Directed by Michael J. Bassett; starring Sean Bean, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss and Malcolm McDowell

“’Do not go to Silent Hill!’ That’s one of the first lines of dialogue, but by that point you’ve probably already realized the magnitude of your mistake.” David Ehrlich, Boxoffice Magazine

“Stick with the games. At least in the games you can press ‘skip’ when confronted with nine goofball dialogue scenes in a row.” Scott Weinberg, FEARnet

“Once the 3D special effects look dated, this head-scratcher of a movie could be ripe to become a camp classic. But for now, the humorless approach to this inane mess is embarrassing rather than hilarious.” Miriam Bale, New York Daily News

“Only true devotees of the game are likely to recognize many of the figures on the screen, or care about a byzantine story stitched together from innumerable horror and fantasy shows.” Peter Howell, Toronto Star

“The distinction between actors and special effects shrinks ever further in the video game-turned-horror film Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, which reduces its human players to plastic action figures in tired genre settings.” Andy Webster, New York Times

“Silent Hill is not a place you want to go, and that applies for moviegoers as well as this video game adaptation’s characters.” Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

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