Game Of Thrones Star Kit Harington Was In A Video Game Movie Critics Absolutely Savaged

Despite standout successes like HBO's "The Last of Us" series and Zach Cregger's recent "Resident Evil" movie, video game adaptations remain an elusive beast for most filmmakers. A long list of failed attempts goes back decades, and all three "Silent Hill" movies are on it, even if the first has become a cult classic over the past 20 years. Its 2012 sequel, "Silent Hill: Revelation," however, can't claim that, as critics savaged it upon release despite some box-office success. In retrospect, the movie can claim that it was "Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington's first co-starring role after he kicked off his onscreen acting career in the first season of the acclaimed HBO series.

Harington acted alongside stars such as Adelaide Clemens, Malcolm McDowell, and Carrie-Anne Moss. Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, and Deborah Kara Unger all reprised their roles from the original to return in the sequel as well. The plot follows Sharon (Clemens) and her adoptive dad Christopher (Bean), who've been on the run for the past six years, taking on new identities in every town they try to settle. In the latest, she goes by Heather and meets a student named Vincent (Harington), who has an ulterior motive: he's connected to the cult, the Order, in Silent Hill. After suffering all kinds of frightening hallucinations, Sharon is approached by a P.I. who wants to reveal her real identity to her. And when Sharon's father gets kidnapped by the cult and taken to Silent Hill, she has to follow him there and finally face the truth about her past that Christopher was shielding her from.

Fans of the games and the first film had to wait six long years to see the story continue on the big screen, and the sequel turned out to be nothing but a huge letdown. As much as "Silent Hill: Revelation" tried to incorporate much of the third game, "Silent Hill 3," it just didn't land with general moviegoers as a solid horror movie. For those unfamiliar with the games' narrative and only seeing it on the silver screen, the sequel's plotting felt extremely convoluted and often downright stupid, even if some harrowing visuals managed to resemble the off-putting nightmares and visceral scares the source material provided.

Either way, the sequel's critical reception was underwhelming, as reviewers ripped it to shreds when it premiered in 2012 as a 3D sensation. As of this writing, "Silent Hill: Revelation" has an atrociously low 8% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (along with a similarly miserable 35% audience score). Despite those scathing reviews, however, the film turned a profit on release, grossing over $55 million worldwide against its $20 million budget. The overwhelming negativity surrounding this installment certainly affected the horror franchise's future in cinema, since fans had to wait 14 years for the next movie, "Return to Silent Hill" (essentially a reboot), which also died quickly at the beginning of this year.