Nothing but love to Christophe Gans—I still think the first Silent Hill flick is better than folks give it credit for—but four years after he took a good honest crack at bringing the cursed town to life, along came one of the GOATs, Martin Scorsese, and he delivered on all this series’ deeper promises without even intending to, and with a murderer’s row (pun unintended) of prestige actors involved. And, of course, they’re led by Scorsese’s current favorite, Leo DiCaprio.
Not, there’s no twitchy leg monsters or Pyramid Heads running around, but there is an unnerving misty island asylum, a mystery concerning a murdered wife, a subterranean netherworld where the truly insane taunt our so-called hero, a damaged nurse repentant for her actions, and one hell of a twist that Silent Hill 2 fans will genuinely appreciate. Basically, all the wonderfully fucked-up psychological torment, guilt, shame, and fear that a lot of Silent Hill media gets wrong, Scorsese gets right without breaking a sweat.
