Trade Calls Silent Hill 'Witless' and 'Joyless' Review of Gans-Carmody Video Game Adaptation April 21st 2006 05:35am | Posted by: Michael Stevens, HNR Senior Editor The reviews are in on director Christophe "Brotherhood of the Wolf" Gans' Ontario-shot feature Silent Hill, starring actor Sean Bean, with the Hollywood Reporter describing the big screen video game adaptation as "a feverishly overcooked nightmare movie". "Witless, soulless and joyless, it displays its video game origins throughout ... predictable jump cuts and loud noises might render word-of-mouth devastating. "The name is 'Silent Hill', but the city is neither silent nor on a hill. It looks like a small industrial town that has been air-blasted by CGI so that it appears torn apart and vacant. "Various misshapen horrors reveal themselves, including one guy with what looks like a fireplace grate on his head. "Lacking interest and tension, the only real curiosity is what on Earth was (Sean) Bean thinking." Canadian cast for the Odeon feature includes Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates and Tanya Allen. Source: Hollywood Reporter In: Movie News |Visit the HNR Forums

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