Silent Hill fa raggiungere al
cinema stylish nuove ed impensate vette. Sfortunatamente chi lo ha prodotto deve aver creduto che un po' di nebbia, qualche mostro buffo ed una bimba inquietante fossero validi sostituti per trama, senso del ritmo e dialoghi decenti.
Una bimbetta adottata ha degli incubi durante i quali continua a ripetere
Silent Hiiill, ovvero il nome di una città abbandonata che fu sede di una terribile catastrofe.
La
mammina, che compensa il proprio scarso acume con due
tettine dure-dure, decide di andare a farvi turismo zombie-sessuale.
Non fa in tempo a parcheggiare la macchina che la bimba svanisce nel nulla e deve dunque fiondarsi alla sua ricerca, con l'aiuto di una poliziotta.
Nel corso della ricerca, strani incontri con mostri, entità sovrannaturali assortite e gente strana varia.
Forse (
forse) la trama sarebbe anche stata quasi sufficiente, se non fosse per il piccolo dettaglio che Silent Hill
non fa paura.
Un particolare tutto sommato rilevante, visto che stiamo parlando di un film horror.
E non è che non fa paura perché ormai ho fatto il callo a quasi tutti i cliché del genere: è che proprio
non c'è nulla che possa anche solo lontanamente spaventare.
Diretto da
quel mostro che già ci aveva regalato una mezza ciofeca come
Crying Freeman ed una purga intestinale come
Il Patto dei Lupi, Silent Hill si limita a bullarsi delle proprie scene nebbiose, dei propri mostri presi di peso dai videogiochi senza preoccuparsi troppo di rendere interessante la storia.
Tratto da una longeva serie di videogiochi, che mi dicono avere momenti
davvero da brividi, non si inserisce certo tra le più immonde schifezze che si possono pescare nel maleodorante mare dei film tratti da videogiochi, ma solo perché nel genere c'è talmente tanto materiale
trash che a sparar nel mucchio è più facile trovare un titolo peggiore che uno migliore.
Voto: 4. Trashometro
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Tags: horror, silent hill, videogioco, inseguimento, mostri, male, paese abbandonato, fede.
Pacte des loups, Le (2001)
Patto dei lupi, Il
Regista: Christophe Gans Scrittore: Stéphane Cabel,
Christophe Gans Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery
Valutazione: 7.0/10 (16429 voti)
Durata: France:152 (director's cut) (DVD) min
Paese: France, Canada
Lingua: French, German, Italian
Cast:Trama:In 1765 something was stalking the mountains of south-western France. A 'beast' that pounced on humans and animals with terrible ferocity. Indeed they beast became so notorious that the King of France dispatched envoys to find out what was happening and to kill the creature. By the end, the Beast of Gevaudan had killed over 100 people, to this day, no one is entirely sure what it was, wolf? hyena? or something supernatural? Whatever it was, shepherds had the same life-expectancy as the red-suited guys in 'Star Trek'. The Beast is a popular myth in France, albeit one rooted firmly in reality; somewhat surprisingly it is little known to the outside world, and perhaps incredibly it has never been made into a movie. Until now... Based on the true story of the Beast of the Gevaudan that terrorised France in the mid-XVIIIth century, the movie aims to tell first and explain afterwards. In the first part, a special envoy of the King of France, altogether biologist, explorer and philosopher, arrives in the Gevaudan region, in the mountainous central part of France. The Beast has been attacking women and children for months and nobody has quite been able to harm it or even take a good look at it. In the second part, our hero Chevalier de Fronsac will not only have to fight the Beast, but also ignorance, bigotry and conspiracy and will rely on two women, one an aristocrat, the other a prostitute, as well as the enigmatic Mani, an Iroquois he met in New-France (Canada).
Trivia random: There actually was a Beast of Gévaudan (La Bête du Gévaudan) which was a real wolf(like) creature that prowled the Auvergne and South Dordogne regions of France during the years 1764 to 1767, killing about 100 people, often in bizarre circumstances.
