I've com to realize that nothing in life is perfect. The Silent Hill movies were utter garbage and this film is the first in a very long time that has managed to deliver a solid nightmare experience.
First, we start with the weak points and end strong just as the movie did.
The writers, fkn kill them.. literally drown them in a bucket of their own puke. There weren't many cringe moments but there were a handful such as that Asian chick's (wake up) "Or what?" line that was so out of place. (maybe the director is partly to blame for not recognizing how much certain lines didn't work.) What's crazy is that this movie does NOT seem to lack in creativity, imagination or budget but instead suffers from some bad writing/dialog. BUT STOP, AND TRUST ME. This movie should be watched!!! Why? There are ONLY a handful (as in about 5 lines) that were unforgivable. The rest was quite passable. Now on to the good. The sound work/score very nice work. Camera work, 6 to 8 out of 10 (pretty damn good in most scenes, kinda bad in one or two, awesome where it counts) The acting, pretty good considering the sludge lines the writers gave the actors to work with. The acting, not the best, not great, but not at all bad either.
So on to the bottom line: 1. Don't pass this up. 2. The opening was kind of rough but you might not notice if you're not a writer, so jump in as this story does. Stick with it. The opening was kind of slow but the slow pace DID NOT last long 5-15mins (nothing really wrong with the opening and it didn't drag on too long but they could've used their time a little better.) Honestly they could have fared better with actors that have much more exp. in acting.
I don't want to spoil it, I had to get some of the bad out, but the bad was not that bad when I consider the whole. my mouth hung open for at least the last half if not 3/4ths of the movie, and in a good way! If you're a fan of Silent Hill (the games, starting from 1) you will totally click with this movie. I feel like it was an Ode to Silent Hill or at the very least, a welcome nod. I just wish they got a deal with Silent Hill/ Konami or someone/studio that would have given them better access to higher quality writers/directors because the actors weren't even that bad.
7/10, looking for a scary wtf movie? This is it. I was so scared of ending up with another 'indie waste-of-time' movie but I was so splendidly surprised by this movie that I just had to write this review and add my voice (instead of just thumbing up some other review.). As soon as the movie gets going, which is quite soon enough, it keeps going and doesn't let up, instead, it gets crazier and more nightmarish. Im so impressed that I'd love to see a multi-million dollar reboot. At the same time, the job they did was so satisfactory that all they might be able to improve was a handful of lines and maybe plug in a few semi-big name actors because the effects and everything else was great.
TL:DR. 7.5/10 Do Not Miss Out On This One!
First, we start with the weak points and end strong just as the movie did.
The writers, fkn kill them.. literally drown them in a bucket of their own puke. There weren't many cringe moments but there were a handful such as that Asian chick's (wake up) "Or what?" line that was so out of place. (maybe the director is partly to blame for not recognizing how much certain lines didn't work.) What's crazy is that this movie does NOT seem to lack in creativity, imagination or budget but instead suffers from some bad writing/dialog. BUT STOP, AND TRUST ME. This movie should be watched!!! Why? There are ONLY a handful (as in about 5 lines) that were unforgivable. The rest was quite passable. Now on to the good. The sound work/score very nice work. Camera work, 6 to 8 out of 10 (pretty damn good in most scenes, kinda bad in one or two, awesome where it counts) The acting, pretty good considering the sludge lines the writers gave the actors to work with. The acting, not the best, not great, but not at all bad either.
So on to the bottom line: 1. Don't pass this up. 2. The opening was kind of rough but you might not notice if you're not a writer, so jump in as this story does. Stick with it. The opening was kind of slow but the slow pace DID NOT last long 5-15mins (nothing really wrong with the opening and it didn't drag on too long but they could've used their time a little better.) Honestly they could have fared better with actors that have much more exp. in acting.
I don't want to spoil it, I had to get some of the bad out, but the bad was not that bad when I consider the whole. my mouth hung open for at least the last half if not 3/4ths of the movie, and in a good way! If you're a fan of Silent Hill (the games, starting from 1) you will totally click with this movie. I feel like it was an Ode to Silent Hill or at the very least, a welcome nod. I just wish they got a deal with Silent Hill/ Konami or someone/studio that would have given them better access to higher quality writers/directors because the actors weren't even that bad.
7/10, looking for a scary wtf movie? This is it. I was so scared of ending up with another 'indie waste-of-time' movie but I was so splendidly surprised by this movie that I just had to write this review and add my voice (instead of just thumbing up some other review.). As soon as the movie gets going, which is quite soon enough, it keeps going and doesn't let up, instead, it gets crazier and more nightmarish. Im so impressed that I'd love to see a multi-million dollar reboot. At the same time, the job they did was so satisfactory that all they might be able to improve was a handful of lines and maybe plug in a few semi-big name actors because the effects and everything else was great.
TL:DR. 7.5/10 Do Not Miss Out On This One!