Silent Hill: Revelation [Blu-ray]

Silent Hill Revelation is a sequel to the very popular cult film Silent Hill. Daughter Sharon Da Silva (Adelaide Clemens) is now a grown teenager in her last years of high school. Her stepdad and she move from town to town, she assumes, because her dad is wanted for killing a man. In reality, her dad is trying to protect her from the Order from Silent Hill, who knows that she is the key to release of their nightmare existence in Silent Hill. Sharon finds a friend in high school, Vincent Cooper (Kit Harrington) who makes friends with Sharon. One day Sharon returns home to see it all smashed up and the dreaded note written in blood on the wall-- "Come to Silent Hill." Sharon embarks on the journey to Silent hill with Vincent to find her father to rescue him, as he's obviously been captured and taken back. The various adventures Sharon embarks on involves the cursed people who are mutated into various forms of monsters of sorts, living in torment in Silent Hill. These creatures are deliciously warped and the stuff of nightmares. The whole journey through Silent Hill is an exercise in everything that makes you queasy and many symbols of what could be your nightmares. Dark, spooky, and dangerous, Sharon and her friend endure all the tasks that eventually lead her to the heart of Silent Hill where a great standoff is set up for the climax. I've enjoyed moody, dark horror movies all my life-- you might say, it's my cup of tea. I found this movie to be very entertaining. The characters were perfect for the story, and well played. Malcolm McDowell was absolutely excellent as he always has been, the reprise of Sharon's mom, Rose (Radha Mitchell) was excellent, as were the many creatures who frequented the adventures. I haven't played the game or the sequel game, so I view this movie purely on its own merits as a sequel just to the movie. On that basis I thought it was excellent. Dark and deeply disturbing, it had all the elements of a great horror flick. I've noticed for a number of years now that the Canadian productions seem to be a bit more sophisticated than the Hollywood releases-- it might be the European influence to bring a better brand of movie experience to the screen. But most of the Canadian films are top notch nowadays. This is no exception, it's well made and thought out from beginning to end. The characters are well played and intelligent. The last 20 minutes leading up to the climax is superbly crafted with many very spooky creatures as Sharon goes deeper into the bowels of Silent Hill looking to find and save her dad with her new found friend. Carrie-Anne Moss plays an excellent part of the story and the many character parts are played in a realistic fashion. I enjoyed every minute of this movie, it was entertaining from beginning to the end. If you watch this movie on its own merits as a sequel to Silent Hill, you will enjoy it. Don't waste your time comparing it to the game. Although many elements and the theme are similar to the game, this movie stands on its own as its own story. Be prepared to be entertained for 90 minutes. I liked the movie well enough to buy it from Amazon. Highly recommended, worth the rental to see if it's something you'd like to own. Turn off the phones, tuck away somewhere private, stock up on your popcorn candy and pop and be prepared to watch in one sitting. You will be entertained.

this movie is great! really sticks to the source material (silent hill 3 ps2). it covers everything really well and only veers from the original sparingly. the budget was a little low but so what? it still looks pretty great and the budget issue only shows glaringly once or twice. the other thing is the acting is odd, this is because all the main characters are english or australian pretending to be american, so their speech sounds stilted just because they're masking their accents and trying to mimic american speech patterns. other than that it's gold. for a long time lover of the games this will please. they definitely kept it true for the fans! they even brought back in the idea of the silent hill people trying to resurrect their "god", which was left out of the first one for some reason. the only real divergence form the source is the large part given to and the exact nature of the people trying to resurrect the "god". in the game they're super vague and their position a little different. however they have reconciled them a little more true to the game since the first movie where they were totally different. the ending is hilariously bad, that much i can say, but it's a thirty second scene and it's fun while still being really ridiculous. then there's a shameless tie in of a bunch of different things to cap up the movie which is also ridiculous, but a fan will just smile because of how many ideas they cram into the last 60 seconds or so! it's like "oh i know what that is! ah! that's from this one! ha ha, they even brought in [blank, no spoilers ;)] and got his/her name right!" and so on. for a non gamer it might be kind of cheesy... or more like super cheesy, but for someone used to the stilted and odd dialogue of the game series it's nothing new. i think there must have been a scene planned of nurse vs a certain monster (again no spoilers) because it shows a still model that the camera swings around in the credits. must have gotten cut for time or something, shame because it would have been epic!!! another thing: all those who say this and the first film are not true to the games: compare them to the resident evil series!!!! the first RE movie is about 20% true to the games. the third and after are about 5%. (the second film is an exception and is really similar to the games but one out of five movies does not tip the scales so i'm omitting it for this argument). silent hill one is about 70% true to the games, and silent hill revelations is about 80% true to the games! RE just wanted to own the rights to make movies that they could sell using the name recognition of the games. silent hill clearly is much more dedicated to creating movies that are relatively true to the games! give them a break!

