'Beauty and the Beast' Review: Lea Seydoux Stars In a Passionless Remake Of Everyone's Favorite Fairy Tale Each game follows a new protagonist as they stumble upon Silent Hill and end up struggling to survive, often confronting their darkest traumas. Then you can also laugh at Sean Bean’s aimless wandering and just how little it does to support a film about female revenge.Created by video game director Keiichiro Toyama, the “Silent Hill” franchise focuses on the titular abandoned small town, which is covered with fog and brimming with monsters. So for the film’s anniversary, rewatch the film and appreciate just how female-focused it is. This is a film built on the concept of matriarchy and dismantling it in the name of revenge. And Sean Bean’s character doesn’t do much to add to this plot, other than show how useless men really are in this film. Silent Hill is a movie about women, motherhood, and rage. Just as Alessa was sexually violated, she sees to it that Christabella suffers that same pain tenfold. That barbed wire invades her body through her vagina, as a symbol of Alessa’s own assault and treatment at the hands of those meant to protect her. She sees these outsiders as a threat to her own power, deeming them witches when they question her authority.Ĭhristabella refuses to relinquish her power until she is quite literally torn apart by barbed wire. And yes, we only see Christabella immolating other women (pour one out for Cybil’s horrific death). Christabella touts her power and wields it like a fiery sword, condemning women that don’t agree with her to death. They take sanctuary in a dilapidated church that Alessa can’t enter. Let us not forget about Christabella, the enigmatic leader who speaks of evil and demons and how sacrifice is the only way to save her people from whatever lies outside their doors. Her rage towards the cult caused a split in her personality, which led to Sharon and a dark malevolent force that sure looks like Sharon.Ĭhristabella, Or The Arbiter of Suffering While Alessa survived the ordeal, she sustained extensive burns. Cleansing, in this case, meant burning her alive as a witch. The violation of Alessa’s body by a man is met with the punishment not of the perpetrator but of the innocent child taken advantage of by an adult man. Before the town’s demise, she convinced a mother (Deborah Kara Unger) to cleanse her daughter Alessa who was raped by a school janitor. Hidden EvilĪs the story unfolds, the true evil of Silent Hill is revealed to be a religious cult led by the charismatic and monstrous Christabella (an impeccable Alice Krige). Meanwhile, actual male character Christopher is still wandering in the rain and yelling into a static-filled cellphone. And armed with a phallic weapon like the gun, you can’t help but see the dynamic meant to exist between the two women. Cybil has a short haircut and wears the typical police uniform, an occupation often considered primarily masculine. And she’s the masculinized hero to Rose’s more feminine look. So now, both mad at each other yet stranded in this hell, they work together to find Sharon and a way out. Rose is joined by a cop named Cybil Bennett (Laurie Holden), who was in pursuit of Rose right before the crash, assuming that Rose had kidnapped Sharon. When Rose wakes up, Sharon is gone and she must brave the darkness of Silent Hill to save her daughter.īut she’s not alone in her journey. But when the sirens start and the light begins to fade, you better get inside. During the day the town is relatively safe. But as they approach the town, they crash and are stuck in an alternate version of reality full of ash and monsters. They adopted a daughter, Sharon ( Jodelle Ferland) who suffers from nightmares where she screams the words, “Silent Hill.” In a desperate attempt to help her daughter, Rose takes her to Silent Hill, a West Virginia town decimated by a coal fire, against Christopher’s wishes. Radha Mitchell plays Rose and Beans plays her husband, Christopher. Let’s back up for a moment and get you acclimated with Gans’ vision of Silent Hill. And Sean Bean has no place in this system. This is a world where women are angels and devils. These women are warriors and rulers, cruel and caring. Women and mothers rule both this world and Hell, fighting against one another in the age-old battle of good and evil. Silent Hill is first and foremost a matriarchy. This isn’t a story that needs a worried man carrying the plot. But really his entire character should be removed from the plot. Now, this is not to say Bean’s performance is bad necessarily.
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