Silent Hill Movie Review 2006

Visually arresting but nonsensical adaptation of a videogame. Rose (Mitchell) and husband Christopher (a wasted Bean) find their young daughter Sharon (Ferland) sleepwalking, muttering about "Silent Hill." Rose researches the name and learns it's a West Virginia mining community that's been deserted since 1974 due to a devastating fire. Nevertheless, Rose grabs Sharon and heads for the town, only to become lost in some alternate existence where she runs around looking for the vanished Sharon and encounters various ghostly freaks, creepy religious fanatics, and a helpful motorcycle cop named Cybil (Holden).

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Running time 127 minutes.
Originally from Canadian, French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adapted from a Game, Supernatural Horror, Moms, Parallel Universe, Ghosts, Ghouls, & Goblins, Witchcraft

Screenplay

Roger Roberts Avary

Cast

Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Jodelle Ferland, Alice Krige, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen

Cinematography

Dan Laustsen

Director

Christophe Gans

Music

Jeff Danna

Other

Nicolas Becker, Sebastien Prangere, Elinor Rose Galbraith, James McAteer, Wendy Partridge, Carol Spier

Producer

Victor Hadida, Don Carmody, TriStar Pictures, Samuel Hadida, Davis Films, Silent Hill DCP, Konami, Sony Pictures Entertainment