Pretty cool movie

I gotta admit, the "Silent Hill" movies are my guilty pleasures. I can't make a damn bit of sense out of the plots because in the case of the original it is under-explained and in this one it is over-explained. Still, it has its joys. One thing I can say about the 3D in particular is that during many sequences, it is utilized nicely. After James Cameron had his resurrection of 3D and 3D filming became standardized, filmmakers for movies such as this, Resident Evil, Underworld, and other franchises studied how to shoot a movie in 3D so that it is utilized effectively. I can't say that space was established especially well, but the 3D flows nicely once we get to Silent Hill. It's used more to show depth than having things pop out at the screen and try to rip out your eyes (then again, this IS Silent Hill...). Longer takes are used in certain places and cuts are generally kept low. There's a particularly memorable sequence with a spider monster that has a body of doll parts who uses three heads to look around that will make you happy you're watching in 3D. Other things, like PyramidFaceOrWhatever slicing off arms and such, are done with consideration for 3D. Seeing the Silent Hill environment with its monster designs and rusty flakes of walls in 3D is very rewarding. I gotta be blunt on the plot. I couldn't make sense of it. I will say that the characters kept explaining it in every scene where there was obligatory dialogue to the fact that it felt like the movie was trying to justify its own existence instead of just owning its ridiculous qualities and going back to deranged nurses with sharp objects like scalpels who can only move when another moves and are played by dancers. At a point early on in the movie, I just kind of ignored the plot and focused on Sean Bean and Kit Harrington as well as Carrie Anne-Moss and made Game of Thrones-related comments. Even Malcolm McDowell shows up in a scene and does something of his Clockwork Orange routine. I'm sure extreme fans of the game who know what all's going on with these movies can tell you exactly what is happening, but when such explanations are offered, I just smile and nod. If you're really into this universe, you don't need me to tell you to see this movie. But if beautiful cheesy horror is a genre you enjoy and you happen to have a 3D setup, "Silent Hill: Revelation" is 90 minutes of ridiculous fun. For people who use the term 'film' to describe a movie that's deemed worthy of having such a title, you should not be anywhere near this product. For gory delights in surprisingly well-rendered 3D, this one's really not so bad. But maybe watch with a friend so you can talk over much of the dialogue.

The sequel to the first film gets a lot of unwarranted hate but it is so worth the money simply because like the first and 3rd film it is a new way to step into the world of Silent Hill and the film is a very enjoyable depiction of Silent Hill 3's story

Only thing I have to say about this movie is that this movie is kind of average! Part of the problem is the nurses, I felt incredibly awkward when they made those erotic noises, it doesn’t help that they’re dressed provocatively. And I get they were trying to tell the girls (the main villains) backstory, but I’m not sympathetic to her at all, she’s really evil, I get you’re upset that you’ve been sacrificed by some cult, I get you went through a lot of awful things with that wicked janitor, and I get that your mom sacrificed you to that pagan god, I can forgive you for all of that. you hate your mom for what she did, for what the janitor did, and for what that cult did I get it she was completely right to hurt and kill them like she did. what I can’t forgive is that she held the entire town hostage for several years we are talking about decades here, she also killed and psychologically tortured several people over the years, turned silent hill into a hellish limbo, and just down right ruined everybody’s lives because she couldn’t let go of the past, i’m not saying you have to forgive them I’m saying to move on in life because those people are not worth it. I especially feel bad for those poor nurses, God knows they were beautiful women who could have gotten married and had kids if it weren’t for her ruining things for everyone, and look I’m not saying what she went through wasn’t bad or horrible but there’s a statue limitations of how far you should take this grudge and she took her pathetic feud way too far I mean really she’s being downright petty and pathetic at this point.besides the whole villains sister coming back from wherever she was Wisconsin, hell, the spa, Harrods, which is practically the same place as hell for men am I right my male compatriots 🤣🤣🤣🤣 The movie was mediocre to sum it up It’s generic boring. I will leave you feeling quite dry. It’s like comparing a mustang to a fancy sports car. I compare it to a camaro or one of those exotic rich people cars the cost 10 times the price of my house to a $5000 Subaru that quite frankly looks like everybody else’s

Spooky

Good movie

Great Picture and audio. Full of extras! Great 3D!

Parfaitement conforme à la promesse. En parfait état car neuf.

Si bien el filme empieza un poco flojo , la cinta en sí es muy recomendable, y de seguro que a los amantes del terror y de los videojuegos de Silent Hill les encantara.Como no esta distribuida en España comentar que esta edición lleva audio en ingles con subtitulos en Castellano!

J’ai préféré le 1er mais le film se laisse regarder

really really shabby extension to the original film. Story is rubbish and contradictory, acting is very poor, script is nonsensical and contradictory and all the characters just return so you can see em again ... honestly, i think this entire thing was just so you could see tringle head and the nurses again. Its not spooky like the original, its just a bit of extra gore (completely unnecessary) and some old characters returning .. there is literally nothing else to this 'sequel'. If you dont want the original sullied, do not watch this cash-in. Best description i can think of ... utterly pointless.