Movie review: The Mist
I kinda had high hopes for this title (The Mist
The movie starts off very nice. A father goes to the city/marketplace to stock up after a big storm. Suddenly all hell breaks loose, police and armymen (from a nearby base) go nuts. A big mist arrives and covers up the entire city. A bunch of people along with the father and son get locked up inside the store.
Then … the stuff you’re waiting for. People start dying, you start to see weird creatures. What’s going on? People start to go mental. Yay baby, bring it on.
But then the movie starts heading into the twilight zone. I’m not going to spoil it for anyone that might buy the DVD in the future, but I’ll tell you right away, think twilight zone.
What really turned me off was the ending. I mean really, WTH … I guess the writers were fresh out of ideas or something. Can you say D R A M A?
The acting is nice, especially from Thomas Jane (who plays David, the father character), the terror and panic and whatnot. The special effects are pretty cool (and gruesome) at times. But the ending, come on, you can see that coming a mile away.
Anyway, an entertaining watch, but it’s not the kind of movie you’ll watch ever again. Ebay FTW.
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Unfortunately, most Stephen King stories turned movies are butchered. This is one of them. Read the book (you can find it in skeleton crew, i think) the story is much better in written form.