Silent Hill: Revelation

Director: M.J. Bassett M.J. Bassett

Overview

When a young woman (Adelaide Clemens) loses her father (Sean Bean) to mysterious supernatural forces, she must descend into the bowels of hell to find him and discover her true identity in this follow-up to the 2006 adaptation of Konami's *Silent Hill video-game franchise. Solomon Kane's Michael J. Bassett directed from his own script.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/12/2013
UPC:	0025192159442
Original Release:	2012
Rating:	R
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	17,450

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Adelaide Clemens	Heather Mason / Sharon Da Silva / Alessa
Radha Mitchell	Rose Da Silva
Carrie-Anne Moss	Claudia Wolf
Sean Bean	Harry Mason / Christopher Da Silva
Malcolm McDowell	Leonard Wolf
Kit Harington	Vincent Carter
Deborah Kara Unger	Dahlia Gillespie
Erin Pitt	Young Alessa Gillespie
Peter Outerbridge	Travis Grady
Jefferson Brown	Detective Santini
Milton Barnes	Detective Cable
Rachel Sellan	Mannequin Girl
Arlene Duncan	Teacher
Boyd Banks	Priest
Jacky Lai	Student
Conrad Bergschneider	Caretaker
Peter Schoelier	Vagrant
Heather Marks	Suki
Roberto Campanella	Pyramid Head
James Kirchner	Grey Man
Darren Josephs	Uniformed Cop

Technical Credits

M.J. Bassett	Director
Samuel Hadida	Producer
Don Carmody	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Back for round two, the Silent Hill film franchise still has a hard time making sense of its own world, but the good news for crummy-horror-movie fans is that there's a whole lot more fun in this one since it's dumber and shorter than the first entry. While the video games' fans might appreciate the references to their beloved series, the theatrical crowd still doesn't have a solid grasp on just what the hell is going on here. Revelation tries to curb this disconnect by explaining away the plot at every chance it gets, but it's a lost cause. Thankfully, there are enough creepy monsters to provide some cool moments -- and at 94 minutes, it clocks in at just about the right time. Detailing the plot might cause migraines, but here we go -- there's an abandoned mining town, a cult, an Indian burial ground, an evil kid who wants revenge, an amulet, a bunch of townspeople who are trapped in a hellish ghost world, and a muscle dude with a pyramid head who sports a seven-foot sword. The lead character, Heather (Adelaide Clemens -- a dead ringer for Michelle Williams), is a high-school loner whom her father (Sean Bean) has been keeping in hiding ever since her mother (Radha Mitchell) saved her from being trapped in the aforementioned ghost world in the first film. When the cult kidnap her dad, Heather heads out to Silent Hill, a mysterious place that she's been dreaming about, in order to save him. Revelation has plenty of atmosphere, but it's not fetishized as much as it was in the first installment. In fact, within the first 15 minutes there are monster clowns eating human-flesh hamburgers, if that gives you an idea of what you're in for. The class level has certainly been lowered, which is bad for those looking for real scares, but good for viewers who crave a little cheese with their horror. While there are no frights to be had, there are a ton of under-your-skin, dime-store Jacob's Ladder moments to keep things interesting. Clemens does a fine job and she's certainly better than Bean, who doesn't know exactly what accent he should be using. Despite the fact that it's less ambitious than the bloated first entry, there does seem to be a little bit more entertainment value in this one, but that probably depends on what you want to get out of it. As it is, the finale pits a pyramid-headed dude against an ersatz cenobite -- that alone should be worth a matinee-priced ticket.