Citazione random: Henri Sardis: So tell me sire, do they speak of the beast in Paris?::Gregoire De Fronsac: Speak of it? They're already singing songs about it.::Marianne De Morangias: Instead of singing songs, they should be saying prayers.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Crying Freeman (1995)
Crying Freeman
Regista: Christophe Gans Scrittore: Kazuo Koike,
Ryoichi Ikegami Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.4/10 (3070 voti)
Durata: 102 min
Paese: Canada, France, Japan, USA
Lingua: English, Japanese
Cast:Trama:A lethal Samurai assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader. They soon realise the fatal mistake of underestimating the deadly skills of the Crying Freeman.
Trivia random: Jason Scott Lee was originally wanted for the role but he had a three-picture obligation for Universal Pictures and could not commit to the project. Mark Dacascos lobbied for the part and eventually went on to became Christophe Gan's actor of choice for future and upcoming films.
Citazione random: Shido Shimazaki: "The Sons of the Dragon" exist! And so does the Freeman!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Silent Hill (2006)
Regista: Christophe Gans Scrittore: Roger Avary Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.6/10 (16324 voti)
Durata: 127 min
Paese: Canada, Japan, USA, France
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:Routed from sleepwalking problems, Rose Da Silva decides to take her daughter Sharon to the town she talks about in her sleep, Silent Hill, to face her nightmares, where Sharon goes missing and Rose must fight the power of the town to get her back.
Trivia random: In the original script, there were only female characters. After submitting this, the script was returned to Christophe Gans with a memo saying "there are no men!". Sean Bean's character was added and the script was approved.
Citazione random: Rose: What do you want?::Alessa: Satisfaction.::Rose: Satisfaction?::Alessa: Revenge.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Gans, Christophe
Data di nascita: 11 March 1960
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Born in 1960 in Antibes (in the South of France), Christophe Gans became crazy about movies at an early stage. As a teenager, he made a lot of samurai and kung fu super-8 films with his friends. At the end of the seventies, he founded the fanzine "Rhesus Zero" about B-movies. In 1980, he studied at the French cinema school Idhec and directed a short movie called "Silver Slime", a tribute to Mario Bava. In 1982, he founded the magazine "Starfix" and defended directors like David Cronenberg, Dario Argento, Russel Mulcahy, David Lynch, John Carpenter or Sergio Leone. He decided to make movies and directed one of the three parts of Necronomicon (1994) called "The Drowned", then "Crying Freeman" from the famous Japanese manga. Gans created the video collection "HK" devoted to Hong Kong movies. He worked for two years on a free adaptation of Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" but the project failed. In 1999, he was asked to make Pacte des loups, Le (2001) ("Brotherhood of the Wolf") about the Beast of Gévaudan, an unknown animal who killed more than one hundred people in France at the end of 18th century. The movie was released in January 2001 and was a great success (more than five million people saw it).
Trivia random: He founded the cinema magazine "Starfix".
Citazione random: "Everything in horror film is about transgression, and the young audience wants to touch something that is forbidden, and is by function anti-establishment. It is a way for young audiences to express rebellion, and also to deal with very modern fear but in a very playful way, in a very symbolic way. I think it is why horror films have a natural function among the teenage audience; it is a way to express the fact they are not invincible. I have the feeling that is very human, to be young and just to enjoy the thrill of death without any consequences. You can enjoy this thrill, and then two days later be in the Army in Iraq. The death is far when we are here on this side of the world, but the young audience knows we are not so far from the real death."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Mitchell, Radha
Data di nascita: 12 November 1973
Altezza: 5' 5¾" (1.67 m)
Ultimi lavori: Trivia random: Has lived in Los Angeles, California, since 1997.
Citazione random: "Any situation today could be a tragedy or a comedy, it just depends on the mood that you're in when you're experiencing it, and the mood of the storyteller who is telling it."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
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