. It spends some time trying to fill some plot-holes, linking both movies, but staying true to the game. The first part of the movie, script-related, it goes way too fast. If you're a fan, you're gonna like the portrayal of Silent Hill and the characters. You have to let some stuff go obviously. Douglas part is too little, and Vincent's story is a bit different this time. You'll love to see Happy Burguer or some other places from the game. If you're not a fan then, you won't get as excited by those things, you'll like the effects, the music and the scenarios, but won't get scared or anything and it'd round up to be just another movie, you'd have better checked out at your place and not the theatre.

All beeing said, I give the movie a 6 out of 10.