Hand it to 2006's "Silent Hill" and now its direct sequel, "Silent Hill: Revelation," for one thing: at least they come very close to approximating the hallucinogenic, creature-filled horror video games they're based upon. That's more than can be said of the endless "Resident Evil" series, which have turned scary zombie invasions into rudderless excuses for repetitive slow-motion action and gunfire. If writer-director Michael J. Bassett has mounted a continuation that is very much one with the original, sharing the same lonesome, gloomy atmosphere and solid production values, it also falls into the same traps. The story is a hobbled-together mess, high on style and low on substance, while emotional potency clocks in two degrees above freezing. Oddly enough, for a movie called "Silent Hill: Revelation," the creepiest moments occur early on and outside of the malicious town in question. Don't bet on many revelations, either.
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