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Welcome to Overactors Anonymous Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Rated R) by HEATHER GRIFFITHS There is a picture of Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (94 minutes) in the dictionary next to the word 'crap'. The Wikipedia page for the film contains the title of the film and a dead donkey with flies zip- ping around it. The film reel itself was delivered to theaters with a note of apology. Should a class-action suit be brought against the makers of the movie, I'm pretty sure they would be compelled to return the money of every single person who bought a ticket, plus extra for pain and suffering. Basically, I'm telling you it sucked. From the overacting to the phoning-it-in, from the overwrought dialogue to the ridiculously elaborate theatrical accent of the love interest, from the inept scares to the Hellraiser rip-off costumes, this movie is ill conceived top-to-bottom and front-to-back. The plot makes no sense, the continuity is M.I.A., and even the good actors can't act. Randomly introduced rules guided the reality being presented in the film with no consistency whatsoever. Previously, there was a surprisingly awesome film that featured Rose Da Silva (Radha Mitchell) and her daughter getting trapped in Silent Hill, a fictional town that I heard was based on the town in Pennsylvania that actually is on fire. At some point in this movie, it is revealed that Sharon is no longer trapped in Silent Hill, as she was when the first movie ended. While it would have been interesting to see exactly how Rose got her daughter out of the alternate dimension, apparently that wasn't in the budget. Instead, we get some brief exposition via Ghost Rose explaining to her husband (Sean Bean) that their daughter is his responsibility since she knows how bad this film will be and has managed to avoid anything beyond a minimal obligation to the sequel. Also, there is a sacred seal that is somehow important. Anyway, after this tidy little explanation, some more painfully tedious exposition reveals that father and now teenaged-daughter, Sharon (Adelaide Clemens), were forced to move around and change their names for some mysterious reason that will be detailed later in the film through the use of an unnecessary and poorly timed flash- back. Anyway, recurring nightmares about Silent Hill and an Evil Alessa (Erin Pitt) are disturbing Sharon even though she doesn't remember anything about being trapped in the alter- nate dimension. After a productive first day of school in which Sharon alienates everyone but one suspiciously friendly new boy (Kit Harington), she heads to the mall amidst increasingly lengthy hallucinations. While at the mall, a private investigator (Martin Donovan) explains that her whole life is a lie, but whatever else happens she should definitely not go to Silent Hill, and he's re- ally sorry but he totally gave away her location to some scary cult members. with that will nevertheless resolve the central plot point. Turns out that crazy dude is played by Malcolm McDowell! Overall, there are exactly two cool things about the film. One, it turns out that fog, While running around the mall to escape the scary people, she runs into the new boy again. Together they find out that Sharon's dad has been taken to Silent Hill in an attempt to lure her back there and despite every other cast member tell- ing her not to go to Silent Hill, that is exactly what she now plans to do. Once she gets there she begins looking for a crazy dude that is supposed to know some stuff about the sacred seal she somehow needs to do something non-specific smoke and ash look freaking fantastic in 3D. Two, a really nifty spider formed of mannequin parts shows up and does awesome stuff. Yes, the scary faceless nurses show up again but they are less scary because they are boring because they showed up in the last movie. Now showing at Wynnsong 7, Carmike 12 and Carmike Market Fair 15. HEATHER GRIFFITHS, Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upand- comingweekly.com. How To Find Network ATMs... With over 28,000 locations, it cannot be hard to fi nd, but here is how to locate a network ATM you can use for free! There are lots of ways... • Online - go to www.co-opfs.org and click on ATM locator at the top of the page. You can also fi nd a link to this website on Bragg Mutual's Home Page (www.braggmutualfcu.com). • Text - you can text a city & state or a zip code to 692667 (my coop) to fi nd the nearest locations. Your standard text messaging rates apply. • Telephone - you can call the network and you will be given information regard- ing the nearest locations to you. 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